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Sundance Review: Summer of Soul Miraculously Reclaims and Restores a Forgotten Harlem Music Festival

The biggest block party of 1969 took place over six weeks in central Harlem. Clustered together into the rocky confines of Mt. Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey P...

Shoah Trailer: One of the Greatest Documentaries of All-Time Gets First-Ever On Demand Release

A seminal documentary, and one of the most essential films of all time, IFC Films is bringing Claude Lanzmann’s magnum opus Shoah on demand for a whole new gen...

Sundance Review: In the Same Breath Surveys Governmental Corruption in Covid-19-Stricken China

Any newly-released film, book, or piece of media that begins its story in the latter months of 2019 is signifying something very clear: trouble like we’ve neve...

Sundance Review: Mother Schmuckers is an Irreverent Exercise in Provocation Without Pathos

In their debut feature film, directing duo Harpo and Lenny Guit craft a narrative unlike any other. Mother Schmuckers (Fils de Plouc in their native French) op...

Sundance Review: Playing With Sharks Showcases the Beauty of the Ocean’s Most Misunderstood Creatures

Sharks have been lurking in the depths of our cultural consciousness for decades now. From the fear that Jaws instilled in audiences in 1975 to the endless con...

Sundance Review: Strawberry Mansion is a Kaleidoscopic Reverie Bursting with Imagination

What if the government didn't strictly tax your paychecks and transactions, but your dreams as well? With their vibrant, imaginative, and genre-melding new fil...

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...

News

The Criterion Channel’s July Lineup Features Harry Dean Stanton, Jonathan Demme, The Prisoner & More

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Film Forum’s Laurel & Hardy Retrospective Celebrates Comedy Titans

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Reviews

Leviticus Review: Accomplished Aussie Horror Feature Blends Paranoia and Love

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

“I’ve Got No Idea How That Works”: Mark Jenkin on Rose of Nevada

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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