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San Sebastian Review: Naomi Kawase Transplants Juliette Binoche in the Sensual, Loopy ‘Vision’

A modest meditation on memory and grief turns into loopy pseudo-mythical environmentalism in Naomi Kawase’s Vision, her fourth film in five years. Transplanting...

NYFF Review: ‘Her Smell’ Captures a Downward Spiral with Intoxicating Lucidity

Distinct from musicals, music biopics, and documentaries, fiction films about the challenges faced by musicians in practicing their craft have been around since...

NYC Weekend Watch: NYFF Revivals, Godard x2, Peter Bogdanovich & More

In NYC? Here are the best films to see in theaters this weekend....

New to Streaming: ‘Eighth Grade,’ ‘Leave No Trace,’ ‘Hold the Dark,’ and More

New to Streaming: 'Eighth Grade,' 'Leave No Trace,' 'Hold the Dark,' and More...

U.S. Trailer for Cannes Winner ‘Border,’ Sweden’s Oscar Contender

One of our favorite discoveries at this year's Cannes Film Festival was Ali Abbasi's fantasy tale Border. Adapted the from a short by John Ajvide Lindqvist,...

‘A Raisin in the Sun’: Sidney Poitier Faces the Strains of a Segregated World

Lorraine Hansberry is sometimes lost in the shuffle of famous playwrights, which is quite a shame considering she was the first African American writer to have ...

Frederick Wiseman Heads to Small-Town America in First Trailer for ‘Monrovia, Indiana’

Perhaps the greatest living filmmaker, in the sense of the breadth of the human experience he's captured on film, Frederick Wiseman, at 88, is continuing hi...

Full Trailer for ‘Burning’ Previews Lee Chang-dong’s Masterful Oscar Entry

One of the most gloriously enigmatic, masterfully-directed films of the year comes from Poetry and Secret Sunshine helmer Lee Chang-dong, who makes his retu...

San Sebastian Review: ‘Leto’ is a Melancholic Ode to Counterculture in 1980s Russia

At a time when freedom of expression titters on the brink in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, there’s something thrillingly contemporary about Kirill Serebrennikov’s So...

John C. Reilly on the Bond Between Man and Horse, ‘The Sisters Brothers,’ and the Enduring Legacy of ‘Walk Hard’

In Jacques Audiard’s new film The Sisters Brothers, John C. Reilly plays Eli Sisters, a sensitive hitman and a foil to his more aggressive brother Charlie, played by Joaquin Phoenix....

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Remake Trailer: Ross McElwee Crafts the Most Heartbreaking Documentary of 2026

The Samurai and the Prisoner Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mystery Epic Arrives This July

Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Tussle Over Legacy In Trailer for Kent Jones’ Late Fame

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

Interviews

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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