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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....

SXSW Review: ‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Artfully Creates a Hilarious Monster

If Fight Club taught us one thing and one thing only it is to never underestimate the power of a bored single man with nothing to lose. And that is, in some way...

SXSW Review: ‘The Beach Bum’ is Hilarious, But May Cause a Hangover

The latest opus of debauchery from the great Harmony Korine, The Beach Bum continues his more playful streak, full of carefree possibilities while existing in r...

News

Richard Kelly Releasing “Gigantic” Debut Novel This Year

Radu Jude Will Shoot New Feature Love Diptych Next Month

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks Captures Growing Up on the French Riviera

Maddie’s Secret Trailer: John Early Crafts a Sincere Satire in Directorial Debut

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

Interviews

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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

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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