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Wild Horse Nine Review: A Ruthless CIA Spoof with Shades of Memento and SpongeBob SquarePants
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Venice coverage. The film arrives in theaters on November 6. The trailer for Wild Horse Nine looks like nothing more than a parody of Martin McDonagh’s well-established and celebrated style. “How many times did the line about killing a guy in/spelling Czech
Mouse Review: Earnest Drama Offers a Tender Companion After Loss
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Berlinale coverage. The film arrives in theaters on November 6. It’s the last day of junior high for Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer) and her best friend Callie (Chloe Coleman); the veil of adulthood has never felt as thin as it does on that late-June […]
Zi Review: Kogonada’s Free-Flowing, Experimental Career Reset
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film arrives in theaters on November 6. A filmmaker attempting a career reset following an ill-received feature of larger scope often offers a fascinating study in artistic rejuvenation, be it David Lynch’s Blue Velvet or M. Night Shy
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Bob Dylan, Wearing Hoodie, Meets Pope
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AFI Fest Review: Rehearsals for a Revolution Weaves the Personal and Political With Complicated Results
Rehearsals for a Revolution sits squarely within the personal memoir documentary’s wheelhouse, filtering Iran’s recent history through the more intimate memories of those closest to its filmmaker, Pegah Ahangarani. We begin with Ahangarani’s father, who, having fought valiantly in the revolution, finds himself disillus
Nuisance Bear Review: A Visually Stunning Look at a Polar Bear’s Impeded Journey
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film arrives in theaters on November 6. Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman’s Nuisance Bear is an expansion of their 2021 short film of the same name, which followed a polar bear on its annual migration through Churchill, Manitoba,
Soul Patrol Review: A Fascinating If Uneven Account of Black Military Excellence
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film arrives in theaters on November 6. J.M. Harper’s Soul Patrol is a compelling account of the Vietnam War’s first Black special operations team, told 50 years later. An onslaught of mixed mediums, it is fascinatingly incomplete in
L’Innocente Trailer: Luchino Visconti’s Final Film Receives 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration
Capping off a remarkable career, Luchino Visconti’s final film L’Innocente was released in 1976 to much acclaim. For its 50th anniversary, a new 4K adaptation of his adaptation of Gabriele D’Annunzio’s 1892 novel starring Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, and Jennifer O’Neill, will now be rolling out in theaters. Ah
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul Line Up New Album and Tour
Watch the acrobatic “From Healer to Dealer” video from Topical Dancer follow-up Mainland Madinina
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AFI Fest Review: Tangles Is a Polished but Overly Familiar Alzheimer’s Drama
The opening of animated feature Tangles is the type of heartwarming introduction to a fearless mother that would not be out of place in a Pixar film. Midge (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) enters her daughter Sarah’s bedroom, wielding a flashlight as a makeshift lightsaber to ward off shadowy monsters in the wallpaper. A quick ti
Paradise Lost Review: Yeon Sang-ho’s Familial Thriller of Dark Secrets
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 TIFF coverage. The film arrives in theaters on November 6. When a bus of thirteen children on their way to summer camp is found empty on the side of the road with only the body of their teacher, the city at-large fears the worst. […] The post Paradise Lost
Carrie Coon Is Haunted by the Past In First Trailer for The Liberation
Earning much acclaim on the fall festival circuit for her performance, Carrie Coon’s latest role is in The Liberation. Guy Nattiv’s cult drama, which played at Telluride and TIFF, will now get a January 8 release preceded by an NYC awards-qualifying run beginning this week. Ahead of the roll-out, Bleecker Street has de
Exclusive Trailer for The Bulldogs Finds Poser Directors Capturing a Community Rebuilding
Following their narrative feature Poser, directors Noah Dixon and Ori Segev returned to Ohio with The Bulldogs, a documentary that premiered at Slamdance Film Festival earlier this year and will now be arriving this month from Antenna Releasing. Ahead of a national roadshow starting on November 19, we’re pleased to exc
Yaeji Plots a Dance Dance Revolution in New Single “DDR”
The singer-producer’s first song of the year is a collaboration with Enayet and K Wata
Lily Allen Dressed as an Empty Ticketmaster Map for Halloween
After scaling down her summer tour, Allen dressed up as every pop star’s nightmare: a pox of unsold tickets
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Footage of Seoul crush to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash
Bereaved families say they were appalled to see footage of the Itaewon disaster included in Modern Warfare 4.
How video game remakes tap the power of nostalgia
Video games are good at triggering nostalgia, a key reason why classic games keep getting remade.
Phoebe Bridgers Announces Madison Square Garden EP
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Everytime Teaser: Sandra Wollner’s Unforgettable Cannes Winner Sets February Release
Among the most staggering, unforgettable experiences one can have in a theater this year is Sandra Wollner’s Everytime, a drama about loss that skirts seemingly every convention one might want to pre-emptively box it into. Impeccably shot by Aftersun DP Gregory Oke, the Un Certain Regard winner, three-time Gotham Award
Junior Boys Return With New Album The Gore
“Underneath the Moon” leads the Canadian duo’s follow-up to Waiting Game
Queen at Sea Review: Tom Courtenay and Juliette Binoche Lead Thorny Moral Dilemma
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Berlinale coverage. The film arrives in theaters on October 30. Eleven years ago, Tom Courtenay arrived at the Berlinale with Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, an exquisitely observed study of emotional dilemma in which the British actor played a doddery romantic wh
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The B-Sides of Jacques Tourneur with Gavin Mevius
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. And sometimes scary movie directors! Happy Halloween! As is tradition, our dear friend Gavin Mevius (of The Mixed Reviews and The Q Division podcasts) joins us […]
Jim James Announces Memoir One Wonders
“I hope the main thing someone takes away from this book (aside from learning more about the joys and challenges of being a working artist and musician) is that it’s okay to ask for help."
