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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. Armageddon Time (James Gray) Armageddon Time is the sort of film usually invoked as a “portrait of the nation” or “state of the union address,” something taking the temperature of […] The post New to Streaming: Rose of Nevada…
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMFilms by Godard, Wong Kar-wai, Apichatpong (on 35mm), Żuławski, Cronenberg, and Tarkovsky x2 screen in Arthouse Sci-Fi. Film ForumA Francis Ford Coppola retrospective begins, featuring prints of The Conversation and New York Stories; Robb Moss’ The Same River Twice and Riverdogs begin playing in a […] The post NYC Weekend Watch:…
Sundance gets crowded, and not everything that earns the distinction of premiering in Park City is going to earn waves of publicity. One film that existed a bit in this nether region while still deserving praise is Walter Thompson-Hernández’s If I Go They Will Miss Me, a Watts-set drama that mixes quotidian concerns with great […] The post Walter Thompson-Hernández Takes a Journey Through Watts In…
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 festival coverage. The film opens on August 21, 2026. Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore feature Dreams in Nightmares is a Black road trip film with a big heart, full of warmth, healing, and beauty. With their debut film Test Pattern, Ford announced themselves as an […] The post Dreams in Nightmares Review: Shatara Michelle Ford’s…
An immediate movie-of-the-year contender, Chronovisor has lost little of its luster since a February premiere at Rotterdam. After an acquisition from Grasshopper Film, Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s feature debut will open at Film at Lincoln Center on September 4 before a larger theatrical roll-out, and ahead of this is the first trailer. As Leonardo […] The post A Conspiracy of Jesus and Tech…
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 […] The post The Criterion Channel’s…
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 […] The post How to Divorce During the War Review: Lithuania’s Oscar Entry Highlights…
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, […] The post First Trailer for Jordan…
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, […] The post 2026 Film Fest Knox Announces Tim Blake Nelson as Recipient…
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 […] The post…
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. […] The post Locarno Review: Manhunt Is a Visceral…
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 […] The post Johnnie To Will Direct “Dim Sum…
