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Berilnale Review: <i>Girls on Wire</i> is a Polished Ye...

With just two films to her name (in addition to co-producing the Golden Bear-win...

Memoir of a Snail Director Adam Elliot on Making His Au...

Two decades ago, stop-motion animator Adam Elliot burst onto the scene with his ...

Berlinale Review: Michel Franco’s Dreams Spins the Trea...

Some images have become metonymic by nature, reflecting the political problems o...

Berlinale Review: Ari Unlocks the Beautiful Mystery of ...

French director Léonor Serraille’s third feature Ari is the portrait of an über-...

Mickey 17 Review: Bong Joon Ho’s Sci-Fi Comedy is an Od...

Is Mark Ruffalo giving a Trump impression? It’s early into Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey...

Berlinale Review: Hot Milk Offers a Marvelous Look at M...

A mother-daughter relationship is rarely a love story, at least not in any of th...

The Criterion Collection’s May Lineup Features The Umbr...

Marking one of their biggest upgrade months yet, the Criterion Collection is con...

Exclusive Trailer for Denis Côté’s Paul Captures Coping...

Carving out a fascinating filmography with his uncompromising, intimate characte...

The 2025 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: A...

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

Happy Valentine’s Day from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not t...

New to Streaming: Hard Truths, Nickel Boys, Broken Rage...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming pl...

NYC Weekend Watch: Vincent Gallo, Dutchman, Wild at Hea...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaVinc...

Charles Burnett on Resurrecting The Annihilation of Fis...

Essentially a lost film, legendary director Charles Burnett’s 1999 feature The A...

Berlinale Review: Tom Tykwer’s The Light is a Maximalis...

The 75th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival opens today and, foll...

Exclusive Trailer for Moi-même Resurrects an Abandoned ...

While many cinephilic pleasures can be derived from diving into underseen gems f...

The 2025 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing every short film in each category: ...

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