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Sundance Review: Descendant Follows a Community’s Search for Truth and Reconciliation

Over half a century after international slave trade was abolished in the United States, Timothy Meaher made a bet that he could transport a ship of captives fr...

Sundance Review: A Love Song a Bittersweet Ode to Love Lost and Found

There are great faces, and then there is Dale Dickey's face. Simply put, it is in a league of its own. The sole contender may be Wes Studi's. A Love Song, writ...

Sundance Review: Mars One is an Impactful Work of Social Realism Set in Brazil

There’s an entire universe out there, even when it feels like your corner of the world has been turned upside down. Who has not felt like they’ve been roaming ...

Sundance Review: Tantura Remembers a Village, Stolen and Buried

Perhaps the most harrowing thing in Tantura, a striking documentary from Alon Schwarz, is the nervous laughter that slips out of the mouths of old men allegedl...

Sundance Review: We Met in Virtual Reality Examines Digital Connections with Beautiful Sincerity

Joe Hunting has spent the last few years documenting VRChat, a social-virtual-reality platform that allows users to create their own worlds and avatars. His de...

Sundance Review: The Princess Explores the Media Ecosystem That Built the Myth

By design, Ed Perkins’ The Princess keeps a healthy, mediated distance from its subject, the late Princess of Wales. After all, the news is the first draft of ...

Sundance Review: Jesse Eisenberg’s When You Finish Saving the World is a Slight Directorial Debut

A refigured and condensed version of his own audio drama of the same name, When You Finish Saving the World is a slight directorial debut from Jesse Eisenberg ...

Sundance Review: In Emergency, The College Comedy Gains a New Perspective

Emergency starts out like a typical college-aged comedy. As the school year ends, two protagonists—Kunle (Donald Watkins) and Sean (RJ Cyler), best friends wit...

New to Streaming: Sundance 2022, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, A Hero, Phantom Thread & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

Sundance Review: La Guerra Civil is a Rousing Yet Formulaic Account of a Historic Boxing Rivalry

In the majority of sporting events there’s more on the line than a final score. From the career trajectories of those in the match to the cultural, political, ...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

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

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

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