Gazer Review: A Hypnotic, Distinct Directorial Debut
One's tempted to compare Gazer to many of the films it riffs on. For starters, there’s Memento, Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough film about...
Freaky Tales Review: A Violent Intersection of ‘80s Oakland Underdogs Lacking Bite
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Freaky Tales opens in theaters on April 4 f...
Eric LaRue Review: Michael Shannon’s Directorial Debut is a Bleak Yet Impressive Showcase for Judy Greer
Michael Shannon set himself up with quite a daunting challenge for his directorial debut: how can one capture oppressively bleak, soul-cons...
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Henry Fonda for President Review: The Dying Dream of a Better America
The Academy Awards likely aren’t that important in the grand scheme of film history, but legendary actor Henry Fonda winning his first competitive Oscar merely...
Drowning Dry Director Laurynas Bareiša on Finding Comedy in Tragedy, Nicolas Roeg, and the Things We Can’t Process
Conan O'Brien can be forgiven for quipping "Over to you, Estonia" after Flow won Latvia its first Oscar last month. The concept of a shared Baltic Cinema is st...
Bring Her Back Trailer: Sally Hawkins Leads the Next Horror Feature From Talk to Me Directors
After being one of the biggest Sundance breakout stories in the last few years, Talk to Me filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou quickly embarked on thei...
The Encampments Review: An Inspiring, Essential Portrait of Collective Action
A group of students, primarily led by minority voices, launched encampments in protest of Columbia University’s financial ties to companies with the expres...
13 Films to See at New Directors/New Films 2025
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Christopher Nolan, Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Theo Angelopoulos, Lynne Ramsay, Tsai Ming-liang, Michael Haneke, Lee Chang-dong, Terence Dav...
Tendaberry Review: A Soulful Brooklyn-Set City Symphony
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Sundance Film Festival coverage. Tendaberry is now on VOD and arrives on MUBI on April 25.
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NYC Weekend Watch: Manoel de Oliveira
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
BAMMy ten-film Manoel de Oliveira retrospective Mirror of Life begins, with numerous restor...
The B-Side Ep. 158 – Powell and Pressburger (with Katie Walsh)
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
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New to Streaming: Queer, Tendaberry, Bring Them Down, A Complete Unknown & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...
The Woman in the Yard Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Makes a Scary, Intense Return to Horror
While horror films function as an important part of this writer’s interest in cinema, it’s been hard not to feel some growing personal contempt for the genre. ...