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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...

The Mystery Deepens in New Trailer for Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’

After a smashing TIFF premiere, we still have more than two months to go before we can see Rian Johnson's murder mystery-comedy Knives Out, but a new traile...

Exclusive Poster & Clip from ‘Celebration’ Goes Inside Yves Saint Laurent’s Final Show

Director Olivier Meyrou spent nearly three years embedded in the world of fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent as he was preparing what would be his final show. ...

‘In the Tall Grass’ Trailer: Vincenzo Natali Adapts Stephen King and Joe Hill’s Horror Tale

The year of Stephen King continues. After Pet Sematary and It Chapter Two and before Doctor Sleep, another one of his adaptations will be arriving–this time...

TIFF Review: ‘Son-Mother’ is a Heartbreaking Tale of Self-Sacrifice in Iran’s Patriarchal Society

Directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi (her feature fiction debut) and written by Mohammad Rasoulof (a renowned Iranian filmmaker), Son-Mother is about exactly what its t...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

I Want Your Sex Teaser: Gregg Araki Returns with Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman

Whalefall Trailer: Austin Abrams Gets Trapped In the Belly of the Beast

Once Upon a Time in Harlem Teaser: The Documentary of The Year (and 1972) Arrives This October

Reviews

Disclosure Day Review: A Soul-Searching, Spine-Tingling Blockbuster Triumph

Tribeca Review: Ponderosa Takes Enigmatic, Comic Aim at America’s National Myths

Tribeca Review: The Revisionist Is a Comedy of Manners That Turns Convoluted

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

New to Streaming: Pillion, Is God Is, Erupcja, Omaha & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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