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Sundance Review: ‘Golden Exits’ Finds Alex Ross Perry at His Most Emotionally Complex

There are no screaming matches or overt arguments, nor is there any sort of frenetic camera work, yet Golden Exits is unmistakably the work of Alex Ross Perry. ...

Sundance Review: ‘To the Bone’ Tells an Important Story Artificially

Written and directed by Marti Noxon, To the Bone is an occasionally harrowing drama geared towards the YA crowd from a filmmaker that knows the terrain well, ha...

Sundance Review: ‘Where Is Kyra?’ Seeps Into the Dark Side of the Metropolis

So much of so many film festivals -- Sundance especially -- feel enormously focused on metropolitan life, New York City in particular. In Where Is Kyra?, direct...

Sundance Review: ‘Columbus’ is an Impeccably Composed, Pensive Drama

The path to becoming a director is one generally accompanied by a profound knowledge of film history, but that passion is rarely more public then when it comes ...

Slamdance Review: ‘Strad Style’ Demystifies the Creative Process

Social media can lead to strange things, as evidenced in Stefan Avalos’ documentary Strad Style. Avalos profiles Danny Houck, a 32-year-old living in small-town...

Sandra Oh and Anne Heche Start a ‘Catfight’ in First Trailer

Recently named one of our favorite films of 2016 without distribution, we said, "Who knew that one of the year’s most potent representations of America’s ad...

Sundance Review: ‘Crown Heights’ Dutifully Tells a Powerful Tale of Belabored Justice

As written and directed by Matt Ruskin, the tragic story of Colin Warner doesn't so much come to life on the screen as it is responsibly recalled in Crown Heigh...

John Boyega Wants to Escape Gangster Life in Trailer for ‘Imperial Dreams’

In the three years since the Sundance Film Festival premiere of Imperial Dreams, life has greatly changed for John Boyega. He's shot two Star Wars films, he...

New to Streaming: ‘The Handmaiden,’ ‘Loving,’ ‘The Light Between Oceans,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

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...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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