It’s no coincidence that Bethany (Charli xcx) and Rob (Will Madden) find themselves in Warsaw. While an obvious fact—she recommended the Polish city as an alternative destination when he suggested Paris—it’s also a familiar escape hatch now that things have grown serious. Because Bethany senses a proposal on the horizon. She’s lived with Rob for […]
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film ArchivesFilms by Philippe Garrel, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Pierre Clémenti show in a tribute to Tina Aumont. Film ForumA Terry Zwigoff retrospective begins; a 4K restoration of No Picnic starts while Jerry Schatzberg’s Reunion continues; Kiki’s Delivery Service shows on Sunday. Roxy CinemaJack Harlow has programmed prints […]
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We’re thrilled to announce that Stubborn Beast, a new feature directed by film critics and video essayists Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson, will begin production this month in Savannah, GA. The film, about a family of step-siblings and divorcees trying to get through a particularly rough holiday without their matriarch, is set to start filming on April 28 and […]
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Returning to the Cannes Film Festival a few years after her acclaimed feature debut Plan 75, Chie Hayakawa unveiled her Tokyo-set period drama Renoir in the competition section. Picked up by Film Movement, it’ll now roll out this summer. Ahead of a theatrical release beginning May 29 at the IFC Center, we’re pleased to exclusively […]
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. All You Need Is Kill (Kenichiro Akimoto) The new All You Need Is Kill—director Kenichiro Akimoto and Studio 4°C’s animated reimagining of the time-loop novel that inspired Doug Liman’s Tom […]
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Even with a 90th birthday next year, Ridley Scott is showing no signs of slowing down. The director is putting the finishing touches on his latest film The Dogs Stars, marking his first since 2024’s Gladiator sequel. With a cast including Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong, and Allison Janney, 20th […]
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You may have forgotten (or altogether missed) that David Chase wrote and directed just one feature film, and that its black-and-white rework is exclusively streaming on the Criterion Channel. To supplement his great Not Fade Away, the Sopranos creator has programmed and been interviewed for a new Adventures in Moviegoing that debuts this May, boasting […]
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Short though we may be on novel ways to make movies, Pete Ohs has perhaps cracked something new. Seeing each film he makes as a “table of bubbles”—a beautiful, fragile thing that can’t support the burden of anything ideological or physical—he’s worked closely with actors, inevitably credited as co-writers, to shape a narrative project as […]
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Full disclosure: Blue Heron takes such strides proving itself one of 2026’s greatest films (plus 2025’s, if we wish to be sticklers about premiere dates) that a decade of friendship with writer-director Sophy Romvari requires no disclosure. Knowing the Canadian director is likely not unique to those who encounter her on a long press tour […]
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While 2026 still has a bit of bloom on its rose—personally speaking, entirely outside the scope of world events—Criterion is already halfway through the year. They’re beginning the latter stretch formidably: July’s line-up boasts nine titles and a box set, from two (or three!) figures on American cinema’s Mt. Rushmore to a title I honestly […]
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