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Sundance Review: Some Kind of Heaven Examines Whether Retirement Can Be Paradise

The draws of living inside The Villages, the largest over-55 retirement community in the country, are readily apparent. For the nearly 115,000 veterans planted...

Sundance Review: The Last Thing He Wanted is a Dull, Lethargic Debacle

There are myriad reasons why a film can fall far short of its ambitions. A lack of funds to truly achieve a vision, an unpolished script forced into production...

Sundance Review: Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Falling is a Difficult Tale of Unreciprocated Familial Love

Carving out a career that seems wholly based on personal taste rather than following the whims of what an audience may enjoy, Viggo Mortensen earned ubiquitous...

Eliza Hittman on the Subjectivity and Empathy of Never Rarely Sometimes Always

In just three films, writer-director Eliza Hittman has crafted some of the most vivid, intimate coming-of-age dramas of the century thus far. Following 2013's ...

New to Streaming: Synonyms, Paul Schrader, Ford v Ferrari, Miss Americana & 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 ...

Sundance Review: The Evening Hour Explores the Opioid Crisis in Appalachia

Has there been a great feature made about the opioid crisis in America? Director Braden King is determined to answer the question "yes" with The Evening Hour, ...

U.S. Trailer for Diao Yinan’s The Wild Goose Lake Delivers Highly Stylized Neo-Noir

A follow-up to his awarding-winning Black Coal, Thin Ice, acclaimed Chinese genre filmmaker Diao Yinan is back with The Wild Goose Lake, a sumptuously stylized...

Heather Graham Cares for The Rest of Us in First Trailer for TIFF Drama

An official selection at TIFF, Gravitas Ventures has unveiled the first trailer for The Rest of Us, the debut feature from Aisling Chin-Yee starring Heather Gr...

Sundance Review: The Father Sets Anthony Hopkins & Olivia Colman in Quietly Brutal Drama

Directed and co-written by Florian Zeller from his own play, The Father doesn’t have much visual flair. It’s a first feature, largely takes place in one apartm...

NYC Weekend Watch: Hong Kong, Satantic Cinema, Jackie Brown & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile reperto...

News

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

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

Trailers

Jackass: Best and Last Trailer: Get Ready for One Final Ride

First Trailer for Kogonada’s Zi Conjures a Poetic City Symphony

Romería Trailer: Carla Simón’s Cannes and NYFF Highlight Arrives This June

Reviews

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Review: Golden Leopard Winner is Breathtakingly Gorgeous

Two Women Review: Sex Comedy Flips the Script with Hilarious, Refreshing Frankness

Omaha Review: A Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Maurice Pialat, Jane Fonda, Tarsem, Casablanca & More

New to Streaming: Marty Supreme, Sound of Falling, No Other Choice, Late Shift & More

40 Films to See This Summer

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

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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

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