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ND/NF Review: ‘Suburban Birds’ is a Harmonious, Intriguing Debut Feature

Something is causing the ground to shift underneath a new Chinese suburb in writer-director Qiu Sheng’s intriguing, adept debut feature. High-rise towers are li...

ND/NF Review: ‘Angelo’ Conveys Prejudices Often Made Invisible Within the Art World

There is no question that white people are and have historically been capable of racism. The value of Angelo resides in its ability to convey those prejudices t...

SXSW Review: ‘The Day Shall Come’ Sets Its Satirical Sights on the War on Terror

Allegedly based upon a hundred true stories, The Day Shall Come, directed by Chris Morris (Four Lions), is another comedy satirizing the theatrics involved in t...

ND/NF Review: ‘Honeyland’ is a Vérité Documentary of an Idyllic Existence Upturned

The issue of matching approach to subject is always a central concern in documentary filmmaking, even moreso than narrative films. Due to the truth claims invol...

ND/NF Review: ‘Belonging’ is a Bold Grappling with Love, Death, and Memory

The nature of promise displayed by a new filmmaker can sometimes be an inherently risky proposition. For every Orson Welles or Jacques Rivette, who burst out of...

ND/NF Review: ‘Sauvage/Wild’ is a Visceral, Contrived Look at a Man Pushed to Extremes

Sauvage/Wild opens with a gay hustler in a doctor’s office. As he discusses his ill health—his cough, his odd stomach pains—the camera, like the examiner’s hand...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 339 – Us

We discuss the newest film from writer/director Jordan Peele....

Brie Larson is a Dreamer in First Trailer for Her Directorial Debut ‘Unicorn Store’

Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2017, Netflix has smartly waited to release Brie Larson's directorial debut Unicorn Store in a...

Hong Sangsoo Takes a Coffee Break in U.S. Trailer for ‘Grass’

On the heels of Hotel by the River, released earlier this year in the U.S., Grass marks Hong Sangsoo’s 22nd feature and his fifth collaboration with actress...

SXSW Review: ‘Go Back to China’ Mixes Heart, Flawed Characters, and Sitcom Tropes

A funny, light, and heartfelt situation comedy, Go Back to China finds a fashion school graduate Sasha (Anna Akana) in her father’s toy factory after she’s cut ...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

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

Trailers

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

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

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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