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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...

Sundance Review: ‘We Are Little Zombies’ Expels Style that Overshadows the Substance

The sheer amount of style that writer/director Makoto Nagahisa shows off in We Are Little Zombies is impressive. Aesthetically, there is a lot going on here. Fo...

Sundance Review: ‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins’ is a Hilarious Ode to a Tough Texas Woman

Often hilarious and always a delight, Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins is the conversational, down-home story of the Smith College-educated Texan...

Review: ‘Braid’ is a Memorable Ride Through a Nightmarish Hellscape

Our lives consist of uncertainties. To progress forward is to confront each new possibility as the product of dream or nightmare — an open door to leap through ...

Sundance Review: ‘Judy & Punch’ Serves Up Darkly Comedic Australian Revenge

If her most recent performances have proven anything, regardless of what era she might find herself in, Mia Wasikowska is fed up with the patriarchy. After outs...

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...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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