Film, considered.
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Now Playing · Review

"The Lantern Road" is the rare studio thriller that trusts its audience to sit with silence

Dalton Reyes' two-hander about a highway patrol dispatcher and the trucker she talks down from the edge of a bridge is the best wide release of the fall — and it's only in theaters for three more weeks.

By Desmond Cray · October 9, 2026

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Streaming

Which streaming service is worth it this month

We ran the numbers on five services' October catalogs so you don't have to keep five subscriptions running out of inertia. One of them is worth starting today; two are worth cancelling.

By Nora Albrecht · October 5, 2026

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Shop

The ten best Criterion releases to buy this year

A buying guide to the restorations and box sets actually worth the shelf space and the asking price, ranked by how often you'll pull them back down.

By Priya Chandrasekaran · October 12, 2026

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Streaming

Everything leaving streaming in November

The titles sliding off the major services before the month is out, and which ones are worth clearing your evening for while you still can.

By Nora Albrecht · October 16, 2026

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Essay

What Michael Mann understands about night

No other American director has spent so long looking at what a city looks like after midnight, or taken it as seriously as he does.

By Owen Marsh · October 26, 2026

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Feature

The quiet return of the intermission

As runtimes creep past three hours, a handful of theaters and distributors are bringing back the built-in break. It might be the most humane idea in exhibition this decade.

By Owen Marsh · October 29, 2026