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‘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....

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘The Red Shoes,’ Ghost Stories, Lutz Dammbeck & More

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

‘Promare’ Review: Hiroyuki Imaishi Delivers Another Dizzying Sci-Fi Action Spectacle

Hiroyuki Imaishi is–in the very best way–one of animation’s finest ambassadors of ADHD. His 2004 directorial debut, Dead Leaves, is a masterpiece of sci-fi acti...

First Trailer for Todd Haynes’ ‘Dark Waters’ Finds Mark Ruffalo Exposing the Truth

A late-breaking entry into the fall movie season, Todd Haynes is back and in an entirely different gear with Dark Waters. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaw...

News

Richard Kelly Releasing “Gigantic” Debut Novel This Year

Radu Jude Will Shoot New Feature Love Diptych Next Month

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

Trailers

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks Captures Growing Up on the French Riviera

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

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

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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