Ben Affleck

Review: In ‘Nostalgia,’ Mark Pellington and Alex Ross Perry Reflect on Life’s Memories

About thirty minutes into Nostalgia, a handful of neighbors–each affected by a recent fire–reflect on all of the things they've lost. A strangely complacent ins...

‘Justice League’ Review: Zack Snyder’s Disjointed DC Teamup Distracts with Spectacle

The great millstone around Justice League's neck is the uneven quality of the films that have preceded it, but it's also the thing working in its favor. Here we...

15 Films to See in October

There's big-budget sci-fi, jaunts through Paris, cinematic social experiments, explorations of cinematic icons, gruesome exploitation films, and much more....

Trailer for ‘Abundant Acreage Available’ Previews Amy Ryan’s Career-Best Performance

Having worked under the direction of Kenneth Lonergan, Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet, Ben Affleck, Bennett Miller, Lodge Kerrigan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, ...

New to Streaming: ‘Alien: Covenant,’ ‘Shin Godzilla,’ ‘Adaptation,’ ‘Slack Bay,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

New to Streaming: ‘Three,’ ‘My Winnipeg,’ ‘The Brand New Testament,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

Review: Ben Affleck’s ‘Live by Night’ Runs the Gamut of Gangster Tropes

At times energetic and interesting, but mostly messy and overreaching, Ben Affleck's Live by Night starts out as a refreshing departure for the newly-minted Cap...

New to Streaming: ‘Hail, Caesar!,’ ‘The Accountant,’ ‘Denial,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

Ben Affleck Lives the American Dream in Final Trailer for ‘Live by Night’

Before his directorial career gets tied up in the world of superheroes, Ben Affleck had time to adapt the work of Dennis Lehane following his Oscar-winning ...

Superman Isn’t a Bad Guy in New Trailer for ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’

The self-awareness that was utterly absent from Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is thankfully showing up in The Dark Knight's latest advent...

News

Watch: Hannah Ha Ha Director Jordan Tetewsky Helms Music Video for Matthew Danger Lippman as New Album Arrives

Shia LaBeouf Is Writing a Film About Auschwitz for Abel Ferrara

Martin Scorsese Is “About to Start Making” a New Film Concerning Jesus

Trailers

Joshua Burge Takes a Nocturnal Journey Through NYC in Exclusive Trailer for Pratfall

Michael Cera Returns Home in First Trailer for Dustin Guy Defa’s The Adults

First Full Trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Enters the Real World

Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review: A Web of Formal Inventiveness and Narrative Exhaustion

Falcon Lake Review: Charlotte Le Bon’s Directorial Debut Grounds First Love in Gothic Horror

Cannes Review: Cobweb is a Dextrous but Overdrawn Meta-Filmmaking Exercise from Kim Jee-woon

Features

15 Films to See in June

New to Streaming: BlackBerry, Padre Pio, Pride Month, Sátántangó, Reality, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: Asteroid City Influences, Juliet Berto, Goodfellas & More

Interviews

Past Lives Director Celine Song on Choosing Your Home and the Contradictions of Time

You Can’t Meditate High: Abel Ferrara on Spiritual Transformation, the State of Humanity, and Padre Pio

Unpacking David Lynch’s Life-Long Obsession with The Wizard of Oz

Podcasts

The B-Side – Tilda Swinton (with Dan Walber)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 509 – Master Gardener (with Diana Drumm)

The B-Side – Billy Bob Thornton (with Nicholas Gray)

Ben Affleck

Review: In ‘Nostalgia,’ Mark Pellington and Alex Ross Perry Reflect on Life’s Memories

‘Justice League’ Review: Zack Snyder’s Disjointed DC Teamup Distracts with Spectacle

15 Films to See in October

Trailer for ‘Abundant Acreage Available’ Previews Amy Ryan’s Career-Best Performance

New to Streaming: ‘Alien: Covenant,’ ‘Shin Godzilla,’ ‘Adaptation,’ ‘Slack Bay,’ and More

New to Streaming: ‘Three,’ ‘My Winnipeg,’ ‘The Brand New Testament,’ and More

Review: Ben Affleck’s ‘Live by Night’ Runs the Gamut of Gangster Tropes

New to Streaming: ‘Hail, Caesar!,’ ‘The Accountant,’ ‘Denial,’ and More

Ben Affleck Lives the American Dream in Final Trailer for ‘Live by Night’

Superman Isn’t a Bad Guy in New Trailer for ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’