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Cate Blanchett Goes Missing in First Trailer for Richard Linklater’s ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’

His last film Last Flag Flying went flying under the radar, but Richard Linklater is back in 2019 with Cate Blanchett, who is leading his adaptation of Mari...

The Best Double Features of 2018

Drive-in theaters may not be the popular viewing spot they once were, but with the overwhelming accessibility we now have, one can program their own personal double bill with back-to-back features that hit a specific thematic sweet spot....

The Film Stage Show Ep. 324 – Vox Lux

We discuss Brady Corbet's dark journey into pop stardom with Vox Lux....

Review: ‘Bumblebee’ Brings Newfound Emotion, But Similar Beats to the ‘Transformers’ Franchise

With Bumblebee, director Travis Knight and writer Christina Hodson weave together two different movies: 1) A sensitive, familiar riff on E.T. about a young girl...

Review: ‘Vice’ is a Lethargically Glib Re-Litigation of the Recent Past

Satire is always in flux, but never has exaggerated comedy felt more tired than living in a time when absurdity feels unbearably tame compared to the reality of...

The Best Cinematography of 2018

Alfonso Cuarón, Matthew Libatique, James Laxton, Ashley Connor, Rob Hardy, and many more delivered some of year's most beautiful cinematic images....

The Film Stage Show Ep. 323 – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

We discuss Joel and Ethan Coen's western anthology film, now on Netflix....

Review: ‘Amazing Grace’ is a Raw, Powerful, and Soul-Nourishing Experience

A time capsule that’s as fresh and powerful an experience as it must have been when recorded live in Watts in 1972, Amazing Grace is arguably one of the year’s ...

U.S. Trailer for Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘The Wild Pear Tree’ Follows a Writer’s Journey

Nuri Bilge Ceylan returned to Cannes Film Festival this year with The Wild Pear Tree, following up his Palme d'Or winner Winter's Sleep. Telling the story o...

Review: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Doesn’t Soar, but Emily Blunt Shines

Mary Poppins Returns can’t possibly be expected to transcend its historical foundation. It’s been over half a century since the Disney original seeped its way i...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Korean Cinema’s Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer & More

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

First Look at Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms Follow-Up King’s Daughters Starring Sandrine Bonnaire

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Reviews

Cannes Review: Fatherland Finds Paweł Pawlikowski in a Heady, Aching Register

Cannes Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Is a Joyful Addition to Jane Schoenbrun’s Box of Mysteries

The Wizard of Kremlin Review: An Irrelevant, Cynical Approach to Vladimir Putin’s Russian

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

Interviews

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Podcasts

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

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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