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Slamdance Review: Onlookers Takes a Plodding Look at the Act of Spectating

As the title suggests, Kimi Takesue’s Onlookers concerns itself with the act of spectating. Filmed in Laos, the documentary takes a sparse approach to its subj...

Slamdance Review: New Religion is an Off-Kilter Slice of Cosmic Horror

It’s hard to watch Keishi Kondo’s New Religion and stop yourself from pointing out the influences all over it. There’s an abstract opening sequence that brings...

Sundance Review: Fair Play is a Gripping, Gleefully Absurd Erotic Thriller That Goes Off the Rails

Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) are madly in love. Engendering sex at every possible opportunity, their passion is a burning one and, after ...

Sundance Review: Daisy Ridley Wants to Escape Life in Droll, Restrained Sometimes I Think About Dying

While she says her banal, nondescript, spreadsheet-crafting office job is the only thing she loves in life––besides cottage cheese––one wouldn’t guess it from ...

New to Streaming: Sundance 2023, Keane, Atom Eyogan Presents & 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...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 494 – Avatar: The Way of Water (with Dan Mecca)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Dan Mecca to discuss James Cam...

Sundance Review: Kim’s Video is the Definitive, Highly Entertaining Tale of the Tapes

A sweeping documentary by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin, Kim's Video follows the personal-inquiry, man-on-the-street format from their previous works Mardi Gra...

NYC Weekend Watch: Luis Buñuel, Snubs, Preston Sturges & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtAlways a highlight of the repertory year, To Save and Project ...

Jesse Eisenberg on the Anxiety of Fame, Learning From Richard Ayoade, and the Responsibility to Love Your Family

Jesse Eisenberg is exactly how you might expect. He’s anxious, speaking quickly with his hands, a slight tremble in his voice from a clear nervousness. In fact...

MUBI Unveils February 2023 Lineup

MUBI has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including Carla Simón's Golden Bear winner Alcarràs, Ruth Beckermann's Mutzenbacher, a ser...

News

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

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

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

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

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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