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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. ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 320 – The Favourite

We powder our wigs, put on some makeup, and talk about the acidic dark comedy The Favourite, the newest film from director Yorgos Lanthimos....

Alice Rohrwacher on ‘Happy as Lazzaro,’ Humanity’s Loss of Innocence, and Martin Scorsese’s Support

We spoke with Rohrwacher at this year’s New York Film Festival about her third feature film, Lazzaro’s possible God-like nature, acting newcomer Adriano Tardiolo, and the links between slavery and, in the words of William Blake, “mind-forg'd manacles."...

New to Streaming: ‘Happy as Lazzaro,’ A24 on Kanopy, ‘In the Realm of Perfection,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Christian Petzold, Spike Lee, James Ivory & More

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

Second Trailer for Brady Corbet’s ‘Vox Lux’ Spotlights New Music from Sia

Following his harrowing directorial debut The Childhood of a Leader, Brady Corbet is stepping up his scope with Vox Lux. Telling the story of Natalie Portma...

‘State Like Sleep’ Trailer: Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon Dig Up a Dark Past

While much of the current discussion in the filmsphere is surrounding 2018 releases, the very first release of 2019 just received its debut trailer. State L...

Review: ‘The Mercy’ Sympathetically Captures a Hubristic, Failed Voyage

I had never heard of Donald Crowhurst before seeing James Marsh's film The Mercy. This is unsurprising since the British Sunday Times' Golden Globe Race of whic...

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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