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Review: ’78/52′ is a Meticulous Examination of One of Alfred Hitchcock’s Most Iconic Scenes

Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho premiered in 1960, quickly becoming a massive box office success, as well as a critical darling with the press. In the passing decades...

Trailer for ‘It Happened in L.A.’ Introduces a Whit Stillman-Esque Portrait of Los Angeles

One of my favorite discoveries at this year's Sundance Film Festival was Michelle Morgan's It Happened in L.A. (then going by the SEO-unfriendly title L.A. ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 267 – Brawl in Cell Block 99

Today, Michael Snydel and I are joined by Dan Mecca in order to talk about the rough and tumble tour through hell that is Brawl in Cell Block 99, the newest film from writer/director S. Craig Zahler....

‘Thoroughbreds’ Trailer: A Dark Plan is Hatched in Sundance Hit

One of the most acclaimed films coming out of Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Cory Finley's Thoroughbreds. The black comedy, starring Olivia Co...

Review: ‘Never Here’ is a Reality-Blurring Suspense Thriller

Miranda Fall (Mireille Enos) is a cataloger. Her art leads her on journeys following new subjects in order to understand who each is by what each does and posse...

NYFF Review: ‘Dragonfly Eyes’ Captures the Malleability of Postmodern Identity

The modern pervasiveness of surveillance technology causes an unfamiliar type of cognitive dissonance where their use is collectively recognized but an innate f...

NYFF Review: ‘The Venerable W.’ Examines the Roots of Modern Extremism

By Siddhant Adlakha When attempting to parse the root causes of religious extremism, a common argument in western discourse involves not only pointing to Islam...

Hamburg Review: ‘Cocote’ is a Drama of Visual Virtuosity and Tantalizing Promise

Fans of fierce, challenging indigenous cinema rejoice. It’s not every day that you see a film from and depicting the life in the Dominican Republic, let alone o...

San Sebastián Review: ‘Apostasy’ is a Restrained, Troubling Portrait of Rigid Religiosity

A central scene in Apostasy, the powerful debut from British director Daniel Kokotajlo, has a group of kids stage a re-enactment of King Solomon’s judgment, the...

‘Félicité’ Director Alain Gomis on Morality, Musicality, and Modernity

Set in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félicité is the new film from Alain Gomis, a French director of Guinea-Bissauan and Senegalese descent....

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

The Criterion Channel’s July Lineup Features Harry Dean Stanton, Jonathan Demme, The Prisoner & More

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Film Forum’s Laurel & Hardy Retrospective Celebrates Comedy Titans

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Reviews

Rose of Nevada Review: Mark Jenkin’s Stupefying, Time-Slipping Ghost Story

Maddie’s Secret Review: John Early Shows Total Commitment In Feature Debut

Tribeca Review: Alicia Vikander Gives a Restrained, Layered Performance in The Last Day

Features

New to Streaming: Two Pianos, The Last One for the Road, Pressure, The Wizard of the Kremlin & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

Interviews

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

“I’ve Got No Idea How That Works”: Mark Jenkin on Rose of Nevada

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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