Cinema Curator

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film ArchivesFilms by Philippe Garrel, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Pierre Clémenti show in a tribute to Tina Aumont. Film ForumA Terry Zwigoff retrospective begins; a 4K restoration of No Picnic starts while Jerry Schatzberg’s Reunion continues; Kiki’s Delivery Service shows on Sunday. Roxy CinemaJack Harlow has programmed prints […]

We’re thrilled to announce that Stubborn Beast, a new feature directed by film critics and video essayists Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson, will begin production this month in Savannah, GA. The film, about a family of step-siblings and divorcees trying to get through a particularly rough holiday without their matriarch, is set to start filming on April 28 and […]

Returning to the Cannes Film Festival a few years after her acclaimed feature debut Plan 75, Chie Hayakawa unveiled her Tokyo-set period drama Renoir in the competition section. Picked up by Film Movement, it’ll now roll out this summer. Ahead of a theatrical release beginning May 29 at the IFC Center, we’re pleased to exclusively […]

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. All You Need Is Kill (Kenichiro Akimoto) The new All You Need Is Kill—director Kenichiro Akimoto and Studio 4°C’s animated reimagining of the time-loop novel that inspired Doug Liman’s Tom […]

Even with a 90th birthday next year, Ridley Scott is showing no signs of slowing down. The director is putting the finishing touches on his latest film The Dogs Stars, marking his first since 2024’s Gladiator sequel. With a cast including Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong, and Allison Janney, 20th […]

You may have forgotten (or altogether missed) that David Chase wrote and directed just one feature film, and that its black-and-white rework is exclusively streaming on the Criterion Channel. To supplement his great Not Fade Away, the Sopranos creator has programmed and been interviewed for a new Adventures in Moviegoing that debuts this May, boasting […]

Short though we may be on novel ways to make movies, Pete Ohs has perhaps cracked something new. Seeing each film he makes as a “table of bubbles”—a beautiful, fragile thing that can’t support the burden of anything ideological or physical—he’s worked closely with actors, inevitably credited as co-writers, to shape a narrative project as […]

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 2025 Locarno coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 17. In Nine Behind, one of Sophy Romvari’s earliest shorts, a young woman is heard sobbing on the phone to her estranged grandfather: “I want to know my family.” It’s a line that haunts all […]

Returning for its sixth year, Prismatic Ground is one of the most eclectic annual showcases of experimental documentary and avant-garde filmmaking, proving that the cinematic form is as vibrant as ever. Founded and directed by Inney Prakash and co-presented by Screen Slate, the 2026 edition will take place from Wednesday, April 29 through Sunday, May […]

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 17. There’s a reason Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill speaks to Grace Pine (Barbie Ferreira). It’s the same reason her pitch endears a publisher to cut her an advance and contract to publish a 33 […]

Returning to Cannes Film Festival, Asghar Farhadi’s latest feature Parallel Tales may be his most fitting project yet to premiere at the French festival. Following his Cannes Grand Prix winner A Hero back in 2021, his latest is a French-language project starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, Adam Bessa, and India Hair, “with the […]