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Sundance Review: Spaceship Earth Tells a Fascinating Yet Over-Stuffed Story of Self-Sustained Survival

If the Earth was no longer inhabitable, could we survive inside a self-sustaining biodome environment launched into space? From Silent Running to Elysium, the ...

Sundance Review: Four Good Days Tells a Familiar Story of Addiction

The front door cracks open and the image is jarring. There stands Mila Kunis, her hair bleached, her face and arms scarred, her skin a sickly yellow, her mouth...

Slamdance Review: Jasper Mall Explores a Symbol for America’s Changing Cultural Landscape

In the small town of Jasper, Alabama, a mall clings on to existence. Jasper Mall opened its doors in 1983 with a JCPenny and K-Mart functioning as its anchor s...

Sundance Review: Miranda July’s Con Movie Kajillionaire is Surreal, Sweet, and Singular

If one closes their eyes and imagines what a con movie in the hands of Miranda July might look like, I still don’t think you’d get anywhere close to what Kajil...

Sundance Review: Ironbark Tells a Real-Life Spy Story Admirably

Early on in Ironbark, directed by Dominic Cooke, British salesman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) realizes he's sitting at a table with both a MI6 office...

Sundance Review: Bad Hair is a Horror Comedy Full of Ideas and Missed Opportunities

In the six years since first hitting Park City, Justin Simien has had a modest, successful career. His debut feature, Dear White People, swiftly got picked up ...

Sundance Review: Charter Vividly Shows a Mom Readjusting to Motherhood

One is eight years old, one’s 14. One clings to mom without knowing what else to do, the other resents her. They’d be stereotypes if they actually had some sur...

Sundance Review: The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me Captures an Idyllic, Meditative Journey

If a mountain-climbing adventure like Everest or Vertical Limit removed its bombastic thrill-seeking setpieces and was instead directed with the patient, rever...

Sundance Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a Deeply Empathetic Abortion Drama

In a world where the hot-button issue of abortion has been a divisive point of political pull in which the majority of those in power will never have to grappl...

Sundance Review: Zola Captures an Insane Trip to Tampa with Humor and Horror

Twitter is Shakespeare for the 21st century and, as Zola proves, Janicza Bravo is the director best adept at bringing all the peculiarity, hilarity, and ugline...

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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