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TIFF Review: ‘The Last Porno Show’ is a Black Comedy Peddling in Sleaze and Gentrification

Arriving about two years after a series of revelations brought to public predatory behavior that’s been at the core of the film industry since its inception, Ki...

Fox Searchlight Will Release Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ in 2020

The next decade has a bright start. Fox Searchlight has confirmed they will be releasing Wes Anderson's star-studded new film The French Dispatch in 2020, as we...

Joaquin Phoenix to Star in Mike Mills’ ’20th Century Women’ Follow-Up for A24

As one of the best actors of his generation, it's news when Joaquin Phoenix simply signs onto a new film, even if there are no other details available. That...

‘Clemency’ Trailer: Alfre Woodard Faces an Impossible Decision in Sundance’s Top Winner

From Escape from Alcatraz to Cool Hand Luke to The Shawshank Redemption, cinema is rich with not only prison films focused on the plight of the prisoner, bu...

First Trailer for Pietro Marcello’s ‘Martin Eden’ Lavishly Follows a Writer’s Journey

An official selection at the Venice and TIFF (where it won the top Platform prize), The Match Factory has released the first international trailer for Pietr...

‘The Rhythm Section’ Trailer: Blake Lively Kicks Ass and Takes Names

While finding a bigger audience with The Handmaid's Tale, Reed Morano's films thus far have been fairly small-scale with I Think We’re Alone Now and Meadowl...

New to Streaming: ‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie,’ ‘Pather Panchali,’ ‘Wild Rose,’ ‘Aniara,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of Netflix, Amazon, The Criterion Channel, and more....

TIFF Review: ‘This is Not a Movie’ Shows a Life’s Mission to Document the Objective Truth

The reason Yung Chang picked This is Not a Movie for the title of his documentary on renowned journalist Robert Fisk stems from his subject's inspiration for pu...

TIFF Review: ‘Pelican Blood’ is a Psychological Supernatural Thriller About a Mother’s Love

Writer/director Katrin Gebbe is not messing around with her latest film Pelican Blood. What starts as a psychological drama about a mother desperate to provide ...

The B-Side – Angela Bassett

From strong early work in masterpieces like Boyz n The Hood and Malcolm X to her recent work in Netflix’s Otherhood and Fox’s television show 9-1-1, Angela Bassett has done it all....

News

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

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Trailers

Time and Water Trailer: Sara Dosa’s Acclaimed Documentary Captures Life and Nature Slipping Away

Zach Cregger Returns in First Trailer for Resident Evil

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Reviews

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

The Last One for the Road Review: A Delightful Trip Through Italy

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

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

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

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

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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