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Berlin Review: ‘Synonyms’ is an Unsettling, Dazzling Film About Conflicted Nationality

Relocation becomes dislocation in director Nadav Lapid’s intense, beguiling Synonyms. Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the story follows a...

First Trailer for Michael Jackson Sex Abuse Documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’ Uncovers Dark Memories

One of the longest films at this year's Sundance Film Festival was also the most harrowing and controversial. Leaving Neverland, spanning two parts and four...

Berlin Review: ‘Ghost Town Anthology’ is a Perturbing Excursion into Otherness

Simon died, or perhaps he killed himself. His car raced through a wintry country road, span, crashed. None of the 215 inhabitants of his native Quebecois hamlet...

First Trailer for Joanna Hogg’s Magnificent ‘The Souvenir’ Shows a Relationship in Peril

While there's only been a few major film festivals this year thus far with Sundance, Berlin, and Rotterdam, one clear highlight to emerge is Joanna Hogg's m...

The B-Side – Arnold Schwarzenegger

We discuss End Of Days, The 6th Day, Collateral Damage, and more....

‘Combat Obscura’ Trailer Takes a Vérité Look Inside the Marine Corps

One of the very best documentaries we saw on the festival circuit last year was Combat Obscura, which premiered at last year's True/False Film Festival. The...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 333 – Alita: Battle Angel

We discuss hunter-warriors, motorball, and so much more as we review Robert Rodriguez's new film....

Berlin Review: ‘The Stone Speakers’ Takes a Contemplative Tour Through Bosnia-Herzegovina

Writer/director Igor Drljaca takes us on a contemplative tour through four towns in Bosnia-Herzegovinia with his documentary The Stone Speakers. We never hear h...

Trailer for Khalik Allah’s Heralded ‘Black Mother’ Bridges the Sacred and Profane

A buzzed-about highlight of last year's festival circuit, Khalik Allah's Black Mother hits U.S. theaters next month. The visual artist, best-known for colla...

Berlin Review: ‘I Was at Home, But…’ is an Enigmatic, Sprawling Puzzler

The Berlin film festival’s brochure notes for Angela Schanelec’s new puzzler of a movie map out some of the action: a 13-year-old boy who, after having gone mis...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

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

Trailers

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

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

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

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

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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