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First Trailer for ‘What They Had’ Starring Hilary Swank, Blythe Danner, and Michael Shannon

Hilary Swank is returning to the big screen in What They Had, the touching new drama from writer/director Elizabeth Chomko. The movie tells the story of Bri...

Review: ‘McQueen’ Weaves Beautiful Tapestries Out of Tragedy and Pain

By the time he was 25, Lee Alexander McQueen had gone on to launch his own fashion label. Before he was 30, he had designed costumes for David Bowie and Björk. ...

First Trailer for Jonah Hill’s Directorial Debut ‘Mid90s’

A Scott Rudin-produced solo directorial debut from an actor-turned-director that explores a coming-of-age story with shades of autobiography and a love for ...

Introducing The B-Side, a New Podcast Exploring the Forgotten Films of Established Stars

In this first episode, Dan Mecca and Conor O'Donnell discuss The B-Side to Tom Cruise's career, in advance of the release of Mission: Impossible - Fallout....

First Trailer for Blake Williams’ ‘PROTOTYPE’ Previews a Boundary-Pushing 3D Experience

In the years since the resurgence of 3D in Hollywood thanks to James Cameron, we've seen the dimension-expanding tool profiteered in a number of bastardized...

The Allegorical Power and Sheer Imagination of George A. Romero

As his debut Night of the Living Dead arrives on Criterion, we look back at the intelligent horror classic....

Fantasia Review: ‘Fireworks’ Places Thought-Provoking Ideas in Off-Putting Drama

In a nation of repressed emotions, three young teens find themselves confronting their feelings at what might be their last opportunity to do so. Shy Norimichi ...

First Trailer for ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Brings a Colossal Brawl

2014's Godzilla was a spectacular achievement in terms of bringing scale and stakes to the summer blockbuster. For the follow-up, Gareth Edwards' eye will b...

Fantasia Review: ‘BuyBust’ Gets Lost in Excessively Violent Carnage

Police director Alvarez (Nonie Buencamino) and his prized team leader Dela Cruz (Lao Rodriguez) are finally making headway with their war on drugs throughout th...

Karlovy Vary Review: ‘To the Night’ is an Unrelenting Showcase for Caleb Landry Jones

If you, as I, are the type to presume that a “dramaturgical assistant” is some form of midlevel job in a hospital’s oncology department you might be startled to...

News

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

NYC Weekend Watch: Korean Cinema’s Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer & More

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

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

Reviews

Cannes Review: All of a Sudden Is Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Most Empathetic, Humanist Film to Date

Cannes Review: The Meltdown Is an Elusive Chilean Chiller

Cannes Review: Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales Is an Ambitious If Tedious Take on Kieślowski

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

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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