Politico Plans Live Video Coverage of Midterm Elections
Politico isn’t leaving live video coverage of the midterm elections to the usual suspects. The political-news outlet will steam “Politico Elections Live” on Tuesday, November 3, beginning at 9 p.m., with five of its top journalists analyzing real-time results. The program will stream on Politico.com and the Politico ap
Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A Himalayan drama that sets a grandmother’s stories against the rise of artificial intelligence is aiming for a Cannes premiere next year. Director Bikash Subedi’s Nepali feature “Shirjara: Song of Grandmother” has wrapped principal photography and is at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market to raise its last $44,000. Describ
Punk Band Guitar Wolf Rocks Back Into Takeuchi Tetsuro’s ‘Wild Zero Overdrive’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
Guitar Wolf, a real-life punk outfit with a long record of touring internationally, headlines “Wild Zero Overdrive,” director Takeuchi Tetsuro’s follow-up to his 1999 film “Wild Zero.” The project is among those at this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. Takeuchi said he is using the original as a template and updating
Acrobatic Pastor’s Secret Obsession Drives Boo Junfeng’s ‘Trinity’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A celebrity preacher who performs daredevil stunts for his congregation while hiding his fixation on a young follower sits at the center of “Trinity,” the new feature from director Boo Junfeng, which is among the projects at this year’s Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. Structured in three chapters modeled on the Father, Son
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‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Director on Gaining His Sister’s Trust, Explaining How He Died and More
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains conversation about all three episodes of “The One About Matthew Perry,” now streaming on Netflix. At the end of Netflix’s new docuseries “The One About Matthew Perry,” director Mary Robertson can be heard saying something off camera. “He feels very present,” Robertson softly offers to
‘Manhood’ Review: Penis Enlargement Documentary Curves Left of Center
Daniel Lombroso's certainly bizarre but sensitive portrait follows a PhalloFill entrepreneur (it's what it sounds like) and two of his clients as they walk us through a cosmetic phenomenon whose main clientele are insecure men.
Will ‘You Can See Everything’ Catch ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ to Be the Highest-Grossing Documentary Ever?
Nathan Fielder's doc is a cultural sensation, but it's unlikely to match the fervor around Michael Moore's seminal George W. Bush screed.
‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Review: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Meets ‘Five Came Back’ in Peter Berg’s Formulaic Netflix Movie About a World War II Football Game
Ray Nicholson and Bill Skarsgård star in an unexceptional sports drama that falls well short of a first down.
‘The Gilded Age’ Review: Season 4 Is Team Bertha’s Time to Shine
In a season laced with career aspirations and complications (supplementary to the lace gowns and lavish meals, of course), Julian Fellowes and Sonja Warfield's effervescent period drama sees Carrie Coon's rising socialite ascend to another plane.
‘I Play Rocky’ Wins Virginia Film Fest Audience Award as Peter Farrelly’s Stallone Drama Readies for Theaters
Exclusive: The Anthony Ippolito breakout vehicle was TIFF's first runner-up and has since wowed festival and tastemaker crowds.
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Neil Young Files $10 Million Suit Against Trump for Using ‘Rockin’ in the Free World,’ Six Years After a Prior Settlement Over the Same Song
Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the president’s walkup music at midterm election rallies. If it feels like (to quote a Crosb
‘Nobody Wants This’ Star Tovah Feldshuh Responds to Adam Brody’s Palestine Support: ‘To Accuse the Jewish People of Genocide’ Is ‘Right Out of Hitler’s Playbook’
“Nobody Wants This” star Tovah Feldshuh has weighed in after Adam Brody called for a “Free Palestine” during a GQ interview last month. At the time, the actor, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov on the Netflix show, explained that while he hadn’t spoken publicly about the Israel-Gaza issue before, it comes up “a lot” for […]
‘Wildwood’ Sparked a Much-Needed Comeback for Laika at the Box Office
Travis Knight's stop-motion animated epic opened to $12.2 million, which is on par with the opening for the company's "Kubo and the Two Strings."
James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Experiment: What’s Working, What Isn’t, and What’s Next
Four years and three movies into a total rebuild, we review — and grade — the latest iteration of the DC Universe.
‘Elastic Hearts’ Filmmakers Claim Their Movie Was Denied a Texas Tax Incentive Over Abortion Storyline
Exclusive: The $2 million drama starring Cole Sprouse spent $1.24 million in qualified spending in the state only to wait nine months for a rejection.
Why Emmy Wins and Hollywood Recognition Don’t Guarantee Jobs for BIPOC Artists: ‘The Needle Has Not F***ing Moved’
“We need to stop saying that. It’s only moving for a select few," Vietnamese actor Trieu Tran, which speaks to talent of color below and above the line about the industry's opportunity problem.
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From ‘The Devils’ to ‘Obsession,’ How ‘Femcel’ Horror Handles Horny Women
With Ken Russell's "The Devils" thriving in theaters, horror is still obsessed with the dangers of female desire. Offscreen, real women are questioning if romance is worth wanting at all.