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Sundance Review: Judas and the Black Messiah is a Captivating Character Study

A film that is both timely and timeless, Judas the Black Messiah resists intertwining current events with historical figures––an approach that Spike Lee has ex...

Dardenne Brothers’ New Film Tori et Lokita Announced; Ryūsuke Hamaguchi to Adapt Murakami

Like clockwork (which is to say every three years) we get a new Dardenne brothers movie. If it's been two since Young Ahmed and we shouldn't expect an announce...

Rotterdam Review: Riders of Justice Sets Mads Mikkelsen on a Rollercoaster of Twists

Opening the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam is Anders Thomas Jensen's entertaining rollercoaster of a film Riders of Justice, following a soldier na...

Sundance Review: El Planeta is a Clever, Brisk, and Droll Mother-Daughter Movie

In a café in Gijón, Spain, Leonor (Amalia Ulman) sits with a cup of coffee. An older man (Nacho Vigalondo) approaches her and joins her, and the two start disc...

Sundance Review: Marvelous and the Black Hole Whiplashes Between Dark Humor and Family Fun

To put it simply, Sammy (Miya Cech) isn’t doing too well. She’s as angsty as any other 13-year-old on a good day and vandalizing school on a bad one, assuming ...

PVT CHAT Review: Julia Fox’s Cam Girl Drama Explores a Tenuous 21st Century Relationship

It doesn't get more cynical than the answer Jack (Peter Vack) gives to his own question, "What's the common thread that connects every relationship you experie...

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone Reteam for Frankenstein Reimagining Poor Things

Update: Mark Ruffalo, Jerrod Carmichael, Willem Dafoe, and Ramy Youssef are in talks to join the cast. Following The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos has circled...

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity Review: An Educationally Pragmatic, Historically Enlightening Look at a Great Artist

Despite Graham Nash's words at the conclusion of Robin Lutz's documentary M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity stating that the world is destined to reappreciate t...

The Reckoning Review: Neil Marshall’s Great Plague Drama Explores a Test of Wills

While Neil Marshall's 1665 London-set, Great Plague drama The Reckoning has obvious allusions to our own present-day pandemic, COVID-19 wasn't a factor in its ...

Sundance Review: In The Cursed, the Werewolf Tale Gets a Historical Twist

Sundance 2021 has been filled with so many movies about—and made in—the current pandemic that a 19th-century, gory genre flick feels like a return to normalcy....

News

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Tony Leung Finds Earthly Connection in Exclusive Poster for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Trailers

Leviticus Trailer: Your Heart’s Desires Turn Terrifying in Acclaimed Aussie Horror

Coyote vs. Acme Trailer: Long-Delayed Looney Tunes Feature Arrives This Summer

Jinsei Trailer: A Century-Spanning Japanese Feature Crafted by a Single Animator

Reviews

Fuze Review: An Air-Tight, Relentless Thriller

Erupcja Review: A Fateful Romantic Timebomb Erupts

Blue Heron Review: An Astonishing Seance of Self and Film

Features

8 Films to See at MoMI’s First Look 2026

NYC Weekend Watch: Tina Aumont, Terry Zwigoff, Pauline at the Beach & More

New to Streaming: The Love That Remains, Magellan, Undertone, The Chronology of Water & More

Interviews

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

Faith in the Process: Pete Ohs on Erupcja, Charli XCX, and New Methods

“You Can’t Recreate a Reality”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

Podcasts

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

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