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SXSW Review: Eva Longoria’s Energetic Flamin’ Hot is a Surprisingly Fun Underdog Tale

Well-documented controversies over the accuracy of its story notwithstanding, Eva Longoria’s high-energy feature-directing debut Flamin' Hot is a classic under...

SXSW Review: Another Body is a Riveting, Upsetting Search for Justice for Victims of Deepfake Pornography

The legal principle of "another body" is cited by local and state law enforcement to not pursue charges against the creators of deepfake pornography, content e...

SXSW Review: With Love and a Major Organ is an Awkward Exploration of Loneliness in an Era of Total Digital Transformation

Set in an alternative world that at times seems like our own, With Love and a Major Organ can also feel as if someone asked ChatGPT to write a quirky postmoder...

SXSW Review: Mustache is Rebellious Yet Minor Coming-of-Age Tale

The feature debut of editor and short filmmaker Imran J. Khan, Mustache is a grounded coming-of-age story bursting with authenticity, even if the film feels at...

SXSW Review: Satan Wants You is a Mostly Compelling Dive into the Nonsense of “Satanic Panic”

One of the experts interviewed in Satan Wants You, a disturbingly compelling documentary making its world premiere at SXSW, points out that, today, the 1980s c...

Gregg Araki’s Cult Classic Returns in 4K Restoration Trailer for The Doom Generation

While Gregg Araki hasn't made a feature film in nearly a decade, since 2014's White Bird in a Blizzard, the director has kept busy on a number of high-profile ...

SXSW Review: National Anthem is a Personal Journey Into a Queer Rodeo Community

At the beginning of National Anthem, writer-director Luke Gilford’s exquisite-looking and subversive debut feature, 21-year-old Dylan (Charlie Plummer) lives a...

Champions Review: Bobby Farrelly Returns With Formulaically Dull Sports Movie

Bobby Farelly’s been out of the feature game for almost ten years. After a lucrative 20-year career writing, directing, and producing together, brothers Bobby ...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Axelle Ropert’s Petite Solange Portrays a Family Fracturing

One of our favorite films on the festival circuit the last few years finally has distribution. Axelle Ropert's tender coming-of-age tale Petite Solange, which ...

Ken Loach Mines Solidarity in Exclusive Trailer for The Spirit of ’45

Whatever comes with being perhaps the most-recognized British director of his time, Ken Loach still hasn't seen every one of his films reach American shores. T...

News

James Gray’s Paper Tiger Sets North American Premiere as Opening Night of the 64th New York Film Festival

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

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