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10/17/202510/16/2025inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Audrey Fox

Classic Corner: Hester Street

Director Joan Micklin Silver and star Carol Kane tell a timeless story of tradition, assimilation, and agency.  

10/16/202510/15/2025inReviewsby Kimber Myers

Review: The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt puts her distinctive spin on the heist movie with this deft, downbeat entry into the genre.

10/15/202510/14/2025inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Marshall Shaffer

20 Years of Unheeded Warnings from Orlando Bloom in Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe’s famous flop may be best remembered for inspiring the term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” but its legacy should also include being the first of 20 years of failed launches for a generation of leading men like Orlando Bloom, whose appeal couldn’t translate outside of franchises.

10/14/202510/13/2025inDisc/Streaming Guides, Reviewsby Jason Bailey

The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: Weapons, Honey Don’t!, Nobody 2 and More

Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.

10/13/202510/12/2025inFilm Festsby Jason Bailey

NYFF Wrap-Up: Biopics, Bio-Docs, and Bad Parents

With the books closed on another New York Film Festival, we take a look at some of the highlights, including “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” “It Was Just an Accident,” “Cover-Up,” “Anomone,” and “Father Mother Sister Brother.”

10/10/202510/09/2025inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Sara Batkie

“This Story Will Run”: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum at 50

Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta’s adaptation of the incendiary Heinrich Böll novel premiered in the U.S. fifty years ago this week, but it feels like it hasn’t aged a day.

10/10/202510/13/2025inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sean Burns

Classic Corner: The Battle of Algiers

The shout-out to Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 masterpiece in “One Battle After Another” isn’t casual — and the film itself remains earth-shattering.

10/09/202510/08/2025inReviewsby Kimber Myers

Review: After the Hunt

Luca Guadagnino’s university-set drama is basically a movie-length lecture by a mediocre professor.

10/08/202510/07/2025inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Jason Bailey

Let’s Sing a Song Together: Linda Linda Linda at 20

The Japanese punk musical might make older audiences nostalgic for the glory days of basic cable, when a film like this would have found a place in the mono-counter culture.