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Review: ‘Icarus’ is the Cinematic Equivalent of a Conspiracy Corkboard

If you want two good indicators of how smart the documentary Icarus truly is, look at the poster. First, note the shadow of the hammer and sickle underneath the...

Review: ‘The Transfiguration’ is a Coming-of-Age Tale With a Vampiric Twist

Life's been hard for Milo (Eric Ruffin). His father died when he was eight and his mother committed suicide not too long after. That type of horror will change ...

Fantasia Review: ‘Sequence Break’ is Cronenberg Without the Clarity

Introversion and high anxiety are real and can be triggered by the tiniest of things or the lack thereof. Oz (Chase Williamson) has struggled with both his enti...

Noomi Rapace Plays Seven Sisters in New Trailer for ‘What Happened to Monday’

If you ever wanted to spend time with seven Noomi Rapaces at once, Netflix has a film for you: What Happened to Monday, a sci-fi thriller from Hansel & ...

‘Call Me By Your Name’ Trailer: Luca Guadagnino Tells a Tale of Summer Romance

After making waves at Sundance Film Festival, the first trailer has now arrived for Luca Guadagnino's intoxicatingly sexy romance Call Me By Your Name. Set ...

15 Films to See in August

European getaways, redneck heists, as well as dramas about riots and terrorism, and more films to see this month....

Trailer for Sundance Winner ‘Machines’ Goes Inside an Indian Textile Factory

Winner of the Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Rahul Jain’s debut film Machines is a documentary that beautifully d...

Fantasia Review: ‘S.U.M.1’ is a High Concept, Low Budget One-Man Sci-Fi Show

It's been decades since a new world order changed Earth forever, an alien invasion by creatures known as the Nonesuch forcing humanity underground. The old guar...

Fantasia Review: ‘Tragedy Girls’ is a Horror Comedy With Contagious, Biting Satire

You’re a couple of horror-obsessed high school seniors living in a boring town where the most salacious thing happening is an affair between your teacher Mrs. K...

Fantasia Review: Vengeance is Slowly Enacted in ‘Savage Dog’

When a film opens with Scott Adkins rising from the mud with a scream in Indochina circa 1959, you begin cultivating expectations. You forgive the ham-fisted vo...

News

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Trailers

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Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

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Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

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Interviews

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

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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