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BIFF Review: ‘The Fan Connection’ is a Love Letter to Buffalo’s Rabid Fandom

Buffalo sports fans are die-hard. Go to most big cities across America and you'll find a Queen City backers' bar of ex-pats communing to enjoy (and, this past d...

Director Martin Krejčí on ‘The True Adventures of Wolfboy’ and Crafting a Feel-Good Fantastical Tale

While at Fantastic Fest, it’s not often you find feel-good, heart-warming yarns amid the plethora of films about yakuza, murderers, zombies or other genre staples. But The True Adventures of Wolfboy is as unexpected as it is honest....

BIFF Review: ‘Frances Ferguson’ is a Dryly Quirky, Provocative, and Muddled Comedy

We never meet the narrator (Nick Offerman) of Bob Byington's film Frances Ferguson. This isn't necessarily a bad thing or uncommon, but I couldn't shake the ide...

David Cronenberg Returns with Netflix Adaptation of Novel ‘Consumed’

David Cronenberg, God love him, sounded content with retirement in a recent interview with the Globe and Mail. "If this is it for the so-called Cronenberg canon...

New to Streaming: ‘The Death of Dick Long,’ ‘Mister America,’ ‘The Art of Self-Defense,’ and More

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

‘Gemini Man’ Review: Will Smith Excels in the Most Forward-Thinking Action Film Since ‘Avatar’

Few movie stars have an affability as potent as Will Smith's. At 51, it's an asset he and his collaborators, big and small alike, have bet big (and mostly won b...

BIFF Review: ‘The Sympathy Card’ Shows Love Isn’t as Simple as Hollywood Pretends

It's an unorthodox but sweetly unsurprising premise: the cancer-stricken Emma (Petey J. Gibson) demands her wife Josie (Nika Ezell Pappas) meet someone new so s...

BIFF Review: ‘Malaisia’ Boldly Conveys a Love Triangle Tale

There's a joke told about a third of the way through Mac Cappuccino's film Malaisia. It's bad. Jay Schmidt is the one laying out the excessive amount of exposit...

NYC Weekend Watch: Absurd Comedy, ‘Pola X,’ Bob Fosse & More

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

The B-Side – Will Smith

We go Big Willie Style on The B-Side and discuss Seven Pounds, After Earth, Focus and Collateral Beauty. ...

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

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

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) Review: Lucrecia Martel’s Essential Document of Indigenous Resistance

This is Not a Drill Review: A Sharp Portrait of Climate Activists Who Still Fight

Features

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

New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More

Interviews

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

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

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