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Sundance Review: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is a Moving Portrait of a Tragic, Unique Life Lived

In 1971, Björn Andrésen was the most beautiful boy in the world. In 2019, he’s the elder of a neopagan commune in rural Sweden, whose inability to commit suici...

Sundance Review: Cryptozoo is One of the Most Gorgeous Works of American Animation in Ages

The current state of American animated cinema is more than a little disappointing; Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, and more regurgitate the same formula and offer n...

Sundance Review: Homeroom Briskly Explores a Tumultuous Senior Year in Oakland

Following the 2019-2020 school year, Homeroom sets itself up for more than it could have originally anticipated. It’s the senior year for a swath of Oakland Hi...

Sundance Review: The Warmth and Care of Coda Overcome its Predictable Nature

It’s hard to judge Siân Heder’s Coda outside of its context: being one of the opening feature films to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, a (now-virtual) place k...

New to Streaming: Mirror, Beginning, Sundance 2021, True Mothers & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Carey Mulligan Sharpens Fingernails for Apples Director Christos Nikou’s English-Language Debut

Carey Mulligan is currently riding one of the great highs of her career. Her new film Promising Young Woman has been playing to critical success and we also qu...

Benedict Cumberbatch is The Courier in First Trailer for Cold War Drama

Having taken on Alan Turing, Julian Assange, and Thomas Edison, Benedict Cumberbatch is no stranger to playing real people. He is seen doing it again the new t...

Sundance Review: One for the Road Goes on a Bloated Journey Through the Past

Somewhere in Bangkok, Aood (Ice Natara) sits alone in a car listening to the radio. Meanwhile in New York, Boss (Tor Thanapob) yuks it up with the ladies as a ...

Luca Guadagnino and Timothée Chalamet Eye Reunion with Cannibal Love Story Bones and All

Update: Mark Rylance has joined the cast of the film, which is now shooting, THR reports. Luca Guadagnino is adding another project to his ever-growing list...

Shin Godzilla Directors Return in First Teaser for Shin Ultraman

Far be it from the Film Stage to position ourselves as kaiju snobs or whatnot, but recent attention towards Godzilla vs. Kong felt like prime opportunity to re...

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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