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The Heirloom Review: Ben Petrie Delivers Tension and Humor in Pet-Adoption Psychodrama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 IFFR coverage. The Heirloom is now in theaters from Factory 25. In The Heirloom, a couple fac...

Bob Trevino Likes It Review: Sweet, Kind, and Emotionally Satisfying Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 SXSW coverage. Bob Trevino Likes It opens in theaters on March 21 from Roadside Attractions. ...

The Fishbowl Review: Part Eco-Thriller, Part Cancer Drama is an Incendiary, Uneven Homecoming

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2023 coverage. The Fishbowl is now playing in theaters from ...

Misericordia Review: A Galvanizing Ode to the Power and Subversiveness of Desire

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cannes 2024 coverage. Misericordia will be released in theaters on March 21 from Janus Films/Sideshow...

The Assessment Review: Alicia Vikander Steals the Show in Sci-Fi Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our TIFF 2024 coverage. The Assessment will be released in theaters on March 21 from Magnolia Pictures. ...

Magazine Dreams Review: Jonathan Majors Delivers Powerhouse Showcase in Repetitively Nihilistic Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Sundance 2023 coverage. Magazine Dreams will be released in theaters on March 21 from Briarcliff Ente...

Mirror of Life, a Ten-Film Manoel de Oliveira Retrospective, Comes to BAM on March 28

98% of interviews follow the same pleasantries-exchange / question-and-answer / pleasantries-exchange format, yet there are those rare times an incredible oppo...

Alain Guiraudie on Misericordia, Desiring His Actors, and Praise from Godard and Bret Easton Ellis

If Alain Guiraudie has still not quite transcended festival obscurity to become an American art-house staple, all the more credit to the films––they’ve never a...

SXSW Review: Andrew Patterson’s The Rivals of Amziah King is a Gleeful Genre Mash-Up

Like the Church potluck to which Amziah King introduces his one-time foster daughter Kateri, The Rivals of Amziah King is a gleeful mashup of genres and t...

The Ugly Stepsister Trailer: Cinderella Gets a Sinister Twist in Sundance and Berlinale Selection

If you are looking for a bit more bite in your fairy tale adaptations, a few weeks after Disney's Snow White sputters to theaters, the Sundance and Berlinale s...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

Interviews

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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