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Sundance Review: Sounds from Upstairs Abound in the Absorbing Swedish Thriller Knocking

Swedish director Frida Kempff’s debut feature Knocking taps into a human moment: attempting to sleep and hearing a persisting noise just outside of your grasp....

Sundance Review: John and the Hole is a Stylish, Empty Look at Feigning Adulthood

John and the Hole, the directorial debut from Pascual Sisto, is exactly what you’d expect from its title. The film, written by Nicolas Giácobone of Birdman, de...

Cinephile Game Night with The Film Stage Returns for New Season

Last year we partnered with Cinephile for a series of livestreams aimed at raising money for various film-related charities. The resulting series, Cinephile Ga...

Sundance Review: Pleasure is a Moralizing Porn Odyssey That Could Have Set a Higher Bar

Pleasure is, in its bones, a classic tale of the corrupting allure of fame. A young starlet-to-be arrives in Hollywood, becomes both entranced and envious of t...

Sundance Review: Son of Monarchs is a Lyrical Portrait of Fractured Identity

Alexis Gambis' fifth feature Son of Monarchs tells the story of Mendel (Tenoch Huerta), a Mexican biologist residing in New York who returns to his native coun...

Exclusive Poster & Clip for The Violent Heart Finds Jovan Adepo & Grace Van Patten Healing Their Wounds

A selection at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and Deauville American Film Festival, the drama The Violent Heart will be debuting this month, and we're pleas...

Little Fish Review: Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell Face a Pandemic in Tender Drama

Following his breakout film, the affecting character study This is Martin Bonner, and his follow-up, the vibrant fish out of water tale Morris In America, dire...

Coda and Summer of Soul Lead 2021 Sundance Award Winners

Ending earlier than usual in their hybrid virtual/physical edition of this year's festival, Sundance Film Festival have now unveiled their award winners. Swept...

Sundance Review: R#J Retells a Shakespeare Classic Through Social Media with a Pandering Touch

What if, instead of meeting on a balcony by moonlight, Romeo and Juliet exchanged dog gifs and memes from The Office over Instagram DMs? Wouldn’t it have been ...

Sundance Review: Sabaya is a Tense, Vital Dispatch Capturing a Rescue Operation in Syria

Tense and gripping, Hogir Hirori’s documentary Sabaya never positions itself as a thriller. There’s no need. Barring a few cards of scene-setting exposition, t...

News

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

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

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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