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“CONBODY VS EVERYBODY”
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THE STORY – Throughout the course of eight years, Coss Marte constructs ConBody, a gym modeled after the exercises he learned while incarcerated. THE CAST – Coss Marte THE TEAM – Debra Granik (Director) THE RUNNING TIME – 336 Minutes With...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Two Pianos” Filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin
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“Two Pianos” (or in French, “Deux pianos”) is a 2025 French romantic drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring François Civil as a virtuoso French pianist who returns from Asia to experience an impossible love story in his hometown of Lyon....
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You Can’t Stay Here: Adam Scott and Damian McCarthy on “Hokum”
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The writer-director and star talk about crafting the many haunting visual and auditory nightmares of Neon's latest chiller.
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The Unloved, Part 149: Oh… Rosalinda!!
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On one of Powell & Pressburger's most maligned 1950s films, which deserves more consideration than it got at the time.
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New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & More
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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. Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos) After dabbling in dystopian fantasy (The Lobster) and period comedy (The...
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This is Not a Drill Review: A Sharp Portrait of Climate Activists Who Still Fight
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Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Telluride coverage. The film is now streaming on YouTube. About an hour into This is Not a Drill, the new documentary from director Oren Jacoby, comes a moment that...
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“SWAPPED”
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THE STORY – A tiny woodland creature and a majestic bird suddenly swap bodies, forcing them to team up to survive the wildest adventure of their lives. THE CAST – Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, Justina...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Doubt”
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Our 2008 retrospective continues with John Patrick Shanley’s adaptation of his own Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning 2004 stage play “Doubt: A Parable” with “Doubt” starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. With four Oscar-nominated performances...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterFilms by Wong Kar-wai, John Woo, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Zhang Yimou, and more play in a Tony Leung retrospective. Anthology Film ArchivesCitizen Kane plays on 35mm in Essential...
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“DOUBT”
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THE STORY – In 1964, the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius’ (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic priest, is advocating reform of the school’s strict customs, and the first black student has...
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