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Sundance Review: ‘Our New President’ Views Trump’s Victory Through the Lens of Russian Media

Viewing the timeline of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and victor Donald Trump’s first year in office through the lens of Russian news, online videos, and ...

Slamdance Review: ‘Human Affairs’ Has Trouble Evoking Emotion From a Complicated Situation

Charlie Birns’ Human Affairs is a film about the desire for human connection within a story about surrogacy, a situation that’s intimate by nature but requires ...

Sundance Review: ‘Wildlife’ is a Remarkably Assured Directorial Debut for Paul Dano

“I feel like I need to wake up, but I don’t know what from… or to,” Carey Mulligan’s Jeanette declares to her teenage son Joe (Ed Oxenbould) in Wildlife, Paul D...

Sundance Review: ‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ is a Shapeless Biopic with a Stand-Out Joaquin Phoenix Performance

Returning to the Sundance Film Festival for the first time since Gerry, Gus Van Sant has had a peculiar run since. After experimental highlights like Elephant a...

Sundance Review: ‘Sweet Country’ is a Stunning, Stark Outback Western

At the very end of Sweet Country, director Warwick Thornton’s stunning, somber outback western, an emotionally devastated cattle rancher played by the great Sam...

Sundance Review: ‘Private Life’ Finds Hardship, Honesty, and Humor in Infertility

Over a decade since her remarkably observed and authentically acted The Savages, writer-director Tamara Jenkins makes her long-awaited return to Sundance and fe...

Sundance Review: ‘Clara’s Ghost’ is Admirable in its Messiness

Sometimes funny, sometimes frustrating, always honest, Clara’s Ghost–written and directed by Bridey Elliott–is doing a lot on a limited budget. It stars the ent...

Sundance Review: ‘The Long Dumb Road’ Makes the Case for Jason Mantzoukas as a Leading Man

Welcome to the Jason Mantzoukas show. The Long Dumb Road, directed by Hannah Fidell, leans full-tilt into the anarchic charm of the long-time cult comedian to d...

New to Streaming: ‘Thelma,’ ‘Loving Vincent,’ ‘Last Flag Flying,’ ‘The Lure,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of Netflix, Amazon, FilmStruck, and more....

Review: ’12 Strong’ is a Unique Modern War Movie

War films generally come in two varieties: a gray introspective look at its emotional and psychological cost and black and white jingoistic propaganda. The form...

News

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

NYC Weekend Watch: Korean Cinema’s Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer & More

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Reviews

Cannes Review: All of a Sudden Is Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Most Empathetic, Humanist Film to Date

Cannes Review: Clarissa Provides a Formally Adventurous Showcase For Sophie Okonedo

Cannes Review: The Meltdown Is an Elusive Chilean Chiller

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

Interviews

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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