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While his recent output hasn’t touched the entertainment value of the likes of Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Doug Liman seems to think he has a box office hit on his hands with his Jake Gyllenhaal-led Road House remake––but he’ll never know. After signing on to make a theatrical

Andrei Tarkovsky’s penultimate film, 1983’s gorgeously haunting Nostalghia, also marked new territory for the director. His first film made outside the USSR, the Cannes Best Director winner (a prize he shared with Robert Bresson for L’Argent), was also a unique collaboration with writer Tonino Guerra, frequent collaborator of Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, and Francesco Rosi.

After the cinematic doldrums of January, February brings surprisingly packed, varied offerings, from Oscar-contending international features to biographical documentaries of legendary film artists to some electrifying genre outings. Check out my picks to see below, and catch up with our Sundance coverage ahead of our Berlinale reviews here. 16. The Monk and the Gun (Pawo

Marking her first film in six years, Sam Taylor-Johnson returns this year with Back to Black, a biopic depicting the life of the late Amy Winehouse. Led by Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, and Lesley Manville, the first U.S. trailer has now arrived ahead of a release on May 17, moved back a week

One of the most purely entertaining viewing experiences at Sundance Film Festival this year was Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, which is quite a level up in terms of ideas from her debut Saint Maud. Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, and Ed Harris, the lesbian bodybuilding neo-noir now has a new

After Parasite took the world by storm, news emerged that Bong Joon Ho would embark on a Korean animation with the production company 4th Creative Party, who have worked on visual effects for The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja, Oldboy, Stoker, and The Handmaiden. The fully CGI animation was reported to be a deep-sea adventure, featuring creatures and humans,

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 round-ups here. All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh) There are many films about the devastating effects of the AIDS crisis, but very few that grapple with the loneliness of those left

Four years ago, just before the pandemic was in full force, Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ Boys State picked up the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival. Well-timed with the election year, it captured a week-long leadership program, sponsored annually by the American Legion and held in nearly every state, chronicling several-hundred

Following up one of the best documentaries of 2023, Kokomo City (which we awarded with the 2023 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award), director D. Smith has set her next project with an ambitious undertaking. Blvd, backed by Media Res and Brandon Sharp’s Agenda, will aim to explore what connects and divides people throughout America. Here’s

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 round-ups here. Asphalt City (Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire) I entered Asphalt City at last year’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE festival with nothing but morbid curiosity. Having engendered some rank responses from its Cannes premiere and not secured any