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Sundance Review: The Reason I Jump is an Immersive, Poetic Look at Living with Nonverbal Autism

An immersive documentary, Jerry Rothwell’s The Reason I Jump places us internally within the mind of the nonverbal autistic, allowing empathy to flow in. Inspi...

Sundance Review: Softie Vividly Captures the Cost of Insurgency in a Kleptocracy

Call him the Bernie Sanders of Kenya. In a country where voters come with their hands out seeking bribes, Boniface “Softie” Mwangi has been able to raise enoug...

Rosamund Pike Brings Marie Curie to Life in New Trailer for Radioactive

Renowned physicist and chemist Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded a Noble Prize and the first, and so far, only person to have won the prize in two ...

Sufjan Stevens Announces New Album Inspired by Blade Runner, Under the Skin, and Hereditary Scores

Update: Asthmatic Kitty has announced Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams' new album Aporia has been released early. Listen below or on Spotify. https://www.yo...

Spiral Trailer: The Saw Franchise Soldiers On with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson

When your existing I.P. has been run into the ground with endless sequels, it still must soldier on, according to Hollywood. When it comes to the Saw franchise...

Inside the Revolutionary Visual Effects Process of The Irishman

Martin Scorsese gave ILM special effects supervisor Pablo Helman the script for The Irishman in 2015 on the set of Silence, and he was hooked. It took the visu...

Angela Schanelec on I Was at Home, But…, the Kindness of Ozu, and Her Filmmaking Philosophies

Angela Schanelec’s films make extensive use of ellipses, and narratives often branch out to new characters without warning, but far from being challenging or c...

Sundance Review: The Truffle Hunters is a Stately, Charming Look into an Age-Old Tradition

“If you’re not picky, you can eat them on anything.” So says one of the elite group of experienced, elder Italian truffle hunters portrayed in Michael Dweck an...

Sundance Review: The 40-Year-Old Version is a Personal, Playful, and Poignant Examination of a Mid-Career Artist

Playwright Radha Blank’s spirited directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Version in an often hilarious and heartfelt autobiographical tale of reinvention. Surrounde...

10 Films to See in February

After wrapping up our Sundance Film Festival coverage, it's time to look towards the month in movies. While Berlinale will kick off in a few weeks and Oscar se...

News

David Fincher’s The Adventures of Cliff Booth Sets Global IMAX Release This November

Leos Carax’s Annette Follow-Up Lily May B to Shoot Next Year with Jenna Ortega

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes James Gray, Todd Haynes, and More

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Bouchra Presents an Acclaimed, Personal Hybrid Animation

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Lead First Teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Reviews

Cannes Review: The Man I Love Presents a Lovingly Detailed World and Lacking Lead Performance

Cannes Review: László Nemes’ Moulin Is a Brooding, Engaging World War II Thriller

Cannes Review: I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Is a Captivating, Polyphonous Ode to Friendship

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

Interviews

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Podcasts

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

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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