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Japan is hardly known for placing limits on cinema; one might posit that young cinephiles largely enter the nation’s incomprehensibly dense corpus through its most extreme offerings. While most accurately called an American project, almost universally hailed as a masterpiece, and hardly extreme in content––it takes a comparatively tame place among the director’s own oeuvre––Paul […]

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Two years after Wong Kar Wai’s Blossoms Shanghai premiered in China, the long-awaited series will now be coming to America. Beginning on November 24, the Criterion Channel will exclusively premiere the 30-episode series, with three new episodes released every Monday night at 8 p.m. ET through the end of January. Ahead of the roll-out, a […]

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As the year nears its conclusion, November brings another incredible slate of films, including a few that’ll certainly be among my top ten of 2025 list. While not included below, this month also brings a handful of one-week, awards-qualifying runs for films officially opening in 2026, most notably Oliver Laxe’s astounding Sirāt. 15. The Running […]

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In the couple of years since The Bikeriders premiered, we’ve been wondering when Jeff Nichols would be up to next. Last year, news came he was embarking on the ambitious task of adapting Cormac McCarthy’s final novels The Passenger and Stella Maris, but now a project that looks to be coming first has been unveiled. […]

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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. Ballad of a Small Player (Edward Berger) In Ballad of a Small Player, we are given the gift of Colin Farrell overdoing it. Nobody overdoes it like Colin Farrell, and […]

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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA highlight of Kevin Brownlow’s work brings numerous silent films, including the new restoration of Napoleon; John Schlesinger’s Darling continues in a new restoration; Paddington shows on Sunday morning. Museum of Modern ArtA complete João César Monteiro retrospective (watch our exclusive trailer debut) continues with some of his most notable films (including God’s […]

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