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Hot Milk Review: A Marvelous Look at Maternal Trauma

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Berlinale 2025 coverage. Hot Milk opens in theaters on June 27. A mother-daughter relationship...

The Criterion Collection’s May Lineup Features The Umbrellas of Cherbourg on 4K, The Wind Will Carry Us & More

Marking one of their biggest upgrade months yet, the Criterion Collection is consecrating May 2025 with new 4K editions for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, In the ...

The B-Side – Peter Hyams (with Mike Ryan)

Happy Valentine’s Day from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they mad...

The 2025 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Animated Short nomin...

Exclusive Trailer for Denis Côté’s Paul Captures Coping with Depression Through Cleaning

Carving out a fascinating filmography with his uncompromising, intimate character studies, Canadian director Denis Côté returns this year with Paul, a new...

New to Streaming: Hard Truths, Nickel Boys, Broken Rage, The Seed of the Sacred Fig & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

NYC Weekend Watch: Vincent Gallo, Dutchman, Wild at Heart & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaVincent Gallo writes, directs, and / or stars in Buffalo '66, Trouble Every Day,...

Berlinale Review: Tom Tykwer’s The Light is a Maximalist Misfire

The 75th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival opens today and, following the rather unceremonious end of its previous two directors’ respective te...

Charles Burnett on Resurrecting The Annihilation of Fish and a Humanist Approach to Mental Illness

Essentially a lost film, legendary director Charles Burnett’s 1999 feature The Annihilation of Fish mostly lived on the festival circuit (and in bootlegs) for ...

Exclusive Trailer for Moi-même Resurrects an Abandoned Film Capturing Revolution in Paris

While many cinephilic pleasures can be derived from diving into underseen gems from many decades ago, it's extremely rare to find a film shot before many of ou...

News

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

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

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

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’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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