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10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic causing TIFF to go online and reduce their line-up, this year’s Short Cuts programme has been whittled down to 35 films across 5 ...

Venice Review: Gia Coppola’s Mainstream Unsettles in All the Wrong Ways

Six years after the release of her debut Palo Alto, Gia Coppola returns with Mainstream, a media satire set in sunny Los Angeles about a couple of disaffected ...

Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino Finds a Natural Yet Conventional Fit with Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams

Biographical documentaries, just like the biographical narrative film, tend to benefit from some specificity. Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs movie was quickly forgot...

The Academy Announces Inclusion Requirements for Best Picture Eligibility

In the wake of #OscarsSoWhite, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have taken a hard look at what they can do to promote and actively encourage inc...

Venice Review: Apples is a Darkly Comic, Absurdist Dramedy About an Amnesia Pandemic

Apples is set in a world where digital technology seems not to exist, yet the psychic imprint of the digital age hangs heavy over first-time director Christos ...

Sacha Baron Cohen Secretly Shot a Sequel to Borat

Update #3: Watch the first trailer here. Update #2: Amazon has acquired the film for an October 23 worldwide release, Deadline reports. The first teaser has...

Anatomy of an Adaptation: I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Unpacking Charlie Kaufman and Ian Reid’s Contrasting Visions

This article contains spoilers for the book and film I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Ian Reid’s 2016 debut novel, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, is a twisted...

Goodfellas Turns 30: Glenn Kenny on Martin Scorsese’s Enduring Mob Classic

As far back as I could remember, no film has had such a grand cultural impact than Goodfellas. At my high school in Cape Cod, Massachusetts–a far cry from Scor...

BFI London Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

The fall film festival season, one unlike any other, continues on as BFI London Film Festival have announced the full lineup for their 68th edition. Featuring ...

Rebecca Trailer: Armie Hammer, Lily James & Kristin Scott Thomas Lead Ben Wheatley’s Gothic Romance

After a prolific streak the first half of the previous decade with Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England, High-Rise, and Free Free, it's been awhile since ...

News

Justine Triet Sets Next Feature with Fonda Starring Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane & More

Exclusive Clip and Poster for Ramzi Bashour’s Sundance Premiere Hot Water Introduces Mother-Son Road Comedy

Sinners and One Battle After Another Lead 2026 Oscar Nominations

Trailers

Hong Sangsoo Puts Comedy In Focus with U.S. Trailer for What Does That Nature Say to You

Exclusive Trailer for Berlinale Premiere No Salgas From Ramona Director Victoria Linares Villegas

I Love Boosters Trailer: Boots Riley Returns with Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige

Reviews

Sundance Review: Kogonada’s Free-Flowing Zi is an Experimental Career Reset

Sundance Review: Andrew Stanton’s In the Blink of an Eye is Technofuturist Propaganda

Josephine and Nuisance Bear Lead 2026 Sundance Film Festival Winners

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Short Cuts, Strange Days, Silent Hill & More

New to Streaming: Sundance 2026, Peter Hujar’s Day, Ella McCay & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

The Love That Remains Director Hlynur Pálmason on the Preciousness of Time and Spontaneous Filmmaking

One Battle After Another Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building Paul Thomas Anderson’s Detailed World

“You’re Leaning Into the Ugliness”: Michael Bauman on Shooting One Battle After Another for Paul Thomas Anderson

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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