Bruno Mars returns with "I Just Might," the lead single from his first solo album in a decade.

Read our interview with Albert Birney on OBEX, what attracts him to specific technological tools, and where he sees connective tissue between cinema and video games.

GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION plays out as a much more generic thriller than its predecessor. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.

Albert Birney’s poignant OBEX, writes @cebowenjr, evinces an intensely tangible understanding of the draw of analog culture. In select theaters Friday. tinyurl.com/ym7dfrz9

Read our interview with Lav Diaz about his "acid trip" version of MAGELLAN, poking holes in mythmaking, working with Gael García Bernal, and more. tinyurl.com/nhd6e6zf

No one, certainly not Lav Diaz’s most ardent fans, will confuse MAGELLAN for a romantic vision. Read Zach Lewis's review of the film (in theaters Friday). tinyurl.com/3fuzfzsx

It’s telling that Johannes Roberts's PRIMATE is high-strung in its eagerness to get down to the carnage. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/459fu3se

Leon Prudovsky’s MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF at once wrings its premise for whimsical absurdism and slow-burn suspense.

The gang's back together for more lurid scheming in season four of #Industry. Read our review!

In theaters Friday, Gus Van Sant’s DEAD MAN’S WIRE is a memorably wonky take on the spectacles we make of crime and punishment. tinyurl.com/2s3byucj

YOUNG MOTHERS is a subtle variation on the Dardennes’ deceptively simple brand of neorealism. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/ymtpxsk7

The second season of #ThePitt is another carefully calibrated tapestry of chaos and humanity. Read our review!

In Marcel Carné’s PORT OF SHADOWS, a tale of helplessness and despair, solitude is the only existential guarantee. See the new 4K restoration starting this Friday @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/32va5ykz

The show's fifth and final season of #StrangerThings boils down to a series of “Remember when?” moments. Read our review.

See the new 4K restoration of William Friedkin’s SORCERER, a nightmarish vision of the effects of exploitative corporate forces on the individual, at Film Forum starting this Friday. tinyurl.com/3bnm59mx

There’s a thoughtful zombie tale with its own distinctive personality lurking somewhere within WE BURY THE DEAD, but it’s overridden by the film’s more generic elements.

"For me, I think the modern-day Jack Lemmon or Jimmy Stewart is Lee Byung-hun, which is why I decided to cast him for the role." Talked with Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun for @slantmagazine.com about NO OTHER CHOICE, out in theaters beginning tomorrow. www.slantmagazine.com/film/park-ch...

Regrettably, the one star of the new ANACONDA that gets the shortest shrift is the most important one: the snake. Read Mark Hanson's review. tinyurl.com/4t24ay2y

Read our interview with Mona Fastvold about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE and how Ann Lee’s worldview is reflected in her directing style. tinyurl.com/yj9vz4vh

Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is tremulous, tricky, and intrepid, much like its pious protagonist. In theaters Christmas day. tinyurl.com/3cvefxmf

Perhaps fittingly given that its focus is on a husband-and-wife duo behind a Neil Diamond tribute band, SONG SUNG BLUE is desperate to arouse our emotions. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.

Read our interview with writer-director Charlie Polinger and actors Everett Blunck and Kayo Martin about THE PLAGUE and its chilling depiction of childhood bullying. tinyurl.com/5cuf43vd

William Golding’s influence is felt in THE PLAGUE’s exploration of teenage social hierarchy. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review.

In theaters this Wednesday, Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is haunted by mortality and the inevitable passage of time. Read Keith Uhlich's review. tinyurl.com/h9temkyw

The first trailer for Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic Greek poem THE ODYSSEY is here.

Roy Ward Baker’s underrated SCARS OF DRACULA marked a turning point in Hammer’s Dracula series, and Kino has given it a revelatory 4K makeover. tinyurl.com/yeccfn6e

Season five of 'Emily in Paris' sees capitalism's final girlboss taking a hollow Roman holiday. Read our review.

This year marked the 25th anniversary of Eminem's 'Marshall Mathers LP,' an album that's still soul-crushingly bleak.

Read our interview with Kevin O'Leary about his acting debut in MARTY SUPREME, what he learned from working alongside Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet, and where he sees some of himself in Marty’s striving for success. tinyurl.com/yzydct2a

Radiance’s gorgeous new Blu-ray makes Robert Altman’s anarchic O.C. AND STIGGS available for some much-needed reappraisal. tinyurl.com/paew4a7p

Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s COVER-UP attests to a craft’s enduring importance at a time when resources for it have declined. tinyurl.com/3pxmve98

Just about the most surprising thing about THE HOUSEMAID is that Paul Feig, known primarily for directing comedies, didn’t have the foresight to nod to the material’s inherent camp value.

In one way or another, the shows on this list were high-risk endeavors that gloriously paid off. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/ybpxndak

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS is dotted with the whacky humor and ingenious puns that fans of the series have some to expect. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH moves at a clip and looks like hundreds of millions of bucks have been spent, which isn’t the same thing as saying that its 3D visuals are particularly beautiful. tinyurl.com/52mmuu3h

Read our chat with Will Arnett and Laura Dern about IS THIS THING ON?, why they resisted intellectualizing their characters, and what it meant for Bradly Cooper to serve as a camera operator on the film. tinyurl.com/4kyyp6va

Bradley Cooper’s IS THIS THING ON? is playfully fascinated with the art and psychology of performance. tinyurl.com/ysu27sr2

When real life gets weird, art gets surreal. Check out our list of the Best Music Videos of 2025! #BestOf2025

Our list of the 21 Best Christmas Songs of the 21st Century comprises modern originals and reinterpretations of holiday classics. Which is your favorite?

Across THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, the comparisons to Paul Greengrass’s queasily forensic docudramas make themselves.

Despite its satirical undercurrent, DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA doesn’t wallow in cynicism. Available Tuesday on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/3k2krmf7

Alec Guinness’s Ealing comedies remain high-water marks of British cinema, and Kino presents his four best films for the studio in glittering 4K transfers. The ALEC GUINNESS: MASTERPIECE COLLECTION is now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/y3pkahjt

Mira Nair brings a documentarian’s sensibility to her texturally rich narrative feature debut, SALAAM BOMBAY!, which is now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/464urtpv

"These films celebrate the tremendous range of human expression that’s vital to our understanding the context of the age we live in." Presenting our list of the best films of 2025. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/3zrchuc3

With TERMINATOR 2D: NO FATE, Bitmap has sent game mechanics back in time and put them to work for good. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.

This year marked the 30th anniversary of Aphex Twin's 'I Care Because You Do,' the album on which Richard D. James embraced his own contradictions.

The Best Albums of 2025 are at turns introspective and ambitious. #BestOf2025

Read our interview with Bi Gan about RESURRECTION, translating his narrative ideas into a sensory dimension, and why he worries for the future of storytelling.

At times, Bi Gan's RESURRECTION seems to outright taunt viewers for trying to make sense of it all. tinyurl.com/yx6vb3nf

Arrow Video’s SHAWSCOPE VOLUME FOUR, available now, dives headfirst into the stranger, sleazier, and more ridiculously excessive corners of the Shaw Brothers Studio’s catalog. tinyurl.com/mrxxdahb