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Venice Review: Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Laundromat’ is a Zippy, On-Form Look at Off-Shore Accounts

Benicio Del Toro in Traffic, Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, Michael Douglas in Behind the Candelabra–Steven Soderbergh has directed a great many stars to car...

Venice Review: Joaquin Phoenix is More Ledger Than Leto in Todd Phillips’ Solid ‘Joker’

What is there yet to be done with a character like the Joker? Bruce Wayne's bête noire has been around almost as long as the Caped Crusader himself, which ...

Venice Review: Noah Baumbach’s Mighty ‘Marriage Story’ Gives Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver Stellar Showcases

Tastefully adorned Brooklyn apartments. Self-effacing dialogue. Lingering melancholy. A-list stars, including Adam Driver, comfily dressed-down, as if they’d sk...

NYC Weekend Watch: “On Memory,” ‘The Last Temptation of Christ,’ ‘The Green Ray’ & More

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

Venice Review: ‘The Scarecrows’ Sheds Light on Silenced Victims

It begins in a prison cell with a despondent Djo (Joumene Limam) scribbling words on paper as Zina (Nour Hajri) implores her to stand so they may leave. Salvati...

First Trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Dance-Focused Drama ‘Ema,’ Coming to Venice and TIFF

Chilean director Pablo Larraín had a major 2016, releasing three films in the United States with The Club, Neruda, and his English-language debut Jackie. Wi...

New to Streaming: ‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut,’ Jonas Mekas, British Hitchcock, and More

All the newly streaming films on The Criterion Channel, MUBI, and more....

Venice Review: ‘Corpus Christi’ is a Bittersweet Tale about Second Chances

Faith is inherently about putting your complete trust in something or someone without knowing whether the object deserves such blind allegiance. We have faith i...

Venice Review: James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’ is a Stunning and Somniferous Trip to the Stars

Ad Astra is finally here. Lifting off this week at the Venice film festival with enormous ambitions if somewhat limited thrust, James Gray’s long-awaited sci-fi...

Richard Linklater Throws Down Gauntlet with 20-Year Adaptation of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

Let it be known 20 years from now, when climate change has set upon the world murderous heat, flooded cities, famine, mass displacement, and a religious fer...

News

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes James Gray, Todd Haynes, and More

Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, and Sam Raimi Set Next Features

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Bouchra Presents an Acclaimed, Personal Hybrid Animation

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Lead First Teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Reviews

Cannes Review: Nicolas Winding Refn Makes an Underwhelming Return with Her Private Hell

Cannes Review: Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Is a Thunderous, Opulent Triumph

Cannes Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Proves a Force of Nature in the Familiar Another Day

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

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

“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

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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