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Sundance Review: Realm of Satan Vividly Invites You into a World of Fantasies

Made in collaboration with the Church of Satan, as stated in its opening titles, Scott Cumming’s Realm of Satan doesn’t seek to expose hidden secrets of the re...

Sundance Review: Saoirse Ronan Excels in The Outrun, an Unwavering Look at Addiction

Maybe the smartest decision made in The Outrun, directed by Nora Fingscheidt, is its fractured narrative device. Based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by A...

Sundance Review: Brief History of a Family is an Elegant Tale About the Chaos of Creation

Children often complain about not being able to choose their parents, but the opposite is true as well, and rarely explored in fiction with the elegance and pi...

Sundance Review: Girls State Is a Separate But Unequal Sequel Doc

One of the biggest hits at Sundance and winner of the festival’s U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize in 2020, Boys State was a rare window into teenage politics ...

Sundance Review: Good One Is a Tense, Carefully Observed Portrait of Crossed Boundaries

It’s been nearly two decades since Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy showed how the wilderness can be an open canvas to explore the breaking points of male friendship ...

Sundance Review: Union is a Quintessential Addition to Workers’ Cinema Canon

Amazon Labor Union (ALU) president Chris Smalls is not the star of the documentary Union. He is just one part of the congregation in Brett Story and Stephen Ma...

Sundance Review: Exhibiting Forgiveness is an Emotional Yet Overwrought Tale of Painful Reconciliation

“Your heavenly Father will forgive you if you forgive those who sin against you; but if you refuse to forgive them, he will not forgive you.” This gospel of Ma...

Sundance Review: Sugarcane Builds a Tapestry of Trauma

It's impossible to overstate the trauma that is explored throughout Sugarcane, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie's harrowing documentary on the sins of St...

Sundance Review: Porcelain War Captures the Absurdity of the Current Moment

Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev's documentary Porcelain War starts with a text card: "Nearly all the footage you are about to watch was shot by the subjects...

Sundance Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Presence is a Funny, Disturbing, and Formally Fascinating Ghost Tale

For a prolific artist, a surge of creativity can often be synonymous with a dip in quality. Though not if you are Steven Soderbergh. He’s only continued to rei...

News

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

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

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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