Noah Segan’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York is an ode to a past New York City and the films set there. John Turturro plays Harry, an old-school pickpoc...
The jealousy of unhappy couples. The pettiness of mean girls. The frustration of insecure husbands. It’s a tale as old as time that's curiously interpreted...
Gold is such an apt metaphor for greed. It’s shiny, it’s heavy, it’s superficial, and it’s obtained through someone’s hard labor. That labor is carried on ...
As the world continues fermenting its vile culture, the gang behind The State and Wet Hot American Summer is back to save you from the merciless onslaught of b...
Among Sundance's great pleasures is the experience of a film steadily building buzz to the point where it becomes the talk of the fest. Seats become scarce...
The thing about New York City is: it’s never as good as it was, yet it’s still better than anywhere else. The only thing constant is change, and the city i...
There’s been a lot of reflection at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, the last to be held in its original home of Park City, Utah. Jay Duplass is one of many fo...
Picture this: it’s an overcast day in August 1972. You’re at a cocktail party at Duke Ellington’s townhouse in Harlem. As you awkwardly hold your glass of ...
For its relatable premise and tried-and-true structure, the road movie has a rich cinematic history. Its success has spawned a number of subgenres, including t...
Why do we care who the oldest person in the world is? It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. It feels like they’re always around the same age....
Kent M. Wilhelm is a multimedia film & culture journalist in New York City whose insignificant brilliance can be overlooked around the internet. He enjoys the films of Aki Kaurismäki and James Bond.
