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Tom Hanks is Mr. Rogers in First Trailer for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’

Although we were firmly in the minority when it comes to Won't You Be My Neighbor? (along with the Academy), audiences clearly felt differently, leading to ...

‘This Is Not Berlin’ Director Hari Sama on Sexuality, Mexico’s Racism Epidemic, and the Film’s ‘Roma’ Connection

We sat down with Hari Sama at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and the interview is being published on the occasion of This Is Not Berlin’s debut at Outfest in Los Angeles....

The Film Stage Show Ep. 356 – The Lion King

We discuss sapping the personality out of a classic animation and the artistic merits of photorealism....

New Images from Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Venice Opener ‘The Truth’ Starring Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve & Ethan Hawke

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, coming off of his Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters, is shaping up to reach an even bigger audience with his next film, The...

‘The Lion King’ Review: Hollow Photorealism Devours Expressionist Charm

People are getting excited because Nintendo Switch is releasing a port of Link's Awakening—an RPG that originally came out on the Gameboy two decades ago. More ...

Fantasia Review: Body Count and Identity Have No Limits in ‘The Wretched’

A witch that feeds on forgotten children has taken hold of a sleepy lakeside village in Michigan. It's because its victims are "forgotten," however, that nobody...

U.S. Trailer for Philippe Lesage’s Mesmerizing Coming-of-Age Film ‘Genesis’

We've been singing the praises of Philippe Lesage's stunning coming-of-age film Genesis since last fall, where Zhuo-Ning Su caught it at Hamburg Film Festiv...

Karlovy Vary Review: ‘Varda by Agnès’ is a Joyous Coda to a Playfully Iconic Career

Life can seldom offer us neat endings. Cinema sometimes can, and there is something nicely fitting to the notion that Agnès Varda, the seventh art's great celeb...

New to Streaming: ‘Ash Is Purest White,’ ‘Blow Out,’ ‘Sword of Trust,’ ‘Punch-Drunk Love,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: 21st-Century Debuts, Barbara Hammer, Burt Lancaster & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

News

Richard Kelly Releasing “Gigantic” Debut Novel This Year

Radu Jude Will Shoot New Feature Love Diptych Next Month

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks Captures Growing Up on the French Riviera

Maddie’s Secret Trailer: John Early Crafts a Sincere Satire in Directorial Debut

Reviews

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

The Misconceived Review: Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Blue Film Review: Masterful Two-Hander Confronts Flaws with Empathy

Features

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

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

Interviews

“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

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

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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