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NYC Weekend Watch: Scorsese Selects, Nightshift, Lou Ye & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaMartin Scorsese has programmed Living, Breathing New York, which starts with Sha...

Andrew Davis on His New Novel Disturbing the Bones, Remembering Gene Hackman, and the Difficulties of Trying to Get Movies Made Today

We love speaking with filmmaker Andrew Davis. In late 2023 The Fugitive director came on our podcast The B-Side to discuss a slew of hidden gems as well as the...

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Love Hotel Restores Shinji Somai’s Pinku Classic

Does the English language contain six sweeter words than "A Pinku Classic from Shinji Somai"? The last couple of years have seen his work restored and properly...

The Actor Review: André Holland is Terrific in Duke Johnson’s Surreal Solo Directorial Debut

For as much light as The Actor is bathed in, it’s equally shrouded in darkness. Duke Johnson’s solo directorial debut is a film of bleary sun and swallowing ni...

SXSW Review: The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick is a Fascinating DIY Bergman-Esque Experiment

Falling somewhere between a horror film and dark comedy about wellness crazes, The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick is, like director Pete Ohs' previous J...

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Review: An Enjoyable Exercise in Updated Nostalgia

We've had Looney Tunes for nearly a century. Leon Schlesinger produced their first short Sinkin' in the Bathtub alongside animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Isin...

Philippe Lesage on Who by Fire, the Importance of Imperfection, and What TV Can Never Steal From Cinema

Back at New Directors/New Films in 2019, I was struck by Philippe Lesage's deeply moving, boldly structured coming-of-age tale Genesis, ultimately naming it on...

Leonardo DiCaprio Will Lead Martin Scorsese’s Home; Apple and Todd Field to Produce

While it's been very difficult of late to figure out what Martin Scorsese will follow Killers of the Flower Moon (already a couple years out from its Cannes pr...

SXSW Review: Rodney Ascher’s Ghost Boy is a Moving, Philosophical Documentary About Being Trapped

Directed by Rodney Ascher, best known for his horror-focused documentaries Room 237 and The Nightmare, Ghost Boy approaches its subject Martin Pistorius from, ...

Sex Work in 1970s Japan Gets the Spotlight in Exclusive Trailer for Noboru Tanaka’s Newly Restored The Oldest Profession

After Sean Baker's sex work dramedy Anora won top honors at the Oscars last week, a Japanese landmark feature from Roman Porno master director Noboru Tanaka ex...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Father Mother Sister Brother: Jim Jarmusch’s Anthology of Late Style

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

Interviews

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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