It’s Oscar month—perhaps one of the most dreaded times of the year for studios hoping to launch new releases. Not only are Oscar contenders still in theaters or finally hitting them at the tail-end of their rollouts, but winners are going to be re-released in days after the ceremony. Add the fact that nominees are […]
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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. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Kahlil Joseph) Celebrating and condensing centuries of Black history that would take more than a few lifetimes for any scholar to thoroughly ascertain in totality, […]
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA 35mm print of Ozu’s Late Autumn screens on Friday. BAMTriple Canopy Presents: Magic features films by Orson Welles, Raúl Ruiz, Dario Argento, Maya Deren, and more. Film ForumSatyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the Forest continues in a new restoration; Mouse Hunt shows on Sunday. Museum of the […]
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Following in the footsteps of Luchino Visconti, François Ozon has delivered a new update on the classic Albert Camus novel The Stranger. Delivering one of his most acclaimed films, the cast includes Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, and Swann Arlaud. Ahead of the New York premiere this week at Film at Lincoln […]
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In quite the match-up, Ildikó Enyedi has brought together Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux for Silent Friend, which tells three stories connected to a tree over a period of more than 100 years. Following the film’s Venice and TIFF premieres, 1-2 Special will now give it a U.S. release beginning May 8 and the new trailer […]
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One of the more delightful Sundance premieres I saw last year was Canadian director Chloé Robichaud’s sex comedy Two Women, following two mothers who deal with unfulfilled desires in unique ways. Ahead of an April 24 release beginning at NYC’s Angelika, Joint Venture has now rolled out the new U.S. trailer for the Sundance jury winner […]
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It’s time for our first column of 2026, recommending the best in new filmmaking books, and there is no better way to begin than with a new book exploring the heyday of three iconic filmmakers. The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg — and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema by Paul […]
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The exhaustively extended awards season finally being over isn’t the only reason to celebrate this month. Led by my current frontrunner for the best film of 2026, there’s plenty of new releases to look forward to, also including a bold formal experiment, a controversial festival premiere, a journey into space, and much more. 10. undertone […]
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Few subjects constitute a better benchmark than Werner Herzog, who quite literally needs no introduction and to whom I will, accordingly, not grant such. He is presenting his new film, Ghost Elephants, a documentary concerning South African naturalist Steve Boyse and his quest for a near-mythical species of elephant. (Our own appreciative review, from the […]
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Following up the wonderful Happy as Lazzaro and La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher has assembled quite the ensemble for her next feature. Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, and La Chimera star Josh O’Connor will lead the Italian director’s next film Three Incestuous Sisters. Based on The Time Traveler’s Wife author Audrey Niffenegger’s 2005 novel, the […]
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