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‘Black Mother’ Trailer: Khalik Allah’s Poetic, Spiritual Exploration of Jamaica

One of the most powerful cinematic experiences I've had this year is with Khalik Allah's Black Mother, a poetic, spiritual exploration of Jamaica through th...

New to Streaming: ‘Madeline’s Madeline,’ ‘The Night Comes for Us,’ ‘Galveston,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Shaw Brothers Horror, Shriek Show, Frederick Wiseman & More

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

The Film Stage Show Ep. 315 – Bad Times at the El Royale

Bill Graham and I are joined by Dan Mecca—my mortal enemy—to discuss the new film from writer/director Drew Goddard....

The Film Stage Show Special Report – Chicago International Film Festival 2018 (Part 1)

We discuss the films we’ve seen thus far at CIFF–including Ash is Purest White, Transit, Non-Fiction, and more–and about the strange and rewarding experience of attending the festival....

The Films within Films of ‘The Other Side of The Wind’ and ‘La Flor’

At the 56th New York Film Festival there were titles that have intrigued, beguiled, and challenged viewers, perhaps none more so than Mariano Llinás’ fourteen-hour grand experiment and Orson Welles’ posthumously released film....

Review: ‘An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn’ is an Off-Kilter Hybrid Between David Lynch and ‘Napoleon Dynamite’

Writer-director Jim Hosking seems determined to entertain–and divide. From a segment in The ABCs of Death 2 to his feature debut The Greasy Strangler, it was ma...

Review: ‘Life and Nothing More’ Provides a Front Row Seat to Racial Injustice Sans Sensationalism

Many filmmakers find the need to politicize truths without realizing or believing their existence has already politicized them. There's power in this sort of ma...

Review: ‘The Night Comes For Us’ Carves a ‘The Raid’-Esque Tableaux of Carnage

When considering writer-director Timo Tjahjanto’s new film, it will be difficult to omit two words: The Raid. Similarities between the two certainly have their ...

‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Trailer: ‘Attack the Block’ Director Joe Cornish Returns

After arriving on the scene back in 2011 with his mightly impressive directorial debut Attack the Block (along with a writing credit on The Adventures of Ti...

News

John Sayles Sets Directing Return With I Passed This Way Starring Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper

KimStim Acquires Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path Remake for Summer Release

Nathan Silver Sets A Poet Remake as Next Feature

Trailers

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

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

Reviews

Cannes Review: Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam Can’t Find a Rhythm

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Magic Hour Review: Katie Aselton and Daveed Diggs Work Through Complex Emotions

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

“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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