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Sundance Review: The Nest Meticulously Unpacks the Futility of Wealth with Impeccable Craft

One of Sundance’s most stunning break-outs in the past decade was Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin’s remarkably crafted, psychologically deft exploration ...

Sundance Review: Scare Me Finds Fear in the Details

A cramped setting, an onslaught of clever dialogue and a twisty plot go a long way in Scare Me, an impressive little movie from writer/director Josh Ruben, who...

Sundance Review: Promising Young Woman Sets Carey Mulligan on a Trail of Vengeance

So much of what makes Promising Young Woman work so well is in what's not on screen. Far more contemplative than initial marketing might suggest, this is a rev...

Sundance Review: Uncle Frank Features a Top-Notch Performance From Paul Bettany

Have we ever given Paul Bettany the credit he deserves? One thinks back to his stellar turns in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Reckoning,...

Sundance Review: Beast Beast is a Contrived Exploration of Gun Violence in America

There are a lot of reasons why independent filmmakers gravitate towards ensemble pieces for their first few features, not the least of which is the company the...

Sundance Review: Blast Beat Captures Sibling Rivalry Amidst Assimilation

Sibling rivalry seldom gets treated with any seriousness in modern mainstream cinema. This makes Esteban Arango’s new coming-of-ager Blast Beat quite the rarit...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 383 – Color Out of Space

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Scout Tafoya to talk about...

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...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

I Want Your Sex Teaser: Gregg Araki Returns with Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman

Whalefall Trailer: Austin Abrams Gets Trapped In the Belly of the Beast

Once Upon a Time in Harlem Teaser: The Documentary of The Year (and 1972) Arrives This October

Reviews

Disclosure Day Review: A Soul-Searching, Spine-Tingling Blockbuster Triumph

Tribeca Review: Ponderosa Takes Enigmatic, Comic Aim at America’s National Myths

Tribeca Review: The Revisionist Is a Comedy of Manners That Turns Convoluted

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

New to Streaming: Pillion, Is God Is, Erupcja, Omaha & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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

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