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Sundance Review: Armie Hammer Freaks Out in ‘Wounds’

If one wants to watch a sweaty, disturbed Armie Hammer wander around New Orleans as he’s haunted by a malevolent spiritual force, Wounds satisfies on those plea...

Sundance Review: ‘Little Monsters’ Packs a Raunchy, Toothless Bite

From her break-out performance in 12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong'o hasn’t found much time to let loose with genre fun in her admittedly still-young career. Howe...

Sundance Review: ‘Blinded by the Light’ Has Heart But Falls Flat

There is so much passion, so much love behind (and in front) of the camera in Blinded by the Light that it makes this negative review rather hard to write. Dire...

Sundance Review: ‘The Disappearance of My Mother’ is a Tender Portrait of Frustration

When aspiring indie filmmakers first turn their lens on their family, often they’re met with a certain amount of reluctance. For his directorial debut The Disap...

First Trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Pain and Glory’ Starring Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz

After his excellent drama Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar is back with Dolor y Gloria (aka Pain and Glory), his 21st film. Headlined by Antonio Banderas and Penélo...

Review: ‘Outlaws’ is a Biker Gang Drama That Reinforces Stereotypes of Masculinity

I told myself not to mention Sons of Anarchy in my review for Outlaws before sitting down to watch. My reasoning came out of a desire to judge Stephen McCallum'...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 330 – Serenity

We set sail for high adventure and high strangeness in order to talk about Serenity....

Sundance Review: ‘The Brink’ Uselessly Captures a Political Horror Show

One of the unfortunate byproducts of living under the Trump administration is being necessarily aware of ancillary right-wing partisans that have contributed to...

Rotterdam Review: ‘Beats’ is a Techno-Fueled, Nostalgic Ode to Adolescence

What exactly are Johnno and Spanner? There are moments when the two Scottish teens hate each other’s guts with bilious fervor, others when they’re the...

Sundance Review: ‘This Is Not Berlin’ is a Drama of Rebellious Power

It opens in slow motion with teenage bodies wrestling and punching inside chaotic dust swirls, one boy (Xabiani Ponce de León's Carlos) caught isolated in the m...

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Trailers

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Features

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Interviews

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