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Review: ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ Proves Paul W.S. Anderson Isn’t Out of Ideas

Let’s get this out of the way, vulgarians: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is a bit different than the past Paul W.S. Anderson-directed entries. As evident fro...

NYC Weekend Watch: ’70s Universal, ‘New York, New York,’ ‘The Killing’ & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

Sundance Review: ‘Beatriz at Dinner’ Finds Salma Hayek at War With Trump’s America

If you could sit face-to-face with Donald Trump, what would you say? Beatriz at Dinner doesn’t imagine exactly that, but the scenario it presents is undeniably ...

Sundance Review: ‘The Polka King’ Leans on Wild True Story, Runs Out of Steam

Kudos to Jack Black for trying new things. The actor seems to be on a mission to expand his comedic (and dramatic) palette with interesting turns in smaller far...

Slamdance Review: ‘The Family’ is Audacious as it is Frustrasting

Long runtimes have become a bit of a trend on the festival circuit in recent years, with titles like Happy Hour, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, and OJ: Mad...

Sundance Review: ‘Brigsby Bear’ is an Adventure in Need of More Imagination

While watching Room, if one wished there was more laughs to go with the trauma, Brigsby Bear is the film you’ve been looking for. Dave McCary’s directorial debu...

Sundance Review: ‘Patti Cake$’ Has Infectious Energy and Familiar Beats

Rhymes, beats, and an audience are all that Patricia Dombrowski requires to achieve her dreams of rap stardom. She already has the former, composed from her per...

Sundance Review: Woody Harrelson Has the Time of His Life in ‘Wilson’

The world of Daniel Clowes is one without manners, glamour, and tact, but it is also one of uncomfortable truth, as scathing as it might be. One may have never ...

Sundance Review: ‘Sidney Hall’ Squanders a Talented Cast

Sometimes a movie just does not have any reason to exist. That would be the case with Shawn Christensen's misbegotten Sidney Hall, a film which offers a mystery...

Sundance Review: ‘Rebel in the Rye’ is a By-the-Books J.D. Salinger Biopic

A by-the-books biopic about Catcher in the Rye helmer J.D. Salinger, Danny Strong's Rebel in the Rye has quite a story to tell. Salinger was an eccentric hermit...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

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

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: The Prisoner, Silent Friend, Obsession, Fiume o morte! & More

NYC Weekend Watch: 70mm Conspiracies, Immigrants, Spectres, Sherman’s March & More

Posterized July 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Odyssey, Night Nurse & More

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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