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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...

SXSW Review: ‘Pig Hag’ is an Assured Debut Feature That’s Equally Cruel and Sympathetic

Equal parts cruel and sympathetic, Colby Holt and Sam Probst’s Pig Hag is a shocking indie debut occupying the psychological space of Jodie (Anna T Schlegel), a...

New to Streaming: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ ‘They Shall Not Grow Old,’ ‘Triple Frontier’ & More

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

Review: ‘Captive State’ Builds a Grounded Sci-Fi World with a Lifeless Narrative

Captive State could very well be set in an alternate timeline of Arrival, one where the communication tactics of Louise Banks (Amy Adams) failed and the aliens ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Bruno Ganz, ‘The Juniper Tree,’ ‘King Kong’ & More

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

Take a Mesmerizing Trip in U.S. Trailer for Bi Gan’s ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

One of the most staggering cinematic experiences of recent years was seeing Bi Gan’s transportive, dreamlike odyssey Long Day’s into Night at the New York F...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Trailer for 4K Restoration of Ngozi Onwurah’s Welcome II the Terrordome Presents an Afrofuturist Vision

Tom Cruise Needs to Save the World in First Trailer for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Kim Min-hee Takes a Walk in First Teaser for Hong Sangsoo’s 35th Feature Nowhere to Lay My Eyes

Reviews

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Remake Review: Ross McElwee’s Introspective Documentary Haunts with Humanity

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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