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‘Honeyland’ Trailer: A Macedonian Beekeeper’s Life Gets Disrupted in Sundance Winner

With this year's Apollo 11, The Biggest Little Farm, and Amazing Grace, Neon has emerged as one of the finest distributors of non-fiction work and their str...

Cannes Review: Michael Covino Ascends with Twisted, Auspicious Buddy Comedy ‘The Climb’

In The Climb–as occasionally in life–friendship can be an uphill struggle at the best of times. So how about the worst? Michael Angelo Covino’s auspicious feat...

‘Dark Phoenix’ Review: Fox Bids Adieu to Superhero Franchise with Lukewarm Bellyflop

It’s the end of an era. With the recently-completed transition of 20th Century Fox and all its various IP licenses to the Walt Disney Company–Hollywood’s very o...

‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ Review: Enjoyable Fluff Better Suited for Television

Illumination missed the boat on The Secret Life of Pets because the way they've told these stories thus far make them a lot more conducive to television than ci...

First Trailer for Julius Onah’s Acclaimed Sundance Drama ‘Luce’

Bouncing back from the disaster that was The Cloverfield Paradox, director Julius Onah returned to more small-scale roots with his follow-up Luce, and it be...

‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Review: Let Us Pray for the Extinction of This Franchise

There is such a clear disdain for the human element in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, one wonders if there wasn't a way to make this sequel with monsters alone...

Brad Pitt Enters Orbit in First Trailer for James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’

At long last, the first look at James Gray's highly-anticipated Ad Astra has landed. Initially set for a January release of this year, the space drama got b...

Woody Allen Sets Christoph Waltz, Louis Garrel, and Gina Gershon for New Feature

A cancellation only goes so far: shortly after Woody Allen's career got a shot in the arm from Spanish outfit Mediapro, word arrives via Satellifax (and BFM...

Barry Jenkins to Direct Alvin Ailey Biopic for Fox Searchlight

Following last year's stellar James Baldwin adaptation If Beale Street Could Talk, Oscar winner Barry Jenkins is deep into prepping his forthcoming series T...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 350 – Aniara

We discuss Pella Kagerman and Hugo Lilja's existential sci-fi drama Aniara, which is now available on VOD....

News

John Sayles Sets Directing Return With I Passed This Way Starring Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper

KimStim Acquires Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path Remake for Summer Release

Nathan Silver Sets A Poet Remake as Next Feature

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

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Magic Hour Review: Katie Aselton and Daveed Diggs Work Through Complex Emotions

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

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

“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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