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The Monkey Review: Osgood Perkins Returns with a Crafty, Comic Kill Spree

In one of many well-executed nods to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Cinerama-style red and blue credits play over a black screen to sizzling '60s surf rock, a ...

Grand Tour Trailer: Miguel Gomes’ Mesmerizing Odyssey Arrives This March

Miguel Gomes, the Portuguese filmmaker behind The Tsugua Diaries, Arabian Nights, and Tabu, made his long-awaited return at last year's Cannes Film Festival wi...

Berlinale Review: All I Had Was Nothingness Perfectly Complements Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah

When reading Claude Lanzmann’s 2009 memoir The Patagonian Hare, director Guillaume Ribot was struck by insights into making the monumental Shoah. The book ...

Pet Shop Days Trailer: Olmo Schnabel’s Martin Scorsese-Backed Directorial Debut is Coming to Theaters This March

Premiering back at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut Pet Shop Days went on to play at Chicago International Festival, SXSW, and ...

Berlinale Review: Kontinental ’25 Shows Radu Jude Has Nothing Left To Prove

“The id grows tedious,” art critic Jackson Arn wrote recently, “when left to speak too freely.” The Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude keeps his in check by grou...

Spike Lee Shares First Look at Highest 2 Lowest and Confirms Summer 2025 Release

Spike Lee's major year already kicked off in a big way at the Super Bowl with a tie-in to one of his most underappreciated films and now the filmmaker is finis...

Claire Denis Eyes Crime Drama The Soap Maker

Claire Denis, set to turn 79 this year, has not slowed in the least. As cameras roll on Cry of the Guards she's entered negotiations to direct The Soap Maker, ...

The Actor Trailer: André Holland-Led Noir Drama Arrives This March

After co-helming Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman, we’ve long anticipated Duke Johnson’s next feature The Actor. A decade since the filmmaker's last film, the dr...

Charles Burnett’s Landmark Masterpiece Killer of Sheep Gets New Theatrical Trailer for 4K Restoration

It was just last week we published an interview with the great Charles Burnett, whose 1999 drama The Annihilation of Fish was finally resurrected and is now ro...

First Trailer for Michael Shannon’s Directorial Debut Eric LaRue Starring Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgård

After working with such directors as Werner Herzog, Sidney Lumet, William Friedkin, Guillermo del Toro, Rian Johnson, Jeff Nichols, and many more, Michael Shan...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Catch Me If You Can, The Lost Weekend, The Spirit of the Beehive & More

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Nirris Nagendrarajah’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: Sentimental Value, Cover-Up, Where to Land, Die My Love, and More

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

Jack Fisk on Creating an Authentic 1950s New York for Marty Supreme and Josh Safdie’s Drive

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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