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Anamesa is an atmospheric representation of the connection the three friends Maria, Markos and Julian share with the same island in...

By Evelio Zavala What made The Matrix trilogy work is why The Matrix Resurrections fails: timing. In 1999, it was the turn of a new...

Walls groan, light bulbs detonate, figures stare in from outside windows. In Stephen Karam’s The Humans, home is a nightmare for the lonely.

By Mae Brando The first time I came across The Apartment would’ve been during the colder month of January back in 2018. It was perfectly...

Ruairí O'Brien is a cinematographer known for his work on Dating Amber, The Fall, Five Minutes of Heaven, The Winter Lake, and Line of...

Thank you to all of our readers and contributors for all of your continued support. With new releases from Claire Denis, Martin Scorsese,...

Emily Marie Palmer is an actor and writer known for American Horror Story, Mercy Street, and Lansky. I spoke with Emily about studying at...

By Duran Aziz There isn’t a whole lot that’s resolved by the time the credits roll in William Friedkin’s Cruising (1980). We thought that...

By Evelio Zavala There are very few films I can confidently say are alive and breathing when you watch them. There is another world...

By Kaitlyn Riggio The Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation is a Ben Platt vanity project above all else. The musical Dear Evan Hansen has...

Jane Campion’s return to film, The Power of the Dog, is a parable on masculinity and a deceptive thriller only felt long after it strikes.

Wired Shut is a home invasion thriller that follows a famous novelist (played by Blake Stadel) who is recovering from reconstructive jaw...

By Evelio Zavala In my opinion, Hannah and Her Sisters is the best Thanksgiving movie. Ever. None really come as close to Woody Allen’s...

A director and his driver, both wounded by grief, find solace in the processes of their work in Hamaguchi’s deft, masterful character study.

Chrystee Pharris is an actor known for her work on Goliath, Scrubs, Monogamy, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Passions. I spoke...

By Evelio Zavala “Sticks and stones can break your bones but words cause permanent damage!” …and yet they keep coming back for more....

By Mae Brando À BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Breathless) is Jean Luc-Godard’s 1960 classic that transcended the idea of the era’s new wave of French...

By Evelio Zavala By all accounts, Safe directed by Todd Haynes in his second feature is a horror film. After all, most horror movies aim...

By River Lunsford If you’re anything like me, Halloween is not just a day, it’s the whole month—maybe even a whole season. The Halloween...

By Evelio Zavala When Woody Allen was interviewed by Richard Corliss for Time shortly after Ingmar Bergman’s death in 2007, Corliss asked...