16 Films to See in October
With only a few months left to go in 2021, October brings by far the finest lineup of the year thus far. From festival favorites to a few blockbusters actually...
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16 Films to See at the 59th New York Film Festival
This Friday, the 59th New York Film Festival kicks off, boasting one of the finest festival lineups of 2021. With highlights from Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale, ...
Venice Review: The Card Counter is a Brooding, Late-Late Style Triumph from Paul Schrader
Whatever new could be said about Paul Schrader as an artist—curving around the extra-textual value in Kickstarter campaigns, Facebook posts, and tragic losses ...
Oliver Stone on Revisiting JFK’s Assassination and the Government’s Control Over Media
In 1991, Oliver Stone re-opened America’s deepest wound with JFK, a rousing, star-studded, 189-minute account of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison’s i...
Abel Ferrara on Reinventing the Cinematic Form and Approaching All of His Films as Documentaries
There's a nice quote in Abel Ferrara's 2014 film Pasolini: "The meaning of this parable is precisely the relationship of an author to the form he creates....
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Review: A Visually Imaginative, Tonally Discordant Animation
Often discerning the right tonal balance between crude humor, clever references to film culture at large, and the bonds that make friends and family strong, th...
New to Streaming: Pedro Costa, A Tale of Autumn, Hope, Nobody & 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 ...
The 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Reviewed
Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action.
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Burrow | USA | 6 MI...
PVT Chat Director Ben Hozie on a Raw Approach to Filming Sex, Male Nudity as Art, and the Poetry of Masturbation
I first heard about PVT Chat during its long post-production period in 2019. The film struck me as too good to be true: an erotic drama, directed by Ben Hozie ...
Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Rose Plays Julie Introduces an Intense Search for Identity
One of the best films we saw on the film festival circuit last year is coming to the U.S. for an official release next month. Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's...