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Slamdance Review: Killing the Eunuch Khan is a Visceral Drama Set During the Iran-Iraq War

It would be a mistake to take the synopsis for Abed Abest's Killing the Eunuch Khan at face value. This is not a film about a serial killer in the generic sens...

Slamdance Review: Be Right Back Takes a Circuitous Journey into the Forest

Director Frauke Havemann's story about traveling into the woods with her dramaturg to discuss a new project at the onset of COVID-19 feels crucial to understan...

Sundance Review: Sharp Stick Marks a Bold, Messy Return for Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick, her first feature since 2010’s Tiny Furniture, finds the writer-director again taking big swings with mixed results. Set in Los Ange...

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Digging Up Something in the Dirt

With their latest feature together, DIY sci-fi directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead continue to make the low-budget thrillers that have gained them a ded...

Sundance Review: Nothing Compares Reassesses the Downfall of Sinéad O’Connor

If you know Sinéad O’Connor’s name it’s likely two images come to mind: a buzzed head in a black turtleneck, a ripped-up photograph of Pope John Paul II. Kathr...

The Best Films of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival

With nearly every feature film at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival reviewed, it's time to wrap up the first major cinema event of the year. We already got the o...

Exclusive Trailer for Payal Kapadia’s A Night of Knowing Nothing Presents a Hypnotic Blend of Fact and Fiction

A selection at Cannes, TIFF, NYFF, Busan, IDFA, DOC NYC, and many more, Payal Kapadia's directorial debut A Night of Knowing Nothing is one of my early favorit...

After Yang Trailer: Colin Farrell Tries to Rebuild His Family in Kogonada’s Gorgeous Sci-Fi Tale

Following his serenely stunning drama Columbus, video-essayist-turned-director Kogonada headed to the future with After Yang. A gorgeous, moving drama about wh...

Private Desert Review: A Love Story Trapped Under the Oppression of Traditionalism

Writer-director Aly Muritiba said something very interesting about his new film Private Desert in the lead-up to its Venice debut. He spoke about a desire for ...

Sundance Review: Three Minutes — A Lengthening Builds New Art from Near-Extinguished Celluloid

What can we glean from three minutes of film shot in 1938? This is the question driving Three Minutes — A Lengthening, an engaging essay film from director Bia...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

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

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

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

Features

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

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

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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