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A scary good time on the small screen

The Best TV from October — New Shows, Great Finales, and Hidden Gems

Enter to Win!

Want to Attend the 2026 Cannes Film Festival? Win a Full Scholarship for the American Pavilion’s Student Program

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Not-so-scary

The 13 Best Horror Films for Horror Wimps on Halloween Weekend

From the original “Dracula” to “Companion,” a list of 13 horror films that are perfect for people who don’t really like horror.

By Sarah Shachat

Investigation

Catherine Corcoran Isn’t the First to Feel Cheated by ‘Terrifier’

By Alison Foreman

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

Retrospective

Freddy Krueger’s Real Revenge? A 40-Year Journey to Recognizing the Importance of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2’

By Mike Ryan

Latest News

Features

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How Playful Camera Techniques in ‘Hedda’ Keep Pace with Tessa Thompson

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TV Preview

The 13 Best New TV Shows This November: ‘I Love L.A.,’ ‘Pluribus,’ and More

November 1, 2025 10:00 am

Filmmaker Toolkit

‘Bugonia’ Goes Big in the Basement: Why Yorgos Lanthimos Reached for a Barely Functioning VistaVision Camera

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Interview

‘A House of Dynamite’ Star Tracy Letts Asks ‘If We’re Really Done Here?’

October 31, 2025 5:26 pm

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Halloween Treats (No Tricks)

Get in the mood for a spooky, scary holiday built for the screen.

Best Of

The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time

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All Treats

16 Halloween Costume Ideas Inspired by Our Favorite 2025 Movies and Shows

The Best "Treehouse of Horror" Episodes: "The Simpsons" Halloween Specials

Animated Classics

‘The Simpsons’ Halloween Specials: 10 Best ‘Treehouse of Horror’ Episodes

The Best Horror Comedy Movies of the 21st Century

It’s Good to Laugh

The 35 Best Horror Comedy Movies of the 21st Century

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'The Lowdown' stars Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon, shown here in a hat and sunglasses, pointing over a crowd, in Episode 7, 'Tulsa Turnaround'

“Hillbilly Indiana Jones”

‘The Lowdown’: Walter Mosley on Writing a Crime Noir Where ‘the Crime Is Original Sin’

Nobody Wants This Season 2 stars Timothy Simons as Sasha, Jackie Tohn as Esther, shown holding each other in front of the Hollywood sign

We Want This

The Best Couple on ‘Nobody Wants This’ Is Now Sasha and Esther

Logic speaks onstage during the "Paradise Records" premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival

Filmmaker Interview

Logic Found His Calling as a Filmmaker with ‘Paradise Records’

'Song Sung Blue' star Kate Hudson, 'Christy' star Sydney Sweeney, 'Jay Kelly' writer/director Noah Baumbach and stars George Clooney and Adam Sandler, and 'Dead Man's Wire' director Gus Van Sant.

AFI Fest

AFI Fest 2025 Was for the Awards Season Underdogs

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Neve Campbell stars in Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group's "Scream 7."

Trailer

‘Scream 7’ Trailer: Man, Sidney Prescott Just Cannot Catch a Break

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Trailer

‘Sentimental Value’ Trailer: Joachim Trier’s ‘Worst Person’ Follow-Up

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Trailer

‘Stranger Things’ Final Season Trailer: The Hawkins Crew Goes on One Final Adventure

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Film and TV Reviews

Kyle Chandler as Paul and Diane Lane as Ellen in Anniversary. Photo Credit: Owen Behan

Film Review

‘Anniversary’ Review: Fascism Tears a Family Apart in a Hyper-Topical Thriller

Diane Lane plays a Georgetown professor whose new daughter-in-law inspires an authoritarian takeover in a movie that shouldn’t be this hard to swallow.

By David Ehrlich

Rachel Sennott in 'I Love LA,' the HBO series she created and stars in as Maia

TV review

‘I Love L.A.’ Review: Rachel Sennott’s Very Funny HBO Comedy Will Win You Over

By Ben Travers

Film review

‘Hedda’ Review: Tessa Thompson in Nia DaCosta’s Vivacious Ibsen Adaptation

By Kate Erbland

Emma Thompson in 'Down Cemetery Road,' an Apple TV series

TV Review

‘Down Cemetery Road’ Review: Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson Tells Two Discordant Stories

By Ben Travers

Conversations

Diane Lane, Zoey Deutch, Jan Komasa, Madeline Brewer at the "Anniversary" New York premiere held at the Metrograph on October 21, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images)

Filmmaker Interview

‘Anniversary’ Filmmaker Jan Komasa Thought of ‘Dystopian’ Film Years Ago — Now, It’s Too Real

For his first English-language effort, the Polish filmmaker conceived of a story about the collapse of American government that initially felt like make-believe.

By Kate Erbland

TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 04: (L-R) Jay McCarrol and Matt Johnson attend the premiere of "Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie" during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival at Royal Alexandra Theatre on September 04, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

The Band the Show the Movie the Interview

‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ the Interview

By Christian Zilko

TELLURIDE, COLORADO - AUGUST 30: Jesse Plemons (L) and Emma Stone attend 2025 Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2025 in Telluride, Colorado. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images)

Thompson on Hollywood

Jesse Plemons vs. Emma Stone in ‘Bugonia’ Is Sheer Joy

By Anne Thompson

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 18: Nina Hoss attends the 2025 Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Thompson on Hollywood

All Hell Breaks Loose When Nina Hoss Invades the ‘Hedda’ Party

By Anne Thompson

Top of the Line

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Filmmaker Toolkit

Indy the Dog Is the Star of ‘Good Boy,’ and His Most Important Co-Stars Aren’t Even Human

By Sarah Shachat

THE MASTERMIND, Josh O'Connor, 2025. © MUBI /Courtesy Everett Collection

Filmmaker Toolkit

How ‘The Mastermind’ Found 1970s New England in Ohio

By Sarah Shachat

FX's The Lowdown -- "Old Indian Trick" Episode 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) Siena East as Deidre, Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon. CR: Shane Brown/FX

Filmmaker Toolkit

Music, and Tulsa, Inspired Sterlin Harjo’s Writing Process for ‘The Lowdown’

By Sarah Shachat

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Filmmaker Interview

How Luca Guadagnino Lured One of the Greatest, Most Elusive DPs Back to Movies for ‘After the Hunt’

By Jim Hemphill

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Screen Talk: ‘Anemone,’ ‘After the Hunt’ Shake Up NYFF

By Ryan Lattanzio, Anne Thompson

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Filmmaker Toolkit: Why Derek Cianfrance Lightened Up After ‘Blue Valentine’

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Filmmaker Toolkit: When Tom Met Robbie on ‘Task’ and the Creation of an Iconic Episode

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Videos

Richard Linklater at IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking Summit at 2025 Cannes Film Festival, held on The American Pavilion.

Richard Linklater Explains Why You Need to Be a ‘Cheap Hustler’ to Make Indie Films

Speaking at the American Pavilion in a conversation presented by United for Business, Linklater expressed his unwavering belief in the power of feature films despite fears over the death of cinema.