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The Film Stage Show Ep. 347 – Pokémon Detective Pikachu

We are joined by Dominick Suzanne-Mayer to put on some deerstalker hats and investigate Pokémon Detective Pikachu....

Montclair Review: ‘Safe Spaces’ is a Sharp, Empathic, and Timely Comedy

If anything, Safe Spaces gets right what it’s like to be on the lowest wrung of the career ladder in academia. Justin Long stars as Josh, a creative writing and...

‘For Sama’ Trailer: A Searing Portrait of Syria Through a Young Woman’s Eyes

Following its world premiere at SXSW (where it won the top documentary prize), For Sama is an official selection at this year's prestigious Cannes Film Festiv...

A Celebration Turns Terrifying in New Trailer for Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’

Now with the new release date in the smack dab of mid-summer, Ari Aster’s Hereditary follow-up Midsommar has unveiled a new trailer courtesy of A24. While t...

U.S. Trailer for Kirill Serebrennikov’s Cannes Rock ‘n’ Roll Drama ‘Leto’

While we gear up for Cannes Film Festival (see our most-anticipated films here), a few of last year's premieres are still looking for a U.S. release. One th...

IndieLisboa Review: ‘The Edge of Democracy’ is a Useful Record of Brazil’s Political Nightmare

The Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa belongs to the many who fear that Jair Bolsonaro’s election as President of Brazil represents the beginning of the end for t...

Tribeca Review: ‘Red, White & Wasted’ is a Muddy Look at a Proud Redneck Family

Beyond Cinderella’s castle and Universal’s Islands of Adventure is the long-forgotten Redneck Orlando. I use the term because the family at the center of Red, W...

Tribeca Review: ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound’ is a Comprehensive Overview of an Overlooked Art

Directed by sound editor Midge Costin, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound provides a rich overview of motion picture sound, from the era in which sounds w...

‘The Mountain’ Trailer: Jeff Goldblum Wants You to Give Lobotomy a Second Chance

Following up his divisive films The Comedy and Entertainment, Rick Alverson once again got humorously bleak with his next feature The Mountain, which had it...

Discover German Genre Films from the Margins in Exclusive Trailer for Quad’s New Retrospective

Consider West German cinema and the familiar crop of names will rear its head: Fassbinder, Wenders, Herzog, Schlondorff... and, barring expertise, it's here...

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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