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‘The Cave’ Trailer: Feras Fayyad Returns to War Following His Oscar-Nominated ‘Last Men in Aleppo’

After the recent success of documentaries like Jane and Free Solo, National Geographic has released the trailer for their next documentary. The Cave conveys...

TIFF Review: ‘Liberté’ is an Uncompromising Howl in the Wind Against the Notions of Good Taste

Finally, evil in cinema is back! That was the impression running through the mind of this writer during all 132 minutes of Albert Serra’s Liberté, a film so tho...

TIFF Review: ‘The Truth’ Finds Hirokazu Kore-eda Out of His Element

If we want to start with the problems of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth, we can look at the title. When it’s revealed at the beginning that the title comes from ...

New to Streaming: ‘The Matrix’ Trilogy, ‘The Dead Don’t Die,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Satoshi Kon, Piotr Szulkin, ‘The Big Combo’ & More

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

The B-Side – Jennifer Lopez

Today, as we all celebrate the forthcoming release of Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers in our own way, here we discuss Jennifer Lopez, the multi-hyphenate queen herself....

TIFF Review: David Cronenberg Steals the Show in the Niagara Falls-Set Mystery ‘Clifton Hill’

If you’ve grown up on the American side of Niagara Falls, Clifton Hill means two things. The Ontario tourist destination is an enjoyably garish bit of Las Vegas...

TIFF Review: ‘Heimat is a Space in Time’ is a Personal, Century-Spanning Look at Germany History

How much of our ancestry is tied to the history of the places we call home? While some of us would probably answer "None," we'd be wrong. Just because your fami...

TIFF Review: ‘Antigone’ Turns the Ancient Tragedy of Sophocles into a Contemporary Triumph

A lot of people die during Sophocles' Antigone. The death of Oedipus puts his sons Eteocles and Polynices on the throne, their deaths spark their titular sister...

TIFF Review: ‘Endless Night’ Pleases the Eye, But Not Totally the Mind

Outside of Pedro Costa and Ted Fendt, it’s been hard to detect the aesthetic influence of radical filmmaking duo Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet on contem...

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

Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in First Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Tony

Christopher Nolan Dreams Big in the New Trailer for The Odyssey

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

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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