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First Trailer for ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ Shows a Changing City

It was a busy year for A24 at Sundance. Along with selling two of their productions to HBO (Native Son and Share), they either premiered/acquired a number o...

SXSW Review: ‘For Sama’ is Harrowing, Immersive, and Essential

It’s unthinkable to imagine the intimacy and immediacy of a self-shot film like For Sama even just years ago, without the access to DSLR and mobile phone camera...

An Unlikely Connection Forms in Trailer for Ritesh Batra’s ‘Photograph’

One of the most soothing cinematic experiences at Sundance this year was Photograph, the latest drama from Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox). Starring Nawazuddin ...

SXSW Review: ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is an Effortlessly Charming Retread

A triumph for diversity in casting, The Peanut Butter Falcon is an enormously endearing and often funny drama about two outlaws: Zac (Zack Gottsagen), a 22-year...

First Trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Goes Back to 1969

Looking at the summer movie slate, near the top of our most-anticipated list (alongside another Brad Pitt-led film) is Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time ...

Review: ‘Ramen Shop’ is a Lightweight, Hunger-Inducing Ode to Culinary Delights

The young chef Masato, played by Japanese actor Takumi Saitô, gets home after a long day at the family-owned ramen restaurant that he works at. First, he tends ...

SXSW Review: ‘Vision Portraits’ is a Personal and Generous Look at Creativity in Darkness

An evocative meditation on sight, cinema, and the tools of filmmaking, Rodney Evans' latest feature documentary Vision Portraits is an intimate and generous loo...

SXSW Review: ‘Yes, God, Yes’ Trades Crude Humor for Sincerity Without Sacrificing Laughs

Similar to last year’s inclusive comedy Blockers–which proved teen girls deserve their own kind of high school sex comedy like the boys have enjoyed for years–Y...

‘Lucy In The Sky’ Trailer: Natalie Portman Goes to Space and Back

After an adventurous 2018 with her sci-fi odyssey Annihilation and ambitious pop star drama Vox Lux, Natalie Portman will head to (or rather, return from) s...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 337 – Transit

We discuss Christian Petzold's Phoenix follow-up....

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

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

The Misconceived Review: Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

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

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & 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 Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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