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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...

Frank Ocean Carries the First Trailer for Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’

A surprise addition to the fall release calendar (and A24's packed slate) is the latest film from Krisha and It Comes at Night director Trey Edward Shults. Foll...

Venice Review: Timothée Chalamet Holds Court in David Michôd’s ‘The King’

Oh, for a muse of bowl-cut hair that would ascend / The brightest heaven of invention! A newly groomed Timothée Chalamet stars as Henry V in David Michôd's l...

‘Mister America’ Trailer: Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington’s ‘On Cinema’ Goes to the Big Screen

Ostensibly a parody of know-nothing movie-review culture couched in Tim Heidecker's inimitable, increasingly prevalent "weirdness," the long-running On Cine...

Michael B. Jordan Fights for Justice in First Trailer for ‘Just Mercy’

After his break-out drama Short Term 12, which featured some of the greatest early performances from today's top stars, director Destin Daniel Cretton took ...

Posterized September 2019: ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘IT Chapter Two,’ ‘The Death of Dick Long,’ and More

We explore the art of the month. September is here with a fantastic collection of poster designs from big studio pictures to small independents looking to standout against them....

First Look at Jia Zhangke’s New Documentary ‘So Close to My Land’

Following his latest narrative feature, Ash Is Purest White–one of the finest U.S. releases of the year–Jia Zhangke quickly embarked on his next project, wh...

U.S. Trailer for Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Thriller ‘First Love’

The films of Takashi Miike don't always get U.S. distribution, but thankfully after a strong response at Cannes, his latest feature First Love will arrive t...

Gaspar Noé Puts the Story in Order in First Trailer for ‘Irréversible – Straight Cut’

With one of his most acclaimed films, Climax, getting a U.S. release this year (and now on Amazon Prime) as well as a brand-new medium-length work, Lux Æter...

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

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & 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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