15 Films to See in September
Our September preview features a few of the notable films that recently landed at festivals and beyond, including a good amount of genre fun....
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‘Greener Grass’ Trailer: Suburban Living Has Never Been Weirder
Adults wearing braces, children turning into dogs, giving away babies, giving birth to soccer balls, and more peculiar images abound in the first delightfully...
Locarno Review: Simon Bird’s Debut Film ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’ is a Heartfelt, Twofold Coming-of-Age Tale
Laconic and moody, a Metallica t-shirt worn like a second skin, fifteen-year-old Daniel hobbles through his pastel-colored, chintzy home in a stretch of British...
Simon Bird on his Feature Debut ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer,’ Comparisons to ‘The Inbetweeners,’ and Belle and Sebastian
We talk with the director about his gentle, heartfelt portrait of a preternaturally shy middle-aged mother, and her moody, laconic metalhead son....
‘Villains’ Trailer: Maika Monroe and Bill Skarsgård’s Home Invasion Goes Awry
Two stand-outs of modern horror have teamed for a new genre feature. Two It stars–It Follows lead Maika Monroe and It's Pennywise himself Bill Skarsgård–get...
First Trailer for ‘The Day Shall Come,’ from ‘Four Lions’ Director Chris Morris
At the start of this decade, Chris Morris released his controversial terrorist dark comedy Four Lions, resulting in a high mark for satire that would follow...
15 Films to See in August
The summer movie season is now winding down and, in a reversal of prevailing expectations, August brings one of the best slates of the entire year. ...
Riley Stearns on ‘The Art of Self-Defense,’ Yorgos Lanthimos, and Small Business Realities
We talk with the director, who has proven to be one of the more distinctive voices in American independent filmmaking, about mixing humor and horror in the world of karate....
15 Films to See in July
July brings some festival favorites, some oddities, a few studio release highlights, and a floral fever dream....
‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Trailer Finds Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson & Newcomer Zack Gottsagen on an Adventure
An adventure about the triumph of the human spirit, the diversely cast The Peanut Butter Falcon picked up an SXSW Audience Award a few months ago and now will...