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SXSW Review: ‘Run This Town’ is a Riveting, Partly Fictional Look at Cracking the Rob Ford Scandal

A superbly entertaining new thriller from Ricky Tollman, Run This Town offers a fictionalized account of late Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s well-documented issues ba...

SXSW Review: ‘Running with Beto’ is a Minor Film About a Major Political Star

Showing rather than explaining the greatness of Beto O’Rourke as a retail politician who is both engaging and engaged, Running with Beto might not shine too muc...

Matt Smith is Charles Manson in First Trailer for Mary Harron’s ‘Charlie Says’

This summer will bring what we imagine is a fitting double feature with Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Mary Harron's Charlie Says, bo...

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....

News

James Gray’s Paper Tiger Sets North American Premiere as Opening Night of the 64th New York Film Festival

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

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

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

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

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