If, as Lou Reed said, writing about music is like trying to dance about architecture, dissecting comedy is... let's say there ...

As we said when Criterion Channel programmed his debut—and to date only—feature Not Fade Away, the world needs more David Chase films. That it’s not for lack of trying makes any wait all the worse, ...

While there's still over two weeks to go until the Venice Film Festival unveils its official lineup on July 23, they've now ...

Alex Cox has (reportedly) made his final film: a Western adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s classic novel Dead Souls. The book ...

As we approach 2026’s halfway point, it’s time to take a temperature of the finest cinema thus far: we’ve rounded up our ...

Late Fame finds that not-so-common sweet spot between caustic and elegiac, Willem Dafoe (a vision of resparked enthusiasm) ...

One of the highlights to emerge from this year's Sundance Film Festival was Padraic McKinley's The Weight, a period thriller ...

Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we discuss America’s Sweetheart: Julia Roberts! Our ...

While he can soon be heard in the next Minions movie, Jesse Eisenberg's major cinematic contribution of the year is his third directorial feature, following up 2024's Oscar-winning A Real Pain. The ...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMA 35mm-heavy Masahiro Shinoda retrospective continues. Museum of Modern ArtThe expertly programmed Universal Westerns continues with ...

Comedian John Early has been waiting for his film to be seen by audiences. Premiering at TIFF last fall, Early’s directorial debut is a sublime comedy that commits to simultaneously becoming a serious ...