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Review: ‘Set It Up’ Revives the Rom-Com, Thanks to the Chemistry of its Stars

The romantic comedy is dead. Long live the romantic comedy. There is a speed to the dialogue and action in Set It Up, directed by Claire Scanlon, that speaks to...

BAMCinemaFest Review: ‘Feast of the Epiphany’ is a Continually Surprising Drama in Two Parts

The history of film critics contributing to or creating actual films is long and storied. From the groundbreaking works of Cahiers du cinéma writers that made u...

New to Streaming: ‘Double Lover,’ ‘Blockers,’ ‘In Bruges,’ ‘The Watermelon Woman,’ and More

New to Streaming: 'Double Lover,' 'Blockers,' 'In Bruges,' 'The Watermelon Woman,' and More...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Ludwig,’ Bresson, ‘Les Carabiniers,’ Liz Taylor & More

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

First Trailer for Crystal Moselle’s ‘Skate Kitchen’ Shreds Through the Streets of NYC

Following her breakthrough documentary The Wolfpack, director Crystal Moselle returned this year with Skate Kitchen, which uses a narrative backdrop to plac...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 299 – Incredibles 2

We discuss Brad Bird's Pixar sequel and if it was worth the 14-year wait....

U.S. Trailer for Robert Schwentke’s WWII Thriller ‘The Captain’

After the last decade-plus German director Robert Schwentke has been a Hollywood mainstay with varying levels of success, including Flightplan, RED, R.I.P.D...

Steve Carell (and His Toy Dolls) Fight Nazis in First Trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Welcome to Marwen’

He may not be embraced as he once was, but Robert Zemeckis continues to make some of the most formally interesting work on a large Hollywood scale. Followin...

The Best Films of 2018 (So Far)

You Were Never Really Here, Let the Sunshine In, Paddington 2, Annihilation, First Reformed, and more of the best films of the year so far....

‘Creed II’ Trailer: Michael B. Jordan Faces the Son of Ivan Drago

One of the few franchise rejuvenation that had its intended effect, Creed was the rare blockbuster that embodied the spirit of the original while opening up...

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: The Meltdown Is an Elusive Chilean Chiller

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

Cannes Review: Gentle Monster Is a Masterfully Performed Drama In the Aftermath of Betrayal

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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