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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 ...

Sundance Review: Veni Vidi Vici is a Pitch-Black Satire Skewering the Rich

One of my favorite categories of Reddit posts (don't judge) are those where people who have worked for or near the super-rich share stories that people "wouldn...

Sundance Review: Frida is a Well-Crafted But Too-Reverential Biographical Documentary

In late 2021 I went to Mexico City on my first international vacation in the era of COVID. The world had changed and everything felt both exciting and, given h...

Sundance Review: Black Box Diaries is an Autobiographical Investigation of Sexual Assault

In the middle of Black Box Diaries, journalist Shiori Ito's debut documentary, Ito grins at the camera as she strolls through downtown Tokyo on the day of her ...

Sundance Review: Skywalkers: A Love Story is a Nail-Biting, Surface-Level Look at Insane Pursuits

It may have nothing to do with the fantastical creations of George Lucas, but in terms of achieving blockbuster-sized thrills, Skywalkers: A Love Story succeed...

Sundance Review: Stress Positions Stretches Its Unrepentant Insanity

Between The Sweet East and, to some extent, American Fiction, cinephiles seem to be increasing their appetite for politically incorrect commentary. Even if you...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

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

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

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