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Thessaloniki Review: ‘Rialto’ is a Gorgeously Performed, Poignant Two-Hander on Guilt and Desire

Deep into Rialto, Peter Mackie Burns’ sophomore feature, shy Dubliner Colm (Tom Vaughn-Lawlor) tosses something of a tagline: “We all hate our dads, it’s just n...

NYC Weekend Watch: Terrence Malick, Romanian Revolution, Patricia Mazuy & More

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

Mati Diop on Her Feature Debut ‘Atlantics,’ Giving Meaning to Lost Lives, and the Hysteria of Cannes

We spoke with Mati Diop at the 57th New York Film Festival about crafting her debut feature film as the completion to her 2009 short Atlantiques....

Cinematographer Natasha Braier on the Response to ‘The Neon Demon’ and the Playground of Music Videos

Few working DPs can boast as muscular an interplay between feature films, commercials, and music videos as Natasha Braier....

‘Charlie’s Angels’ Review: A Well-Intentioned Yet Hollow Reboot

In an era of remake/reboot/dredging-up-old-IP fever, the logical next step was a rebranding of Charlie’s Angels. Written, produced, and directed by Elizabeth Ba...

New to Streaming: ‘Love, Antosha,’ ‘The Souvenir,’ ‘This Is Not Berlin,’ and More

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

‘I Lost My Body’ Review: A Beautiful, Surreal, Clever, and Truly Profound Animation

Hands down one of the best animated films of the year, Jérémy Clapin’s directorial debut I Lost My Body tells parallel narratives: one, a more traditional roman...

Thessaloniki Review: ‘Atlantis’ is a Haunting Foray into a Post-War, Shell-Shocked Ukraine

In Valentyn Vasyanovych’s post-apocalyptic Atlantis, the sky above Ukraine hangs like a sheet of steel, a uniform mass of clouds bucketing water onto the mud-co...

Thessaloniki Review: War is Hell in Václav Marhoul’s Feather-Ruffling ‘The Painted Bird’

Disregard the glowing reviews and eight-minute standing ovations. What really adds fuel to film festival publicity fires are the boos, the walkouts, the affect...

‘Feast of the Seven Fishes’ Review: A Good-Humored if Clichéd Cinematic Meal

Titled after the Southern Italian tradition that made its way across the Atlantic to become a part of many Italian-American families' Christmas Eve celebrations...

News

James Gray’s Paper Tiger Sets North American Premiere as Opening Night of the 64th New York Film Festival

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Uprising Trailer: Andrew Garfield Leads a Rebellion for Paul Greengrass

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

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