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SXSW Review: ‘Good Boys’ is a Cringe-Inducing Middle School Comedy

Despite some endearing passages, Gene Stupnitsky’s uninspired crude tween comedy Good Boys is a cringe-inducing affair. The Seth Rogen-produced summer release f...

‘The Professor and the Madman’ Trailer: Mel Gibson and Sean Penn Craft the Oxford English Dictionary

In a bit of against-type casting, The Professor and The Madman stars Mel Gibson and Sean Penn, but Gibson is, in fact, not playing the latter character. Rat...

Review: ‘Finding Steve McQueen’ is a Likable, Thin Crime Drama

The Dinsio Brothers and their accomplices stole around nine million dollars from four hundred-plus safety deposit boxes inside the United California Bank of Lag...

Red Band Trailer for Seth Rogen-Produced ‘Good Boys’ Previews a Sixth-Grade ‘Superbad’

The Seth Rogen brand has fit snugly into the world of SXSW and the actor-writer-producer-director has now returned to the festival with more than one projec...

A Frontierswoman Faces an Evil Force in First Trailer for Supernatural Horror Western ‘The Wind’

Premiering in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival before stopping by Fantastic Fest, Emma Tammi's directorial debut The ...

First Red Band Trailer for Olivia Wilde’s Directorial Debut and SXSW Hit ‘Booksmart’

With SXSW kicking off this past weekend, one of the biggest successes so far has been Olivia Wilde's directorial debut Booksmart. Starring Kaitlyn Dever and...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 336 – Captain Marvel

We discuss Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's blockbuster starring Brie Larson....

SXSW Review: ‘Long Shot’ is a Hilarious Rom-Com with Imperfect Political Commentary

With a healthy dose of the occasional crude joke and casual drug use that’s become the hallmark of Seth Rogen’s brand of humor, Long Shot is Notting Hill with g...

New to Streaming: Christian Petzold, ‘Vox Lux,’ ‘Wanda,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of MUBI, Amazon, Criterion Channel, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Love is Colder Than Death,’ ‘Babylon,’ ‘Fury Road’ & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

News

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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