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Joel Coen to Direct Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington in ‘Macbeth’ Adaptation

As history has proven, it's not long after a Coen brothers film arrives that we learn of their project. Following their Netflix anthology film The Ballad of...

Rooney Mara is ‘Mary Magdalene’ and Joaquin Phoenix is Jesus in New Trailer for Biblical Drama

The downfall of The Weinstein Company meant that a number of films were left by the wayside, waiting to be picked up by other distributors. One that has tak...

Toni Collette, Jessie Buckley & David Thewlis Join Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things‘

Following his stop-motion animation Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman will return to the realm of live-action with I’m Thinking of Ending Things, an adaptation of ...

‘Dumbo’ Review: Tim Burton Directs a Drab, Deadened Disney Remake

The onslaught of "live action" Disney adaptations of their animated films is a confounding one in many ways. They seem to be committed to remaking only their mo...

‘Phantom Cowboys’ Trailer Turns the Spotlight on Small-Town Teenage Ennui

Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival 2018, Hide Your Smiling Faces director Daniel Patrick Carbone brought his powerful, lyrical new documentary Phantom Cowboy...

The Future of Filmmaking: A Comprehensive Preview of New Directors/New Films 2019

Now in its 48th edition, the NYC-based film festival continues to spotlight directors representing the future of filmmaking and this year's edition is particularly eclectic....

ND/NF Review: ‘Long Way Home’ is a Warm, Patient Study of the Rhythms of Everyday Life

Representing the rhythms of everyday life is, generally speaking, a particular concern of films situated outside the mainstream. Relatively free from the strict...

ND/NF Review: ‘End of the Century’ is a Love Story Drenched in a Nostalgic Magical Realism

Two travelers—Ocho, an aspiring poet from New York, and Javi, a Spanish director from Germany—spend a single day together in Barcelona in the opening act of Luc...

ND/NF Review: ‘Suburban Birds’ is a Harmonious, Intriguing Debut Feature

Something is causing the ground to shift underneath a new Chinese suburb in writer-director Qiu Sheng’s intriguing, adept debut feature. High-rise towers are li...

ND/NF Review: ‘Angelo’ Conveys Prejudices Often Made Invisible Within the Art World

There is no question that white people are and have historically been capable of racism. The value of Angelo resides in its ability to convey those prejudices t...

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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