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Earwig and the Witch Review: Studio Ghibli’s First 3D Animation is Fun But Unpolished

Those familiar with Diana Wynne Jones' children's book Earwig and the Witch will be surprised to find Gorô Miyazaki's cinematic adaptation beginning with a cha...

Sundance Review: Ailey Celebrates a Genius Choreographer Gone Too Soon

Has any choreographer mattered more to American dance than Alvin Ailey? The documentary Ailey, directed by Jamila Wignot, makes a good case that there has not....

Sundance Review: Mayday Imagines a Female-Dominated, War-Torn Fantasy World

Not far removed from the island nation of Themyscira as recently seen in Wonder Woman’s big-screen/HBO Max adventures, the world of Mayday is one dominated by ...

Sundance Review: All Light, Everywhere Brilliantly Questions the Bonds Between Filmmaking, Perspectives, and Policing Technology

Seemingly birthed from some kind of virtuosic computer algorithm or beamed directly from outer space, Theo Anthony’s debut feature Rat Film was a peculiarly en...

Sundance Review: Rebecca Hall’s Painstaking Directorial Debut Passing Seductively Shatters Façades

Rebecca Hall’s Passing has been fifteen years in the making, and that dedication shows in every meticulously crafted frame. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 no...

Sundance Review: Together Together is a Gentle, Insular Surrogacy Dramedy

Sometimes, a movie feels like it’s on the verge of something. Maybe it’s an explosion or an argument or a big decision, but it just doesn’t quite get there. To...

Sundance Review: Misha and the Wolves is a Twisty Documentary Unpacking a Holocaust Memoir

"Misha checked every box for the type of woman we seek to interview,” states a radio host with a pleasingly mellifluous voice at the start of Misha and the Wol...

Sundance Review: Taming the Garden is an Evergreen Look at Gratuitous Wealth

If you happen to maintain your own personal garden and feel stressed about the upkeep, look no further than Salomé Jashi’s visually striking observational docu...

Sundance Review: At the Ready Takes a Straightforward Look at Law Enforcement Education in a Texas High School

Following in the footsteps of last year’s Boys State, Maisie Crow’s At the Ready is another documentary about an education program in Texas that pushes young p...

Sundance Review: The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet Follows a Transient Journey in a Pandemic World

This year, because Sundance is a virtual festival operating in the midst of the coronavirus, there’s a tendency to label any depiction of isolation and mass hy...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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