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Well, after To the Wonder premiered last month to a devise set of reviews—either raving that it was a symphonic ballet of emotion and beauty or a shallow and two-dimension story that looked stunning but lacked feeling—we're all wondering just where the other features he's been working on will fall on the Terrence Malick scale of greatness. And next up, before his Austin-set music film is Knight of Cups, starring Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, and Cate Blanchett. And with the Cannes Film Festival kicking off today, foreign distributor's will get their first taste of the film when FilmNation debuts footage at the festival. But for us, The Hollywood Reporter has now released the first time from the film—and it's truly shocking.

Yesterday, in our interview with Michael Shannon, we shared that although he was cut from Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, "it was still a fascinating experience." He then went on on to say that he, "spent a day down there walking around with Ben Affleck and doing these completely random scenes where the camera was just going all over the place, and you never knew where it was going to be." And speaking the the enigmatic director's desire to capture the ineffable moments in everyday life said that, "I've heard Malick say, 'I'm just trying to find the spontaneous, I just want something truly spontaneous to happen.'"

Well, it's Thursday and although the week has flown by faster than expected, it's been a tough one. The weather's been pleasant and hopefully helping to keep our collective spirit from plummeting into a dark abyss, and come tomorrow night you have two full days to focus on what's truly important—movies. No, but movies do provide a nice escape from life and with a plethora of great films, both new and old, to choose from, I would suggest grabbing yourself some discount candy in bulk and heading to the cinema. I've rounded up for you the best in what's playing this weekend in New York so peruse and the list and enjoy.

Terrence Malcik's emotionally symphonic world of beauty vacillates between pleasure and pain, divinity and destruction, told through shadows of life that play out like memories rather than moments. And whether or not you were dazzled by To the Wonder, his latest and perhaps most divisive, there's a undeniable grace there that exists and breathes inside all of his work. My favorite moments in To the Wonder had little to do with the characters, finding transfixed by his portrayal of the physical modern world—from the vacant fields of Oklahoma to the machines that watch over us with loving grace, and the ways in which he uses the camera like a gentle gust of wind to guide us. 

Although vastly different in theme, tone, and character, this week's free Criterion films on Hulu all look to "tickle the mathematically minded cinephile." Whether you're preferences lie in French New Wave classics, Japanese historical dramas, or early Lynchian masterpieces, there's a wonderful selection of films to choose from. So if you spent your weekend in the theater weepingly gazing at Terrence Malick's To the Wonder, embedded in Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, or left pale by Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral, here are some fantastic and rare films to watch from the comfort of your laptop. Enjoy.

In terms of film, this is a good week to be sick or helplessly in love—which I suppose, are generally the same thing. But between Brandon Cronenberg's bloody good first feature Antiviral, Todd Hayne's brilliantly frightening Safe, and Terrence Malick's latest poem of emotion and grace To the Wonder, there are plenty of painful and gorgeous movies to sink your teeth into. And after the death of beloved film critic and cinematic enthusiast Roger Ebert last week, we should be encouraged more than ever to go to the movies, to enjoy the art of film, and truly have an experience at the cinema. So this weekend, curl up in a darkened theater and see everything from Quentin Tarantino's first fantastically gory feature to Kubrick's horrific masterpiece, and a bit of something for everyone in between. I've rounded up the best in what's playing throughout New York so peruse the list and enjoy.

While filming Terrence Malick's upcoming To the Wonder, Olga Kurylenko traveled from the golden wheat fields of Oklahoma to the quicksand tidal flats of Mon Saint-Michel in France. Here, the actor shares her personal thoughts about collaborating with the iconic director and what it felt like to inhabit her character, Marina.

For almost fifty years, Roger Ebert shared his love of cinema with the world, writing reviews that praised and inspired. He used his work to not only give us an appreciation for the art of film but to always teach us something about life and love. And this weekend, the Chicago Sun-Times published Ebert's final film review, which happened to be for a film by a director whose work lives inside the whispers of all-encompassing love and divinity. "There were once several directors who yearned to make no less than a masterpiece but now there are only a few. Malick has stayed true to that hope ever since his first feature in 1973," said Ebert, whose review of Terrence Malick's latest To the Wonder speaks to its nature of reaching the human soul.

I don't know about you, but I fully intend on spending my weekend curled up with a box of Junior Mints in a darkened theatre. It's been a long week thus far and with the myriad premieres and screenings going on over the new few days, you really have no excuse to not get yourself into a cinema. From Antonio Campos and Shane Carruth's stunning sophomore efforts to Terrence Malick's latest poem of emotions, to the wonder of Dennis Hopper and the debut of Darren Aronofsky, there's a certainly a diverse mix of films to see. So to get you ready, I've compiled the best of what's playing around the city this weekend—take a look and go buy yourself some candy and/or popcorn. Enjoy.

It's always difficult to articulate just how Terrence Malick's films make me feel. It's as though I could more easily paint you a picture or shoot you a short film that properly expresses my emotion and thoughts on his work rather than letting words fall short. But if you're a fan of his films, you know that they tend to sway towards meditations on existence—whether it be exploring the universe's path of creation and evolution or love and the atrophy of faith in its painful wake.