The Fishbowl Review: Part Eco-Thriller, Part Cancer Drama is an Incendiary, Uneven Homecoming

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2023 coverage. The Fishbowl is now playing in theaters from ...

Andrew Davis on His New Novel Disturbing the Bones, Remembering Gene Hackman, and the Difficulties of Trying to Get Movies Made Today

We love speaking with filmmaker Andrew Davis. In late 2023 The Fugitive director came on our podcast The B-Side to discuss a slew of hidden gems as well as the...

The Film Stage Presents Emulsion: Episode One

“Why on Earth is there another film podcast?” Is the question you, the reasonable listener, will ask while nevertheless hitting play on this pilot-of-sorts for...

Black Bag Review: Steven Soderbergh Delivers Slick, Barbed Spy Thriller

If a James Bond or Mission: Impossible film excised all its action scenes––save a stray explosion or gunshot––while employing a script with a pop John le C...

New to Streaming: Presence, La Cocina, A Complete Unknown, Nickel Boys & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Charles Burnett’s Landmark Masterpiece Killer of Sheep Gets New Theatrical Trailer for 4K Restoration

It was just last week we published an interview with the great Charles Burnett, whose 1999 drama The Annihilation of Fish was finally resurrected and is now ro...

Charles Burnett on Resurrecting The Annihilation of Fish and a Humanist Approach to Mental Illness

Essentially a lost film, legendary director Charles Burnett’s 1999 feature The Annihilation of Fish mostly lived on the festival circuit (and in bootlegs) for ...

Compensation Trailer: Zeinabu irene Davis’ Newly Restored Independent Cinema Landmark Arrives This February

Recently set to be preserved at the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as a film that represents important cultural, artistic and historic achie...

SXSW Unveils 2025 Film Festival Lineup as Trailer for Last Year’s Top Winner Bob Trevino Likes It Arrives

As Sundance Film Festival kicks off, the next major American film festival has unveiled its lineup. SXSW 2025's slate includes the premieres of the latest film...

Amnesiascope Presents Two Films from Japan’s Directors Company on January 30

When Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Sōmai, Gakuryū Ishii, and contemporaries needed to shirk themselves of the responsibilities and strictures driving Japan's studio...