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Sundance Review: The Pod Generation is a Sharp, Futuristic Relationship Satire

A sharp relationship satire that proves the more things change, the more they stay the same, Sophie Barthes' The Pod Generation imagines a world of, to borrow ...

Sundance Review: To Live and Die and Live Captures a New Detroit with Old Detroit’s Problems

A film as convoluted as its title, To Live and Die and Live is a poetic exploration of a new Detroit facing the same problems as the old one. Rust Belt cities ...

Sundance Review: Flora and Son is Another Winsome Musical from John Carney

The career of Once and Sing Street director John Carney is a curious one, reiterating the same theme in each of his most notable movies: the power of music to ...

Sundance Review: Landscape with Invisible Hand Juggles Many Ideas with Little Wisdom

For the last seven decades, aliens have been observing humanity, waiting for the right moment to touch down. When they finally do, after the world’s best milit...

Sundance Review: The Deepest Breath Plummets to Obsessive Depths of Freediving

From the very beginning of The Deepest Breath, you know exactly what kind of documentary you’re in for. In the back of a car, director Laura McGann aims her ca...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 495 – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (with Maria Truglio)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Maria Truglio to discuss Guill...

Sundance Review: Infinity Pool is a Delirious, Disturbing Dive Into Hedonism

By now the Cronenberg surname has become synonymous with bodily obsession. Like his father David's wealthy oeuvre of anatomical grotesquerie, Brandon Cronenber...

Sundance Review: Divinity is a Cult Classic in the Making

Divinity can best be described as a “brain trip,” a film that acts as an upgraded '80s B-movie. Eddie Alcazar’s futuristic, violent drama follows two brothers ...

Sundance Review: Bad Behaviour Lacks Cohesion Despite Jennifer Connelly’s Best Efforts

Bad Behaviour cannot pick a tone. Over the 107 minutes of Alice Englert’s debut feature, the only consistency comes from constant shifting. Following Lucy (Jen...

Sundance Review: 5 Seasons of Revolution Portrays Humanity Wrapped Up in Revolt

Above all else, 5 Seasons of Revolution is a visceral bit of filmmaking. Directed by Lina, a video reporter required to shield her identity, this documentary c...

News

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Yokohama BJ Blues Makes U.S. Theatrical Premiere on November 11 from Amnesiascope

Trailers

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

Raoul Peck Investigates a Photographer Pioneer in First Trailer for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

Features

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

New to Streaming: Trap, One False Move, Rap World, Daaaaaalí!, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Candy Mountain, Chantal Akerman, Azazel Jacobs & More

Interviews

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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