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Cannes Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is One of Pedro Almodóvar’s Most Personal, Exceptional Works

Pedro Almodóvar, the punk chronicler of post-Francoist Spain, turns inwards for his 21st feature Pain and Glory, which arrives in competition at Cannes as a sum...

Cannes Review: ‘The Dead Don’t Die,’ and Neither Do Old Zombie Tropes

The zombies hobbling around the streets of the fictional, bucolic US city of Centerville have been awakened by global warming (specifically, from the ruthless f...

First Trailer for Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day in New York’ Starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning & Selena Gomez

Update: Woody Allen has been given back the U.S. distribution rights to the film from Amazon Studios, Variety reports. It is not known yet if he will try to sel...

‘The Command’ Trailer: Matthias Schoenaerts, Colin Firth, and Léa Seydoux Encounter Disaster

Now with a new title for U.S. audiences, a new trailer has just arrived for The Command (originally called Kursk), which features a talented ensemble includ...

Cannes Review: ‘Bacurau’ is a John Carpenter-Inspired, Politically-Fueled Revenge Fantasy

The school in the fictional village of Bacurau, located somewhere in the desert hinterlands of north-eastern Brazil, bears the name of one João Carpinteiro. If ...

New to Streaming: ‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Greta,’ ‘Charlie Says,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Amazon, MUBI, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: German Genre, ‘Dangerous Game,’ ‘Last Year at Marienbad’ & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

Montclair Review: ‘Ms. White Light’ is an Odd, Tender, and Quirky Life and Death Drama

Written and directed by Paul Shoulberg, the odd and occasionally profound dark comedy Ms. White Light features a unique profession at its core: the morality ind...

Montclair Review: ‘Jules of Light and Dark’ Features Love, Longing, and a Sparse Narrative

Set deep in the heart of Texas, Daniel Laabs’ Jules of Light and Dark explores the landscape of recovery as an unlikely friendship is formed between college stu...

The B-Side – John Singleton

We break the mold to celebrate a legend. Host Dan Mecca is joined by podcast producer Conor O’Donnell to talk about the films of director John Singleton, who passed away at the young age of 51 in late April....

News

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

Whit Stillman Plans Return with Adam Brody-Led A Night at Claridge’s; Sebastian Stan and Ana de Armas to Lead Felipe Gálvez’s Impunity

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Rare Touching the Skin of Eeriness Screens May 19

Trailers

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

Kamal Aljafari Documents a Vanishing Land In Exclusive Trailer Debut for With Hasan in Gaza

Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in First Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Tony

Reviews

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

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) Review: Lucrecia Martel’s Essential Document of Indigenous Resistance

This is Not a Drill Review: A Sharp Portrait of Climate Activists Who Still Fight

Features

Posterized May 2026: Renoir, I Love Boosters, Backrooms & More

New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More

Interviews

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

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

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