Cinema Curator

It’s not even Halloween but already time to set your 2027 viewing calendar. Coming to Criterion on Blu-ray are Claire Denis’ feature debut, Chocolat, a film whose colors and textures demand a higher, and Mike Leigh’s Career Girls, which will resonate differently after the vision of female friendship in his great, potentially final film Tender […]

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterKen Russell’s reconstructed The Devils has begun playing on a restored 35mm print—read (or listen to) our interview with Mark Kermode on it. Roxy CinemaA program of Michel Auder’s works and 30th-anniversary screening of Karishika play on Sunday. Museum of Modern ArtFilms […]

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.  Our subject today is the weird, handsome, and weirdly handsome James Spader! The B-Sides are White Palace, 2 Days in the Valley, Critical Care, and Slow […]

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. Buddy (Casper Kelly) A mix of Barney and Blue’s Clues, the TV program Buddy follows a large pink unicorn who, alongside a supporting cast of anthropomorphized house objects, teaches […]

We’re thrilled to announce that Factory 25, the celebrated Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company, has acquired world rights on Jaclyn Bethany’s acclaimed drama In Transit, starring Alex Sarrigeorgiou (who also wrote the script), François Arnaud (Heated Rivalry), and Jennifer Ehle. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at NewFest, Factory 25 will give […]

There are holy grails, and then there’s The Devils. While Ken Russell’s 1971 film has been available in some form or another for decades, many (like me) always avoided it—not for its scandalous content, but for the lack of such. In a rare class of studio films that passed through the era of director’s cut […]

Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical run. While we already provide extensive monthly new-release recommendations and weekly streaming recommendations, as distributors’ roll-outs can vary, this is a one-stop list to share the […]

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on October 16. Picture this: it’s an overcast day in August 1972. You’re at a cocktail party at Duke Ellington’s townhouse in Harlem. As you awkwardly hold your glass of punch, you’re drowned in cacophonous conversation about […]

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Cannes coverage. The film opens in theaters on October 16. If 19th- and 20th-century storytelling was defined by grandiose literature, the 21st is all about cinema. We read less and watch more; consequently, films have become a substitute for sweeping stories that weave various […]

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens on Netflix on October 16. It’s not too grand a statement to say the environment you watch a film in will heavily impact how you feel about it. This was the case with Sacrifice, a supposed satire of the […]

“Could I have wasted 35 years of my life?” It’s a question asked by someone who was a follower of “anti-guru” U. G. Krishnamurti in the documentary The Natural State. Directed by Matthew Dougherty, the film is constructed from hundreds of hours of video captured by Julie Thayer, a wealthy New Yorker who upended her […]

Written, directed, and produced by Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, The Friend’s House Is Here takes a look inside Tehran’s underground art scene in a drama shot covertly. Winner of the US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, Greenwich Entertainment picked the film up for a U.S. release […]