Cristian Mungiu's #Fjord is a triumphant film that tugs at the spiritual and soulful in all of us, regardless of nation, creed, faith, or the rejection of all three. Read our Critic's Pick review from #Cannes2026: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

Adèle Exarchopoulos is a force of nature in #Garance aka #AnotherDay, bringing life to an alcoholism drama mired in tedium. Read our #Cannes2026 review:

Mike Leigh’s next film now has a title: Tender Loving Care. It made it near the top of our 100 most-anticipated films of 2026: thefilmstage.com/the-100-most...

Our exclusive trailer and poster premiere for Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki's #Bouchra presents an acclaimed, personal hybrid animation. Watch ahead of a June 26 release: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...

Lisandro Alonso's #DoubleFreedom is a beautiful sequel that is outright subversive in its preference for direct emotional communication over narrative. Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review from #Cannes2026: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

The first Rwandan film to premiere in Cannes’ official selection, Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo’s Ben’Imana is a powerful drama exploring inter-community tensions decades removed from crimes. Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review from #Cannes2026:

Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo elicit chemistry in confronting the past in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's #TheBeloved. Read our Critic's Pick review from #Cannes2026: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

Léa Seydoux shines, as always, but Arthur Harari's #TheUnknown takes a promising concept and stumbles on its own gender binarisms. Read @savinapetkova.bsky.social's Cannes 2026 review:

The Criterion Collection’s August 2026 lineup has been unveiled, featuring films by Todd Haynes and James Gray on 4K UHD, and more. Explore: thefilmstage.com/the-criterio...

James Gray's #PaperTiger is a masterfully measured, character-driven, and quintessentially subtle mob picture. Read Luke Hicks' Critic's Pick review from #Cannes2026: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

Nicolas Winding Refn is back.

Na Hong-Jin’s sci-fi creature feature #Hope begins as a tension-packed adventure that soon loses footing in overlong sequences, CGI screwery, and a flimsy screenplay fit for Kevin Feige.

#LaPerra heralds a departure from the autobiographical vein of Dominga Sotomayor’s previous work, but it’s just as interested in probing the relationship between people and the landscape that entombs them. Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's Cannes review:

Jia Zhangke will reteam with Zhao Tao and Liao Fan, Claire Denis will make a cannibal feature, and more updates.

Sophie Okonedo gives a standout turn in #Clarissa, a funny and formally adventurous adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway set in modern-day Nigeria. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's Cannes 2026 review:

Ryusuke Hamaguchi returns with All of a Sudden, his most empathetic, humanist film to date, in which not a minute feels wasted across its three-plus hours. Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review from #Cannes2026: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

This, plus new John Sayles and Whit Stillman films on the way. As my niece would say, we’re eating.

Chile '76 director Manuela Martelli is back with #TheMeltdown, an elusive Chilean chiller that is an early highlight of #Cannes2026. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's review:

Kenneth Lonergan is back.

Asghar Farhadi's Parallel Tales is a tedious take on Krzysztof Kieślowski, notwithstanding Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, and Vincent Cassel's memorable work.

Léa Seydoux carries the emotional weight of Gentle Monster like a crown. Read @savinapetkova.bsky.social’s Cannes review: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

Jordan Firstman’s #ClubKid is a funny, bittersweet, and tremendously moving directorial debut. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's Cannes 2026 review:

A series of rare Korean cinema, Southland Tales on 35mm, and more films to see in NYC this weekend.

Our exclusive trailer and poster debut for Lisandro Alonso’s Cannes premiere #DoubleFreedom marks a powerful reunion. Watch ahead of tomorrow's world premiere: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...

While it doesn’t clear the bar of his last two features, Paweł Pawlikowski’s #Fatherland finds the director in immaculate form, crafting a drama in a heady, aching register. Read our Cannes review:

The 12 best films now playing in theaters:

Films from Nadav Lapid, Steven Soderbergh, Hlynur Pálmason, Sofia Coppola, and more are among our streaming picks of the week.

The Criterion Channel's June lineup features odysseys, weddings, James Bond, Alex Cox, Shinji Sōmai, and more:

Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is the work of an artist enjoying a period of joy and playful creativity. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's Cannes review:

Get the first look at Pascal Plante's Red Rooms follow-up King's Daughters, which stars Sandrine Bonnaire and will debut next year.

See our exclusive poster premiere for Konstantina Kotzamani's #TitanicOcean, premiering in Un Certain Regard at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Jude Law is impressive as Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin, elevating a rather toothless historical thriller. Read @savinapetkova.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:

Catherine Breillat has unveiled her next film, The German Cousin, set to begin production next year.

Kantemir Balagov's disappointing Beanpole follow-up Butterfly Jam is an uneven slog. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's review:

Curry Barker's #Obsession is a delightfully nasty horror breakout that finds a sense of humor in its twists on morality. Read @therealdsube.bsky.social's review:

"None of this is completely serious. Making movies should be a pleasure, it should be a game, it should be a trip." Olivier Assayas tells Nick Newman about The Wizard of the Kremlin, Russian aesthetics, and Ingmar Bergman's advice in a new interview:

At long last, John Sayles is back.

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig inhabit an artist in our exclusive trailer and poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse, opening at Metrograph on Friday. Watch: thefilmstage.com/isabelle-hup...

See Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux in an exclusive clip from #SilentFriend, expanding this weekend. Read our interviews with Leung and director Ildikó Enyedi: thefilmstage.com/tag/silent-f...

Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has been rated R for "bloody violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use, and some language." We named it one of our 20 most-anticipated Cannes 2026 premieres: thefilmstage.com/our-20-most-...

Katie Aselton and Daveed Diggs work through complex emotions in #MagicHour, opening Friday. Read @jaredmobarak.com's review:

Exclusive: KimStim has acquired North American rights to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's new Serpent's Path for a summer release.

Nathan Silver will follow Between the Temples with a remake of Simón Mesa Soto’s A Poet, set to begin production this fall.

The Vast of Night director Andrew Patterson is back with the crime thriller The Rivals of Amziah King, arriving this August. Watch the first trailer: thefilmstage.com/the-rivals-o...

I wrote about NUESTRA TIERRA (OUR LAND) for @thefilmstage.com. thefilmstage.com/our-land-nue...

ICYMI: I wrote about the gorgeous and haunting MOTHER MARY for @thefilmstage.com. thefilmstage.com/mother-mary-...

Richard Kelly says he's releasing a "gigantic" science fiction novel this year:

Rarely screened Japanese prints, a Max and Richard Fleischer retrospective, and more films to see in NYC this weekend.

The 13 best films now playing in theaters: thefilmstage.com/the-best-mov...

James N. Kienitz Wilkin's #TheMisconceived, opening on 35mm at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social today, is an incisive, inventive look at contemporary life.