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Sundance Review: Pandemic Drama The Pink Cloud Disturbingly Reckons a Worst-Case Lockdown Scenario

Iuli Gerbase’s The Pink Cloud starts off with a disclaimer: “This film was written in 2017 and shot in 2019. Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidenta...

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...

News

Watch: Spike Jonze Directs Zendaya in Shape of Dreams Campaign

Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive: Cinema Guild Acquires the Films of Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Trailers

Ombres de soie Exclusive Trailer: Éric Rohmer Collaborator Mary Stephen’s Debut Feature Gets Restored

The Invite Trailer: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton Have a Night to Remember

The Last One for the Road Trailer: Take an Inebriated Trip Through Italy

Reviews

Fiume o Morte! Review: A Historical Reenactment of Rare Wit and Energy

Exit 8 Review: A Videogame Adaptation Heavy on Allegory

Heads or Tails Review: An Ethereal, Lived-In Western

Features

Marxist Millionaires and Fungal Worlds: The Best Films of CPH:DOX 2026

New to Streaming: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, My Father’s Shadow, Dreams, The President’s Cake & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Jack Harlow, Trouble Every Day, Caché & More

Interviews

“I’m Definitely Not Trying to Be Consistent”: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Serpent’s Path, Chime, and Kokurojo

Isabelle Huppert on Becoming a Vampire, Ulrike Ottinger’s Timeless Touch, and Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales

François Ozon on the Existentialism of The Stranger, Arab Representation, and Bressonian Acting

Podcasts

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

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

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