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Posterized December 2018: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Cold War,’ ‘The House That Jack Built,’ and More

We explore the art of the month. December is here with a fantastic collection of poster designs from big studio pictures to small independents looking to standout against them....

Review: ‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’ is a Technically Bold, Narratively Thin Retelling of a Classic Story

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is a strange beast. It’s a dark re-imagining of the world from The Jungle Book, familiar to anyone that saw Jon Favreau's 2016 rebo...

Tallinn Review: Rubén Mendoza’s ‘Niña Errante’ is a Poignant Portrait of Sisterly Love

A flock of dark, wavy hair covers Ángela’s luminous face as she stares at her father’s casket a few minutes into Rubén Mendoza’s heart-wrenchingly humane Niña E...

Review: ‘United We Fan’ Explores TV Worth Saving and the Personalities Behind the Campaigns

Who among us hasn’t watched a TV series and felt as if we had gotten to intimately know our favorite characters? Certain shows barely get the opportunity to “ju...

Marrakech Review: ‘The Load’ is a Politically-Minded Thriller with Genre Flourishes

The Load is about a man and a van. We’re in Yugoslavia in 1999, where the rumble of NATO bombers can be heard in the distance. The man’s name is Vlada (Leon Luv...

Marrakech Review: ‘Joy’ is an Unflinching, Non-Gratuitous Look at Forced Prostitution

One need not take a class on the cinema of Todd Solondz to suspect that there may not be a great deal of joyfulness in a film called Joy (unless, of course, som...

‘Sunset’ Trailer: ‘Son of Saul’ Director László Nemes Returns with Pre-WWI Budapest-Set Drama

After earning an Oscar for Son of Saul, director László Nemes is back with another Hungarian Academy Award entry with Sunset. Following its premiere at Veni...

Review: ‘Never Look Away’ is a Novelistic Return to Form for Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

One of the biggest challenges when making a film about a fictitious artist must be coming up with art that doesn’t make audience members question the admiration...

Tallinn Review: ‘Yung’ is an Endearing, Drug-Fueled Ode to Friendship

Bodies twirl to maddening EDM tunes and wobble home at the break of dawn; nostrils are pierced, snort coke and puff smoke; mouths chew, bite, and meet in voraci...

15 Films to See in December

It's the final month of 2018, which means a great deal of catching up on the best films of 2018 so far, along with a handful of films in theaters to check out. ...

News

Richard Kelly Releasing “Gigantic” Debut Novel This Year

Radu Jude Will Shoot New Feature Love Diptych Next Month

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks Captures Growing Up on the French Riviera

Maddie’s Secret Trailer: John Early Crafts a Sincere Satire in Directorial Debut

Reviews

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

The Misconceived Review: Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Blue Film Review: Masterful Two-Hander Confronts Flaws with Empathy

Features

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

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

Interviews

“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

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

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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