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Blood Machines Review: Phantasmagoric Sci-Fi Channeling H.R. Giger and Clive Barker

When a space vessel goes rogue, fleet commander Galdor (Walter Dickerson) tasks Captain Vascan (Anders Heinrichsen) and his co-pilot/mechan...

Two Gods Review: A Muslim Mortician Teaches the Path of a Better Life

The Vast of Night Review: A Nocturnal Sci-Fi Tale with Twilight Zone-Esque Thrills

End of Sentence Review: John Hawkes and Logan Lerman Reconnect in Father-Son Drama

The High Note Review: Dakota Johnson Charms in Comforting Music Business Dramedy

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New Films from David Fincher, Leos Carax, Charlie Kaufman & More Will Likely Skip Fall Festival Circuit

Two Gods Review: A Muslim Mortician Teaches the Path of a Better Life

We Are One: A Global Film Festival Announces Lineup of Free Programming

The Wanting Mare Review: An Overwhelmingly Beautiful, Purposefully Abstract Fable

Martin Scorsese Has Made a New Short Film About Isolation, Influenced by Classic Movies

While we wait and see if Martin Scorsese will get the help he needs to fund the budget for his next project Killers of the Flower Moon–which was just about to ...

Exclusive: Raise a Glass to the U.S. Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s Yourself and Yours

As of late, Hong Sangsoo's recent features have enjoyed U.S. distribution but thankfully his back catalog is now, after some festival plays, getting a new life...

The Vast of Night Review: A Nocturnal Sci-Fi Tale with Twilight Zone-Esque Thrills

Whereas many a sci-fi film begins with a touch of the extraterrestrial to whet the appetite, The Vast of Night is far more interested in setting its foundation...

End of Sentence Review: John Hawkes and Logan Lerman Reconnect in Father-Son Drama

To look at Frank (John Hawkes) and Sean Fogle (Logan Lerman) is to see two very different men. The former is a loving husband with a perpetual smile and the la...

We Are One: A Global Film Festival Announces Lineup of Free Programming

While film festivals across the world have had to rethink how to connect with audiences in a time when the theatrical presentation is not a feasible option, ma...

Burning Star Yoo Ah-in Faces a Zombie Apocalypse in First Trailer for Alive

Being self-isolated from the rest of the world in your apartment as a virus infects those outside your windows may be a touch too on the nose considering today...

Miss Juneteenth Trailer: Nicole Beharie Prepares Her Daughter for the Pageant of a Lifetime

An official selection at Sundance and SXSW (where it picked up the Best Texan film award), Miss Juneteenth is the directorial debut of Channing Godfrey Peoples...

The High Note Review: Dakota Johnson Charms in Comforting Music Business Dramedy

While it's an understandably strange time to review a film, it feels refreshing to review a nice film. The High Note, directed by Nisha Ganatra, tells the stor...

The Wanting Mare Review: An Overwhelmingly Beautiful, Purposefully Abstract Fable

In Shane Carruth’s 2004 debut feature Primer, two colleagues go down a physics rabbit hole to build a time machine. In the early stages of masterminding this s...

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Teaser: Sundance & Berlinale Favorite Arrives This July

In a time when we can't head down to our local dive bar, a new form-bending documentary has gained new resonance. The Ross Brothers' Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets...