Apologies in advance to Christopher Nolan, but the ensemble period epic we’re most looking forward to in July hails from Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The Samurai and the Prisoner—led by Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Joe Odagiri, Munetaka Aoki, Ryota Miyadate, and Tasuku Emoto—premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and will begin a U.S. roll-out on […]
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Late Fame finds that not-so-common sweet spot between caustic and elegiac, Willem Dafoe (a vision of resparked enthusiasm) and Greta Lee (a vision of too-sparked eagerness) making a meal from Samy Burch (May December) adapting Arthur Schnitzler’s novella, while Kent Jones parlays his deep knowledge of New York into the city’s most photogenic screen appearance […]
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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 favorites from the first six months of this year, some of which have flown under the radar. Kindly note that this is based solely on U.S. theatrical and digital releases from 2026. Check […]
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The thing with Jackass is: there’s really nothing like it. Evolving from the skate videos of the 1990s, Jackass has persisted long enough to see its public perception come full circle: from lewd, obnoxious jerks to lewd, obnoxious sweethearts. The franchise never tried to be anything it wasn’t. In making the faithful leap from television […]
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Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The film opens on June 26. Continuing in the low-key register of her Golden Bear winner Alcarràs, Carla Simón returns with Romería, another tale of intergenerational dissonance. A film about the stories families choose to tell and the ones they bury deep […]
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Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens on June 26. Among Sundance’s great pleasures is the experience of a film steadily building buzz to the point where it becomes the talk of the fest. Seats become scarce and a unique electricity imbues a charge to those […]
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One of the first Black writers in television, Robert L. Goodwin scripted episodes of Bonanza, Love, American Style, All in the Family, and more. His sole directorial effort came in 1971 with Black Chariot, which follows a young South Central Los Angeles drifter who becomes involved with a Black militant organization and is forced to confront questions […]
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Tsai Ming-liang’s The Hole has occupied a large-enough place in cinephilia these last 25 years that it’s sort of baffling to realize the film is just now getting an official stateside run. For this alone, Big World Pictures deserves credit; our thanks are issued twofold for doing so on a new 35mm print. The Hole […]
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Excavating her past in deeply moving ways, Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón has completed her family trilogy with Romería, following her debut Summer 1993 and Golden Bear winner Alcarràs. When a teenager visits the Atlantic coast of Spain to meet her paternal grandparents, she begins piecing together the mysteries of her past. Rory O’Connor said in his Cannes review […]
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A standout at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where director Andrius Blaževičius picked up Best Director in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, How to Divorce During the War has been picked up by Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films for a U.S. release. Ahead of a theatrical run beginning August 21, the first trailer […]
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