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Sundance Review: ‘Hala’ Showcases Star-Making Lead Performance from Geraldine Viswanathan

Geraldine Viswanathan, welcome to the rest of your career. The young star, who stole scenes in last year's comedy Blockers, is the lead in Hala, written and dir...

Sundance Review: ‘Knock Down the House’ Inspiringly Follows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & More in Fighting the Status Quo

Rachel Lears’ Knock Down the House is a fun, emotionally powerful, inspiring look at the incredible wave of would-be politicians that sought, in 2018, to challe...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 329 – Burning

We form our own bizarre triangle of anger and jealousy to talk about Lee Chang-dong's Burning. ...

Sundance Review: ‘Luce’ is an Absorbing Chess Match of Deconstructing Stereotypes

Star of the debate team, straight A student, soon to be high school valedictorian: from his handsome looks and stellar CV, Luce (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is the shi...

Sundance Review: ‘Share’ Shows the Aftermath of Sexual Assault Gone Viral

The aftermath of a sexual assault—the cell phone footage of which goes viral—is the subject of Share, writer-director Pippa Bianco’s debut feature film that def...

Review: ‘Then Came You’ Puts a Spin on Rom-Com Tropes in Empathetic Ways

The premise behind Then Came You is a tough sell. A hypochondriac attends a support group for people dying of cancer, befriends one said person, and helps her f...

Sundance Review: ‘The Death of Dick Long’ is a Butt Rock Epic Built on Bad Decisions

When the directing duo known as DANIELS brought Swiss Army Man to Sundance in 2016 they took audiences aback with their peculiarly original vision, involving fa...

Sundance Review: ‘The Souvenir’ is an Invigoratingly Original, Achingly Beautiful Drama

The Souvenir melds two well-trodden subgenres and through Joanna Hogg’s refreshingly unique vision makes each feel entirely original. Her much-anticipated retur...

Sundance Review: ‘Light From Light’ is an Enlightening Ghost Story Rich with Humanity

If the jump scares and horror set pieces of Paranormal Activity or The Conjuring franchises were exchanged for an authentic reckoning of the tangled emotions th...

Rotterdam Review: ‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ is a Timeless, Engrossing Tale of Belonging

Standing tiny before a vaguely impressed crowd, fake snowflakes pouring down a semi-deserted hotel hall a few meters away from a stretch of the Bosnian coastlin...

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

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

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

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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