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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...

‘Trespassers’ Review: Fear-Mongering Horror for a Fox News Audience

The film opens on an affluent white couple living close enough to the Mexican border for another character to later say, "You can't open the door to strangers i...

Trailer for ‘Phantom of Winnipeg’ Celebrates the Canadian Cult Success of Brian De Palma’s Rock Musical

Although it perhaps didn't come in a director-approved form, the release of a nonetheless recommended new Brian De Palma film this summer has many looking b...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Making ‘Alien,’ Chantal Akerman, Analyzing ‘Peterloo’ & More

It’s summertime, and that means a roundup of film-related books must include some lighter fare—hence this column’s inclusion of reads about Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Alien, and Dungeons & Dragons....

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Remake Trailer: Ross McElwee Crafts the Most Heartbreaking Documentary of 2026

The Samurai and the Prisoner Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mystery Epic Arrives This July

Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Tussle Over Legacy In Trailer for Kent Jones’ Late Fame

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

Interviews

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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