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BAMcinemaFest Review: Dominican Drama ‘De Lo Mio’ Excels Where Words Fail

De Lo Mio begins with a tidy visual metaphor: a man carefully opens many blinds to let light into a dark room. The three siblings in Diana Peralta’s debut featu...

Review: ‘Toy Story 4’ Ends Pixar’s Flagship Series (For Now) on a Fine Note

It was said upon the release of Toy Story 3 that the franchise was done as far as Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear's (Tim Allen) adventures were concerned. ...

‘Child’s Play’ Review: A Horror Remake More Intriguing Than Worthwhile

It's not every day we see a remake of a currently running franchise, but now there is Child's Play. While original screenwriter Don Mancini continues to advance...

The B-Side – Warren Beatty

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies from established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain...

NYC Weekend Watch: Stonewall, Juleen Compton, Rohmer, Brakhage & 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...

‘The Quiet One’ Review: Documentary on Rolling Stones Bassist Bill Wyman Is Intimiate to a Fault

Is it possible for a documentary about the Rolling Stones to be (gulp) boring? Probably not. There are, after all, endless stories of the brilliance, boldness, ...

‘Wild Rose’ Review: A Breakout Turn and Honest Script Elevate Overt Sentimentality

Tom Harper’s Wild Rose is a film whose fixation on authenticity is directly at odds with its own craft. A corrective to the recent spate of self-absorbed super...

The Ontology of Hot Guys is Debated in Exclusive Clip from ‘The Plagiarists’

A shot in the dark I expect to prove on-target: there will be no film (commercially released) this year at all like The Plagiarists, a lo-fi comedic whatsit...

‘Shaft’ Review: A Perfectly Good Opportunity Wasted in Favor of Sitcom Action Humor

It’s no wonder Netflix is distributing the latest work in the Shaft cinematic universe internationally, skipping a theatrical release in many territories. Tim S...

A Couple’s Life is Upended in Trailer for Acclaimed Comedy ‘The Plagiarists’

An official Selection of the Berlin International Film Festival and directed by experimental filmmaker Peter Parlow, The Plagiarists opens on June 28. Anna (L...

News

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

First Look at Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms Follow-Up King’s Daughters Starring Sandrine Bonnaire

Catherine Breillat Sets Next Film With The German Cousin

Trailers

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

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

Reviews

Cannes Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Is a Joyful Addition to Jane Schoenbrun’s Box of Mysteries

The Wizard of Kremlin Review: An Irrelevant, Cynical Approach to Vladimir Putin’s Russian

Cannes Review: Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam Can’t Find a Rhythm

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

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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