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Locarno Review: ‘Ray & Liz’ is a Remarkably Vivid, Tender Drama Built on Fractured Memories

If there is an image to best introduce audiences to the grimy cinematic world of Ray & Liz–the remarkable debut feature of Turner prize-nominated visual art...

Locarno Review: ‘A Family Tour’ is a Loaded Melodrama Mirroring Real Life

The last time that director Liang Ying released a film (When Night Falls, back in 2012) it was apparently deemed to be a dangerous enough critique of the Chines...

The B-Side – Jason Statham

We discuss the (perhaps deservedly) overlooked b-side of Statham's career....

Review: ‘Elizabeth Harvest’ Finds Beauty in the Horror of Claustrophobia

Brightly lit as though a fantasy beyond Elizabeth's (Abbey Lee) wildest dreams, we meet her and new husband Henry (Ciarán Hinds) as they drive towards the rest ...

Review: ‘What Still Remains’ Puts a Fresh Spin on the Apocalyptic Thriller

There are two kinds of people still watching The Walking Dead: those who love the gore quotient and believe zombies are the true enemy of the people and those w...

First Trailer & Clip for Richard Billingham’s Directorial Debut ‘Ray & Liz’

One of our most-anticipated films in the Locarno Film Festival lineup is Ray & Liz, the directorial debut from acclaimed U.K. photographer and artist Ri...

‘Lizzie’ Trailer Finds Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart Forming a Deadly Bond

Premiering earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, Lizzie is a period drama with a dark twist, and it’s all based on a true story. Starring Chloë S...

Posterized August 2018: ‘The Meg,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘Skate Kitchen,’ and More

We explore the art of the month....

Review: ‘Never Goin’ Back’ Subverts the Slacker Comedy, But to What End?

The first thing that came to my mind after watching Never Goin' Back was “oh, it’s a female version of Dude, Where’s My Car?” and I didn’t really know what to m...

New to Streaming: ‘First Reformed,’ ‘RBG,’ ‘Her,’ Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cult Picks, and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we've taken it upon ourselves to hig...

News

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

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

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

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

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

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

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

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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