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PATHOLOGIC 3’s great achievement is its reexamination of the series from a new perspective. Read @midfalutin.bsky.social's review.
'Pathologic 3' Review: Time-Bending Psychological Horror
The 'Pathologic' series has always demanded tolerance for a certain level of frustration because the payoff is so splendid.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
PATHOLOGIC 3’s great achievement is its reexamination of the series from a new perspective. Read @midfalutin.bsky.social's review.
Jonathan Glazer’s eerie, melancholy, unclassifiable film maudit finally makes its way to high-definition home video courtesy of the Criterion Collection. Available on 4K UHD Blu-ray on January 27. tinyurl.com/67n32ack
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Jonathan Glazer’s eerie, melancholy, unclassifiable film maudit finally makes its way to high-definition home video courtesy of the Criterion Collection. Available on 4K UHD Blu-ray on January 27. tinyurl.com/67n32ack
THE RIP's legible direction and steady escalation of tension makes for an enjoyably retro diversion. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review.
'The Rip' Review: Joe Carnathan Delivers the Genre Goods
It takes a full hour for the gunfire to erupt, at which point it comes almost as a relief from the suffocating anticipation of violence.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
THE RIP's legible direction and steady escalation of tension makes for an enjoyably retro diversion. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review.
One of the finest literary adaptations and artistic swan songs ever made, John Huston’s THE DEAD receives a transfer worthy of the film’s understated yet precisely intentioned beauty. Available next week on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/mrx64zb7
January 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
One of the finest literary adaptations and artistic swan songs ever made, John Huston’s THE DEAD receives a transfer worthy of the film’s understated yet precisely intentioned beauty. Available next week on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/mrx64zb7
Criterion has outfitted Michael Curtiz’s classic swashbuckler CAPTAIN BLOOD with a stunning new 4K transfer and small yet incisive batch of extras. Available next week on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/mwzbj57n
January 14, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Criterion has outfitted Michael Curtiz’s classic swashbuckler CAPTAIN BLOOD with a stunning new 4K transfer and small yet incisive batch of extras. Available next week on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/mwzbj57n
Where the first film in the PINK PANTHER series exudes a dapper sophistication, the subsequent entries are defined by a Looney Tunes-esque energy. tinyurl.com/vra34ccd
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Where the first film in the PINK PANTHER series exudes a dapper sophistication, the subsequent entries are defined by a Looney Tunes-esque energy. tinyurl.com/vra34ccd
Ryan Prows’s NIGHT PATROL comes across as just straight-up exploitative. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
'Night Patrol' Review: 187 on a Vampire Cop
Ryan Prows's 'Night Patrol' makes the intentionally pulpy likes of 'Tales from the Hood' look like a PBS documentary.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ryan Prows’s NIGHT PATROL comes across as just straight-up exploitative. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE shrinks the scope of the earlier film down to a pinhole in what feels more like an incidental episode than a full-throated cinematic event in its own right. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/msfe7vbj
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE shrinks the scope of the earlier film down to a pinhole in what feels more like an incidental episode than a full-throated cinematic event in its own right. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/msfe7vbj
Initially resembling a dark psychological drama, Rebecca Zlotowski’s A PRIVATE LIFE increasingly settles into a gentler tone. In theaters Friday.
'A Private Life' Review: A Slight Hitchcockian Murder Mystery
Initially resembling a relatively dark psychological drama, 'A Private Life' increasingly settles into a gentler tone.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Initially resembling a dark psychological drama, Rebecca Zlotowski’s A PRIVATE LIFE increasingly settles into a gentler tone. In theaters Friday.
The past comes off in Mascha Schilinski’s SOUND OF FALLING as an onerous, if unseen, weight on the present. In theaters this Friday. tinyurl.com/4jzsywvk
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
The past comes off in Mascha Schilinski’s SOUND OF FALLING as an onerous, if unseen, weight on the present. In theaters this Friday. tinyurl.com/4jzsywvk
Across A USEFUL GHOST, writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s defense of historical memory couldn’t be more timely. Read William Repass's review.
'A Useful Ghost' Review: An Anti-Capitalist Ghost Story
The film takes magical realism to a point where the characters aren't only unfazed by magic but also unfazed by anything.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Across A USEFUL GHOST, writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s defense of historical memory couldn’t be more timely. Read William Repass's review.
Opening this Friday @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, Brittany Shyne’s SEEDS pays profound tribute to the perseverance Black farmers in the American South. Read Alexander Mooney's review.
'Seeds' Review: A Moving Portrait of Southern Black Farmers
The film finds an atypical rhythm removed from narrative function, guiding the viewer at a molasses pace via symbolic rhymes and contrasts.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Opening this Friday @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, Brittany Shyne’s SEEDS pays profound tribute to the perseverance Black farmers in the American South. Read Alexander Mooney's review.
The unfussy beauty of YI YI’s 4K digital restoration, as evidenced by the transfer on this release, is of a piece with the film’s quiet profundity. Now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/5t9h3w95
January 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The unfussy beauty of YI YI’s 4K digital restoration, as evidenced by the transfer on this release, is of a piece with the film’s quiet profundity. Now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/5t9h3w95
DEAD MAN, one of Jim Jarmusch’s best and most divisive films, has been outfitted with a beautifully stark and absolutely pristine 4K digital restoration. Now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection. tinyurl.com/e3zkzw94
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
DEAD MAN, one of Jim Jarmusch’s best and most divisive films, has been outfitted with a beautifully stark and absolutely pristine 4K digital restoration. Now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection. tinyurl.com/e3zkzw94
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Bruno Mars returns with "I Just Might," the lead single from his first solo album in a decade.
Bruno Mars Drops New Single "I Just Might," from 'The Romantic'
The midtempo track finds the singer squarely within his old-school wheelhouse.
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January 9, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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.
Albert Birney on Reclaiming Techno-Optimism with 'OBEX'
Albert Birney discusses his relationship to technology and the connective tissue between cinema and video games.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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.
'Greenland 2: Migration' Review: Survival of the Most Generic
Unlike the first film, 'Greenland 2: Migration' doesn't dot its narrative with memorable moments of interpersonal friction.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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
January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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.
'My Neighbor Adolf' Review: An Unlikely Friendship
Leon Prudovsky's 'My Neighbor Adolf' at once wrings its premise for whimsical absurdism and slow-burn suspense.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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!
'Industry' Review: Season 4 Serves Up More Delicious Scheming
Moments of pure humanity glimmer on the show’s fetid surface like stars in a dirty street puddle.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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