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Richard Jewell Review: Clint Eastwood Strikingly Explores American Self-Destruction

Throughout his nearly six-decade career as an actor and director, Clint Eastwood has persistently examined the complexities of cinematic heroism. While it’s tr...

A Hidden Life Stars August Diehl & Valerie Pachner on Terrence Malick’s Process and the Battle for Morality

We talk to the stars of Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life, a satisfyingly exhausting experience and an ode to Catholicism in which the viewer is asked to take a moral inventory throughout its three-hour runtime....

The Best Directorial Debuts of 2019

This year was an especially notable time for new directors making their stamp, and we're highlighting the handful of 2019 debuts that most impressed us....

Albert Serra on the F*ckability of Movies and Europe’s Evisceration of Critical Thinking

We talk with the enfant terrible filmmaker behind Liberté and The Death of Louis XIV at the Thessaloniki film festival....

Exclusive Trailer for the 4K Restoration of Federico Fellini’s The White Sheik

Next year will mark the centennial of Federico Fellini, born on January 20, 1920 in Rimini, Italy. While we imagine there will be no shortage of retrospecti...

Watch: David Ehrlich’s 25 Best Films of 2019 Video Countdown

As Film Twitter quarrels over who or what did or didn't get nominated for a certain award, it's always a refreshing breath of air towards the end of the year to...

Kleber Mendonça Filho on Bacurau and How the Brazilian Government is Destroying Culture

With three features to date, Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho has distinguished himself as one of the most eclectic voices in world cinema. We caught up with the director at the Marrakech International Film Festival....

The Film Stage Show Ep. 377 – Marriage Story

We fight over the divorce drama from writer-director Noah Baumbach, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver....

U.S. Trailer for Beanpole Previews Kantemir Balagov’s Cannes Winner and Russia’s Oscar Entry

Russia’s official selection for the 92nd Academy Awards, Beanpole is the achingly beautiful sophomore feature by the burgeoning auteur Kantemir Balagov. An offi...

The Whistlers Trailer: Corneliu Porumboiu Gets His Own James Bond

A month or so before No Time to Die arrives in theaters, we'll be getting a spin on a James Bond-esque adventure from one of the world's greatest international ...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

Posterized July 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Odyssey, Night Nurse & More

12 Films to See in July

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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