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Venice Review: ‘The Sisters Brothers’ is a Melancholic, Hollow Western

A mainstay in French for almost 40 years, Jacques Audiard frequently chronicles criminals and convicts (or ex-criminals/ex-convicts) trying to either navigate a...

Venice Review: ‘Why Are We Creative?’ Poses a Question to Artistic Geniuses

The question that Hermann Vaske has asked for over two decades is a large one. Why Are We Creative? There's no blanket answer — no right or wrong notion of the ...

Venice Review: ‘Suspiria’ is a Lush, Superflous Remake from Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino does a lot of things very, very well. Indeed, it is hard to think of a working director more adept at capturing the tactile delights of stuff li...

Venice Review: ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Isn’t Classic Coen Brothers, Still a Fine Western Anthology

Eyebrows were raised when the venerable contributors of Sight & Sound named Twin Peaks: The Return the second-best "film" of 2017 despite the fact that only...

Venice Review: ‘Tumbbad’ Brings Myth into Reality

As the Hindu folktale at the start of Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad's Tumbbad states: while the Goddess of Plenty birthed 160 million deities from her womb (...

Venice Review: ‘A Star is Born’ is a Charming Directorial Debut for Bradley Cooper

Surprise may not be the first reaction you’d expect to have when watching the umpteenth remake of a romance as old as Hollywood itself, but the adjective proves...

Venice Review: ‘Roma’ is a Richly Detailed, Immersive Experience

There was a surprising moment about halfway through Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma–during one of its multitude of breathtaking cinematic set pieces–when I began to wonde...

New to Streaming: ‘Support the Girls,’ Venice 2018 Premieres, ‘mother!,’ and More

Films straight from Venice 2018, and more selections to watch this week....

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives,’ Women of the West, ‘Sweet Sweetback’ & More

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

Venice Review: ‘The Favourite’ is a Zany, Exhilarating Period Drama

The English royals populating Yorgos Lanthimos’ rollicking period drama The Favourite may not know much about the country’s ongoing war with France, but they’re...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Trailers

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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