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Sundance Review: Seeds is a Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

Evoking Gordon Park's black-and-white photographs of the New Deal Era, cinematographer Brittany Shyne’s powerful debut feature Seeds offers a portrait of a...

Sundance Review: In Omaha, a Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip

Early one morning, a single father and widower (John Magaro)––credited as Dad––wakes up his perceptive nine-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and mischievous ...

Sundance Review: André Is an Idiot is a Noble Document of a Dumb Decision

There is an unbridled honesty to André Is an Idiot that is admirable, even if all of it doesn't really work. It's a simple, stark subject for a documentary: ac...

11 Films to See in February

With Sundance wrapped up, much of February's attention toward the world of cinema will be on Berlinale. This month certainly isn't stacked for new releases, bu...

Sundance Review: Bunnylovr is a Compelling, Messy Character Study in Social Isolation

Sensitive and nuanced, Katarina Zhu’s directorial debut Bunnylovr is a compelling character study that never quite makes sense of the messy life of personal as...

David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Sets Spring Release as New Teaser Arrives

After his long-awaited return with Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg returned last year to the festival circuit with The Shrouds, a darkly funny conspirac...

NYC Weekend Watch: I-Be Area, Frederick Wiseman, Picnic at Hanging Rock & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaOne of our era's great musicians, Lex Walton, introduces I-Be Area on Friday; Ba...

New to Streaming: Sundance 2025, Sing Sing, Babygirl, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera & 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...

Frank Ocean Has Begun Shooting His Directorial Debut

If the four-year gap between Frank Ocean's debut studio album Channel Orange and his follow-ups Endless and Blonde felt long, it's now been over double the wai...

The B-Side – Queen Latifah (with KT)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. ...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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