Featured · Recent Films
Twin gangsters, a Mississippi juke joint, and vampires at the door. Sinners set an Oscar nominations record and earned it. Here's what makes it sing.
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Recent Films
Twin gangsters, a Mississippi juke joint, and vampires at the door. Sinners set an Oscar nominations record and earned it. Here's what makes it sing.
Ryan Coogler · 2025
2000s Films
A sulky girl, a bathhouse for gods, and a director who believes in the beauty of silence. Why Spirited Away is still the high-water mark of hand-drawn animation.
Hayao Miyazaki · 2001
New Hollywood
The studio didn't want Brando, didn't want Pacino, and hated how dark it looked. Coppola's The Godfather became the gangster film every other one is measured against.
Francis Ford Coppola · 1972
Classic Masterpieces
Hitchcock's dizzying San Francisco love story baffled audiences in 1958. Half a century later critics voted it the best film of all time. Here's why it gets under your skin.
Alfred Hitchcock · 1958
Classic Masterpieces
Written on the fly, shot in order because the ending didn't exist yet, Casablanca became the most beloved film Hollywood ever made. Here's how, and what to look for.
Michael Curtiz · 1942
Coming Soon · HBO / HBO Max
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone arrives on HBO and HBO Max on December 25, 2026. The cast, the creative team, the one-book-per-season plan and both trailers.
Release: December 25, 2026
Coming Soon · Theaters
A new Godzilla, a young Haymitch, a Disney witch, Doctor Doom, the end of Villeneuve's Dune saga and a Robert Eggers werewolf. The six films worth planning your November and December around.
Nov–Dec 2026
Coming Soon · Theaters
Pixar's painterly Venetian cat, Hyrule in live action, Spaceballs forty years on and Ryan Gosling in a cockpit: six films that make spring 2027 worth the wait.
Spring 2027
Coming Soon · Theaters
Denis Villeneuve closes his Dune trilogy with Dune Messiah on December 18. Here is what is confirmed: the cast, the story, the IMAX 70mm plan and both trailers.
Release: December 18, 2026
Events
The 40th AFI Fest takes over the TCL Chinese Theatres from October 21 to 25. Here's how tickets, bundles and passes work, what they cost, and how to make the most of five days in Hollywood.
October 21, 2026 – October 25, 2026 · TCL Chinese Theatres, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
Events
The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival runs October 26 to November 4 in Hibiya, Yurakucho and Ginza. General online sales open October 17. Here's how overseas visitors can get in.
October 26, 2026 – November 4, 2026 · Hibiya, Yurakucho, Marunouchi and Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Events
The first Sundance Film Festival in Boulder, Colorado runs January 21–31, 2027. Packages go on sale to the public October 15. Here's what each option costs and which one fits you.
January 21, 2027 – January 31, 2027 · Boulder, Colorado, USA (online Jan 28–31, US only)
Events
The 77th Berlinale runs February 10–21, 2027, and for the first time ends with two dedicated Audience Days. Here's how ordinary moviegoers get tickets in Berlin.
February 10, 2027 – February 21, 2027 · Berlin, Germany
Events
The 80th Festival de Cannes runs May 11–22, 2027. You can't buy a ticket, but there are real routes in for film lovers. Here's how they work and when to apply.
May 11, 2027 – May 22, 2027 · Cannes, France
Crazy Good Merch
The goofy blue tiger from KPop Demon Hunters is now an official 12-inch Squishmallow. It has been hard to keep in stock, and buyers can't stop talking about how soft it is.
Squishmallows (Jazwares) · KPop Demon Hunters
Crazy Good Merch
LEGO set 76968 turns the Jurassic Park T. rex into a 3,145-piece, over-one-meter fossil skeleton, complete with Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and a sneaky amber Easter egg. Here's what fans think.
LEGO · Jurassic Park
Missing Mom
Whether she is a phone call away, an ocean away, or gone: five films about mothers and daughters that feel like a long talk at her kitchen table.
September 30, 2026
Rainy Day
Rain on the window, a blanket, something warm to drink. Five films, from Gene Kelly to a Ghibli bus stop, that turn a grey day into the best day of the week.
September 26, 2026
Daughter's Wedding Day
Before the toast, after the last dance, or the quiet morning after: six films about parents and daughters, letting go, and the love that stays.
September 22, 2026
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