For those who’ve ever lit a doobie and stared at Pink Floyd’s cover art with glazed eyes, wondering what it all means, man, rejoice:…
Aside from Tom Hanks, it’s hard to think of an actor more beloved and respected by both the general public and his fellow peers…
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Laugh now, but back in the 1950s, the CIA would pay top dollar for any hint of mind control technology, leading to the mass…
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As we move ever further into the streaming age, the question of what exactly constitutes a film continues to blur. No longer tethered to…
The tenets of toxic masculinity are tried and true, displayed in manifold methods of patriarchal oppression, and specifically in conjunction with a process of…
Xavier Dolan’s career may have began with a rush of praise, but it seems that after a certain point, everyone just grew tired of…
When we meet Algee Smith’s Brandon in Thembi L. Banks’ feature debut, Young. Wild. Free., he’s already beset by external stressors. A high school…
Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s feature debut opens in a quixotic fashion, offering little exposition and dropping viewers straight into a scene of Noelia (Isel Rodríguez)…
As the first Pakistani film to premiere at Cannes, Saim Sadiq’s Joyland — which also won the Un Certain Regard Jury prize and the…
Expanding on the layered, accelerated style first developed in her shorter films, Fox Maxy arrives at Sundance firing on all cylinders. Gush marks a…
At its heart, Patricia Ortega’s MAMACRUZ radiates a tender and thoughtful warmth for its sympathetic main character, a woman whose womanhood has, after decades…
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Emily the Criminal Anyone not already convinced that Aubrey Plaza is one of the most fascinating screen presences working simply isn’t paying attention. Few…
Happening Early on in Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion–winning feature, Happening, a young woman is singled out in a classroom, unable to answer her professor’s…
Sharp Stick Though she’s been away from the film festival circuit for 11 years at this point, there’s no doubt that the career path…
The Cathedral After a series of accomplished shorts and one medium-length feature, the magnificently opaque Notes on an Appearance, Ricky D’Ambrose has returned with…