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NYC Weekend Watch: Cymbeline, Malcolm X, Kira Muratova, Fury Road on 35mm & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Brooklyn Center for Theatre ResearchMichael Almereyda's Cymbeline screens on Friday with th...

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Trailer: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s Striking Debut Arrives in June

A directorial debut as hypnotic as it is narratively destabilizing, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich was one of my favorite discoveries of last year's New York Film Fest...

Cannes Review: Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors Feels Eerily Attuned to Our Post-Truth World

When Donbass arrived in 2018, sandwiched between the start of the 2014 Russian-backed conflict in the titular eastern Ukrainian region and full-scale invasion ...

Tsui Hark on Finding Peace in a World of Chaos

One of the key figures in Hong Kong cinema, Tsui Hark is a writer, actor, producer, and groundbreaking director. Born in Vietnam, he attended college in the US...

Cannes Review: Enzo is a Queer Coming-of-Age Tale Conveyed with Delicacy

The queer coming-of-age experience is one of great vulnerability: a young person must grapple with the realization they’re becoming different from both past se...

Love Review: A Truthful, Soothing Nordic Take on Romance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Filmfest Hamburg coverage. Love opens in theaters on May 16. It takes confidence to name ...

Next Sohee Review: Korean Thriller Handles a Heavy Subject with a Steady Hand

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2022 Fantasia coverage. Next Sohee opens in theaters on May 16. And here I thought capitalism's ho...

Roman Polanski, Vincent Gallo, and Panos Cosmatos Plan New Features

Nearly 92, more controversial than ever, and coming off perhaps the least-liked film of his career, Roman Polanski has not entirely been expected to direct aga...

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review: An Uneven, Visceral Capstone

“I'm going to miss being disreputable,” Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell grumbles to Tom Cruise's now-iconic superspy after their first of many impossible missions...

The Criterion Channel’s June Programming Features Alan Rudolph, Johnnie To, Gene Hackman & More

When I spoke to Alan Rudolph a couple months ago, he confirmed that Criterion had sought to release his (incredible, essential) Remember My Name but were held ...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Nadja, Seoul After Dark, Tenement Stories & More

Todd Haynes to Shoot De Noche with Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez Starting Next Month

David Lynch’s Scripts for Unrecorded Night, Which Was to Star Toby Jones, to Be Published

Trailers

Love Conquers Death in First Trailer for Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover

Exit 8 Trailer: Genki Kawamura’s Acclaimed Videogame Adaptation Arrives in April

A Scenario Multiplies In First Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s The Day She Returns

Reviews

Rotterdam Review: Tycoon is a Staggering Portrait of a City on Fire

Sundance Review: Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! Will Sweep You Off Your Feet

Pillion Review: A Provocative, Funny, and Touching Anti-Romance

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

10 Films to See in February

NYC Weekend Watch: Short Cuts, Strange Days, Silent Hill & More

Interviews

“Images Are Dead”: Oliver Laxe on Sirāt and Spirituality

The Love That Remains Director Hlynur Pálmason on the Preciousness of Time and Spontaneous Filmmaking

One Battle After Another Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building Paul Thomas Anderson’s Detailed World

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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