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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...

Sundance Review: Tesla Offers a Fractured, Engaging Look at a Genius

A Michael Almereyda film can be a special thing. A few years back, the writer/director gave us Experimenter, an impressive kinda-biopic of Stanley Milgram star...

Sundance Review: Time is a Masterwork of Empathy, Exhaustion, Love, and Rage

In September 1997, sparked by desperation and noble intentions, Rob Richardson committed armed robbery. He was handed a 65-year prison sentence with no real ho...

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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