New to Streaming: 50 Years of Hip-Hop, A Compassionate Spy, Only Lovers Left Alive & 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...

A Compassionate Spy Review: Steve James Crafts a Slippery Examination of Noble Betrayal 

The latest film from acclaimed documentarian Steve James, A Compassionate Spy, comes with a fascinating subject: the spy who leaked nuclear information from th...

13 Films to See in August

While the fall movie lineup continues to shift due to studios adamantly deciding not to fairly pay the writers and actors responsible for them being in busines...

Richard Kelly on Creative Heartbreak, Political Cinema, and Future Projects

First things first: I was kindly told not to ask Richard Kelly about any forthcoming projects. It will soon be 14 years since his much-better-than-you-remember...

Oppenheimer Review: Christopher Nolan Crafts Flawed, Compelling Doomsday Symphony

Cormac McCarthy indexed humanity’s worst self-inflictions––serial killers, cannibals, necrophilia, infanticide, criminal empires of unfathomable evil, a post-a...

9 Films to See in July

While July is a bit of a lighter month for worthwhile cinematic offerings, it's only because a trio of blockbuster hopefuls, while anticipated, are taking up s...

A Compassionate Spy Trailer: Steve James Tells the Story of a Controversial Manhattan Project Physicist

While the latest film from Hoop Dreams and Life Itself director Steve James premiered last fall at Venice Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival, it's clear...

U.S. Trailer for Christian Petzold’s Afire Heats Up the Summer Movie Season

While this summer will bring Barbies, nuclear explosions, and the return of both Ethan Hunt and our favorite professor of archaeology, our most-anticipated cin...

15 Films to See in June

Following a number of disappointing blockbusters in May, there are a few promising ones this month (as glimpsed in our honorable mentions below), but it feels ...

You Can’t Meditate High: Abel Ferrara on Spiritual Transformation, the State of Humanity, and Padre Pio

Even having interviewed Abel Ferrara a decade ago on the occasion of Ms. 45's re-release, an opportunity to speak with the legend still felt exciting, and bord...