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Berlin Review: ‘Bait’ is a Punky, Poignant, and Profound Allegory About Fishing

For his debut feature, writer-director-cinematographer Mark Jenkin takes a parable about a contemporary fishing community under threat from wealthy outsiders an...

First Trailer for Sundance Hit ‘Hail Satan?’ Gets Devilishly Religious

For many, the Satanic Temple only enters their radar when they make headlines, whether it is suing the producers of Sabrina for using the likeness of their ...

Isabelle Huppert on Playing a Psychopath for the First Time, Flipping Tables, and Her Favorite Films of 2018

You’ve seen Isabelle Huppert play extreme characters, but as the actress explains, she wasn’t playing psychopaths–until now....

Gérard Depardieu is Crazy in Love in Exclusive Trailer for 40th Anniversary Restoration of ‘Get Out Your Handkerchiefs’

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Bertrand Blier's Get Out Your Handkerchiefs has been restored by the Cohen Film Collection and returning to thea...

‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’ Trailer Gives the Spanish Icon an Imaginative Biopic

Luis Buñuel has received the biopic treatment in a way that befits the visionary Spanish artist. Based on a graphic novel, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turt...

Béla Tarr on Restoring ‘Sátántangó,’ the Perfect Film School, and Completing His Filmography

Eight years on from announcing his retirement from filmmaking following the release of The Turin Horse, Hungarian maestro Béla Tarr is keeping busy....

Review: ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ Tells an Engaging Tale of Innovation

The phrase "important film" covers all manner of cinematic sins. If a narrative speaks to a specific issue or disenfranchisement, it can make critique a little ...

Review: ‘The Wedding Guest’ is a Meandering, Frustrating Thriller

Like the protagonist of his latest film, The Wedding Guest, Michael Winterbottom is a wanderer–cinematically, that is. There are few filmmakers in modern cinema...

U.S. Trailer for Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Sets Adam Driver on a Surreal Adventure

Since 1989, Terry Gilliam has been attempting (and re-attempting) to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, the trials and tribulations of which got its own d...

First Trailer for Nadav Lapid’s Golden Bear Winner ‘Synonyms’

Following 2014's The Kindergarten Teacher, Israeli writer-director Nadav Lapid returns this year with Synonyms. Telling the story of an Israeli man who move...

News

Catherine Breillat Sets Next Film With The German Cousin

John Sayles Sets Directing Return With I Passed This Way Starring Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper

KimStim Acquires Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path Remake for Summer Release

Trailers

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

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

Reviews

Cannes Review: Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam Can’t Find a Rhythm

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Magic Hour Review: Katie Aselton and Daveed Diggs Work Through Complex Emotions

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

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“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

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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