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Fantasia Review: ‘Away’ is a Landmark of DIY Independent Animation

A one-man show on-screen and behind it, Gints Zilbalodis' Away is an obvious labor of love. Opening like a videogame wherein our lead is found dangling by parac...

Lulu Wang on Bridging Cultures in ‘The Farewell,’ Believing in Lies, and Authenticity in Lighting

We spoke with writer-director Lulu Wang about casting Tzi Ma to act as the fluid connection between Eastern and Western cultures, her unique use of fluorescent light to capture a modern Chinese aesthetic, and the pressure of bringing The Farewell to the competitive film market. ...

Karlovy Vary Review: Abel Ferrara’s ‘Tommaso’ is Introspective Filmmaking at its Most Brutally Honest

There are roughly two key types of autobiographical auteur movies. One is the phantasmagoric childhood upbringing kind–as in Fellini's Amarcord or, more recentl...

Riley Stearns on ‘The Art of Self-Defense,’ Yorgos Lanthimos, and Small Business Realities

We talk with the director, who has proven to be one of the more distinctive voices in American independent filmmaking, about mixing humor and horror in the world of karate....

New to Streaming: ‘The Loneliest Planet,’ ‘Alita: Battle Angel,’ ‘Missing Link’ & More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Woodstock,’ ‘Point Break,’ ‘Dracula’ & 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...

Fantasia Review: ‘Sadako’ Finds Hideo Nakata Returning to ‘The Ring’ Universe

Director Hideo Nakata brought novelist Kôji Suzuki's Ring series to the big screen two decades ago and spawned a laundry list of sequels, American remakes (one ...

Diane Kruger Goes Undercover in the U.S. Trailer for ‘The Operative’

Writer-director Yuval Adler returns to the spy genre that he first visited with his 2013 film Bethlehem, with The Operative starring Diane Kruger and Martin...

David Fincher to Direct Gary Oldman in Black-and-White ‘Citizen Kane’ Biopic ‘Mank’

Been a while since any film news -- much less, let's be honest, some concerning the second-most-powerful company in Hollywood -- got a fully thought-through...

Brian De Palma’s Debut Novel ‘Are Snakes Necessary?’ Publishing in 2020

The very loud tempest / very small teapot of Domino (good movie) made easy to overlook the debut novel by Brian De Palma, who partnered with Susan Lehman on A...

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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