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The Criterion Channel has long been a key source for streaming Japanese cinema. Those credentials increase a fair amount with September 2026: Hideaki Anno’s magnum opus Neon Genesis Evangelion, its little-seen film version Evangelion Death (True)², and The End of Evangelion (another magnum opus of a whole different order) all arrive; while everybody has Kiyoshi […]

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Life must be good when you find yourself asking for a divorce simply because you’re bored. Is that all there is to Marija’s (Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė) decision? No. She’s also fallen in love with someone else. You can’t help feeling, though, that her boredom is a reason for that too. After all, her response to […]

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A common observation from this year’s Cannes Film Festival positioned sidebar titles well above the ritzier, awards-driven competition section, a frequent player in such arguments being Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid. And unlike many films that debut in the south of France one May and might, if we’re lucky, make a stateside appearance through marginal means, […]

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Film Fest Knox is still a new occurence, but one worth noting: the festival, just entering its fourth edition, has sought to program a mix of yearly favorites, regional cinema, and experimental works, in turn comprising more than a few films that struggle for finer exposure. As the 2026 edition, which will run November 12-15, […]

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Following Main Slate, Spotlight, and Current lineup announcements, the final film section of the 64th New York Film Festival has now been unveiled. Featuring 12 features, the section celebrates films that have been restored, preserved, or digitally remastered, bringing both landmarks of cinema history and overlooked discoveries to new audiences. Highlights include the world premieres […]

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Are the kids all right? The latest movie to ponder this age-old question is Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Manhunt, an adolescent road movie told through the prism of true crime—or perhaps it’s the other way around. At times it can resmble a run-of-the-mill boys-trip movie replete with greasy diners, campsite encounters, and the occasional suggestion of sex. […]

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Johnnie To films don’t come around so often nowadays, and the ones that are promised barely seem to materialize. As the absurdly, comically long and not-quite-expected-to-be-fulfilled wait for Election 3 continues and his Japan-set Tony Leung gangster picture, as the star told us, hit some roadblocks, Variety reports that the Hong Kong legend is now […]

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Hong Sangsoo’s Nowhere to Lay My Eyes is, as his fans like to say, “a good Hong.” Now 35 features into his famously prolific career, that “good” can sometimes ring like faint praise, but Nowhere to Lay My Eyes feels like more than just a break from the norm. It’s funny and in-focus, neither of […]

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In an oh-so-convenient dovetailing with their bi-annual Barnes and Noble sale, the Criterion Collection’s November line-up is one for the books: the arrival of long-rumored titles, a deep cut, 4K upgrades, and one of the year’s greatest films in a Janus Contemporaries edition. Top of mind are David Lynch’s Wild at Heart and Sofia Coppola’s […]

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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMSummer in Japan features films by Takeshi Kitano (on 35mm), Ozu, Obayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Shunji Iwai, and more. Roxy CinemaA retrospective of 2006 continues with 35mm presentations of The Fountain and Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book; Incorrectional and the director’s cut of 54 screens on Sunday. Film at Lincoln CenterRestorations of Sudden […]

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