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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...

Sundance Review: Riotsville, USA is an Archival Indictment of a Police State

Riotsville isn’t just a place. It’s an idea; a fiction written by the enforcers of order to “demonstrate the presence of a superior force.” Riotsville is porta...

Sundance Review: Keke Palmer Can’t Save the Sluggish, Misguided Alice

Alice, the debut feature of writer-director Krystin Ver Linden, has a major pacing problem. Based on true accounts, it concerns Alice (Keke Palmer), a woman en...

Éric Rohmer’s Theater Play Gets Adapted in Exclusive Trailer for Rita Azevedo Gomes’ Berlinale Premiere The Kagelstatt Trio

With Sundance Film Festival now in the rearview, all sights are set on the Berlin International Film Festival when it comes to getting a new batch of the year'...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

A Complete Unknown Review: James Mangold’s Biopic Falls Short of Bob Dylan’s Genius

Features

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2024

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

Podcasts

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

The B-Side – Ridley Scott (with Maria Lewis)

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