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An Andrei Tarkovsky Classic Returns in Exclusive Trailer for 4K Restoration of Nostalghia

Andrei Tarkovsky's penultimate film, 1983's gorgeously haunting Nostalghia, also marked new territory for the director. His first film made outside the USSR, t...

Dario Argento Panico Review: Unpacking the Personas of the Iconic Italian Director

There are really three Dario Argentos in Simone Scafidi’s new documentary, Dario Argento Panico, and together they form a kind of Unholy Trinity. There is Dari...

Sundance Review: War Game Fabricates a Feasible Coup of the United States Government

Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber's War Game documents a nifty six-hour exercise in roleplay, commencing on the anniversary of the January 6 United States Capitol att...

Sundance Review: Àma Gloria is a Sensitive, Delicate Drama Exploring a Breaking Bond

The complex plights of migrant women who leave homes and children seeking means to provide for them have rarely been addressed with the sensitivity and delicat...

Joel and Ethan Coen Plan to Reunite on “Very Bloody,” Blood Simple-Esque Horror Film

Good things come to those who wait. No, five-ish years isn't nearly the craziest gap in a director's filmography, but Joel and Ethan Coen sure seemed ready to ...

Quentin Tarantino on What He Hates About McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Almost Gifting a 35mm Print to Richard Linklater

While we expect to soon hear some casting news on Quentin Tarantino’s final feature The Movie Critic ahead of a shoot later this year, the small details being ...

Sundance Review: Gaucho Gaucho is a Stunningly Beautiful Chronicle of Community

Following the success of The Truffle Hunters, which showed all it takes to make a subject interesting is to approach it with curiosity and openness to wonder, ...

Sundance Review: Seeking Mavis Beacon Searches for a Black Tech Icon and a Narrative

In her debut feature, Jazmin Jones and collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross are looking for answers. They turn to the divine, the public, and, of course, the Inter...

Sundance Review: Igualada is a Powerful Portrait of Trailblazing Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez

My biggest fear as a child was that my mother would die. Yes, you might think––yours and everyone else's. My fear, however, stemmed from something that seemed ...

Sundance Review: Little Death is a Genre-Bending Addiction Drama That Packs a Poignant Punch

Maybe you’re vexed by the official description for Little Death, the debut feature from music-video director Jack Begert. Maybe you want to know more than, “A ...

News

A New Film by Hong Sangsoo and More Will Premiere at Berlinale 2026

Slamdance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25 Captures a Moral Parable in Transylvania

Pillion Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s BDSM Romance Arrives For Valentine’s Day

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Sound of Falling Review: A Pyschosexual Fever Dream of Epic Scope

A Useful Ghost Review: A Peculiar, Humorous Paranormal Tale

Seeds Review: A Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2025

Interviews

“I’m Not Seeing America Doing the Best Films”: Rodrigo Teixeira on Supporting Brian De Palma, James Gray, and Contemporary World Cinema

“There Are So Many Black Stories That Are Not Duly Explored”: Seeds Director Brittany Shyne on Her Sundance-Winning Debut

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

Podcasts

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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