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Sundance Review: War Game Fabricates a Feasible Coup of the United States Government

Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber's War Game documents a nifty six-hour exercise in roleplay, commencing on the anniversary of the January 6 United States Capitol att...

Sundance Review: Àma Gloria is a Sensitive, Delicate Drama Exploring a Breaking Bond

The complex plights of migrant women who leave homes and children seeking means to provide for them have rarely been addressed with the sensitivity and delicat...

Joel and Ethan Coen Plan to Reunite on “Very Bloody,” Blood Simple-Esque Horror Film

Good things come to those who wait. No, five-ish years isn't nearly the craziest gap in a director's filmography, but Joel and Ethan Coen sure seemed ready to ...

Quentin Tarantino on What He Hates About McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Almost Gifting a 35mm Print to Richard Linklater

While we expect to soon hear some casting news on Quentin Tarantino’s final feature The Movie Critic ahead of a shoot later this year, the small details being ...

Sundance Review: Gaucho Gaucho is a Stunningly Beautiful Chronicle of Community

Following the success of The Truffle Hunters, which showed all it takes to make a subject interesting is to approach it with curiosity and openness to wonder, ...

Sundance Review: Seeking Mavis Beacon Searches for a Black Tech Icon and a Narrative

In her debut feature, Jazmin Jones and collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross are looking for answers. They turn to the divine, the public, and, of course, the Inter...

Sundance Review: Igualada is a Powerful Portrait of Trailblazing Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez

My biggest fear as a child was that my mother would die. Yes, you might think––yours and everyone else's. My fear, however, stemmed from something that seemed ...

Sundance Review: Tendaberry is a Soulful Brooklyn-Set City Symphony

A soulful coming-of-age story with far more on its mind than the here and now, Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Tendaberry is an ambitious directorial debut mixing v...

Sundance Review: Ponyboi Mixes Crime and Camp in New Jersey

Life for Ponyboi (River Gallo) has been no walk in the park. "I was born a little different," he explains in regards to his being intersex (male-identifying/fe...

Sundance Review: Little Death is a Genre-Bending Addiction Drama That Packs a Poignant Punch

Maybe you’re vexed by the official description for Little Death, the debut feature from music-video director Jack Begert. Maybe you want to know more than, “A ...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

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Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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