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You Burn Me Review: Matías Piñeiro Muses on Sapphic Fragments and Unrequited Love

In You Burn Me, the Argentinian littérateur-filmmaker Matías Piñeiro uses his vintage Bolex camera like the iOS Notes app. Shooting over the course of a few ye...

New to Streaming: Gene Hackman, Michael Mann, Vermiglio, CHAOS: The Manson Murders & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

A Palestinian Teacher Fights Back in U.S. Trailer for Farah Nabulsi’s Acclaimed Drama The Teacher

Following No Other Land's major Oscar win earlier this week, more films capturing the plight of the Palestinian people are getting wider distribution here in t...

CHAOS: The Manson Murders Review: Errol Morris Succinctly Investigates a Complex Conspiracy

Over half a century later, what new information can be gleaned from the nights of August 9 and 10, 1969? Tom O'Neill and Dan Piepenbring’s riveting (if convolu...

Black Bag Review: Steven Soderbergh Delivers Slick, Barbed Spy Thriller

If a James Bond or Mission: Impossible film excised all its action scenes––save a stray explosion or gunshot––while employing a script with a pop John le C...

Bruno Dumont on The Empire, Star Wars, and the Maelstrom of Human Nature

Initially considered the heir to Robert Bresson, Bruno Dumont shocked audiences in 2014 with the heel-turn of his Twin Peaks-inspired miniseries P'tit Quinquin...

Exclusive Trailer for Robina Rose’s Extraordinary, Restored Nightshift Tracks One Night In a Hotel

I wish there were an exact subgenre for Robina Rose's Nightshift so I could see every single one of its kin. The British feature––recalling the austere melanch...

Alex Ross Perry Makes a Fake Pavement Biopic with Range Life Trailer

Six years since his last solo directing feature, Her Smell, Alex Ross Perry returned to the world of rock in a very different way with Pavements. A tribute to ...

In the Lost Lands Review: Paul W.S. Anderson Finds Poetry In the Fantasy Epic

“The world is a vampire” –– Billy Corgan, 1995 Before jumping directly into the action, Paul W.S. Anderson's In the Lost Lands opens with a framing de...

New Directors/New Films Unveils 2025 Lineup

After showcasing work from the likes of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne R...

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

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

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

Features

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

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

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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

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

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