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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

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

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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