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Thessaloniki Review: Anthony Chen’s ‘Wet Season’ is a Sweet Singaporean Melodrama

Gene Kelly likes to sing in it, Spider-Man is known to kiss in it, but moody old melodrama remains the most reliable companion to rain at the movies. This is at...

‘Midway’ Review: Roland Emmerich’s Passable Remake Features Entertaining Dogfights and Wooden Dialogue

Midway, directed by Roland Emmerich, is a kinda-remake of a not-very-good movie from 1976 about the impressive World War II battle. For as consequential as the ...

First Trailer for Reverse Shot’s Feature ‘Feast of the Epiphany’ Blends Narrative and Documentary Storytelling

After premiering at BAMCinemaFest last year, the feature directorial debut from the Reverse Shot team Jeff Reichert, Michael Koresky, and Farihah Zaman will...

Exclusive: KimStim Acquires Oliver Laxe’s ‘Fire Will Come’ for 2020 Release

Quickly establishing themselves as one of the premier indie and foreign distributors, KimStim has released some of the year's best films, including An Elephan...

New to Streaming: ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night,’ ‘An Elephant Sitting Still,’ ‘Burning Cane,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of Amazon, Netflix, MUBI, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: Two by Ozu, Early Efforts, ‘All About Lily Chou-Chou’ & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

‘Last Christmas’ Review: Holiday Melodrama Elevated by Merry Cast and Snappy Script

It's nice to have a Christmas movie in theaters. It's also nice to watch two lead performers get to know each other on screen, and appear to genuinely enjoy eac...

The B-Side – Matt Damon

From his Oscar-laden breakout film Good Will Hunting to the upcoming Ford v Ferrari, the Boston-born filmmaker has made many hit movies, and twice as many that were underseen....

‘The Invisible Man’ is Here to Haunt Elisabeth Moss in First Trailer

The Dark Universe may be dead in the water after the disastrous flop of The Mummy, but Universal and Blumhouse Productions have taken a different and more c...

First Trailer for Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Poses Existential Questions

Following the seemingly Disney-mandated fourth outing of Toy Story, Pixar is getting back to original films next summer with Soul. Directed by Pete Docter (...

News

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Whit Stillman Plans Return with Adam Brody-Led A Night at Claridge’s; Sebastian Stan and Ana de Armas to Lead Felipe Gálvez’s Impunity

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Rare Touching the Skin of Eeriness Screens May 19

Trailers

Maddie’s Secret Trailer: John Early Crafts a Sincere Satire in Directorial Debut

Kamal Aljafari Documents a Vanishing Land In Exclusive Trailer Debut for With Hasan in Gaza

Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in First Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Tony

Reviews

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

The Misconceived Review: Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Blue Film Review: Masterful Two-Hander Confronts Flaws with Empathy

Features

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Posterized May 2026: Renoir, I Love Boosters, Backrooms & More

Interviews

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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