Despite Christopher Nolan‘s ability to work in multiple genres and keep a foot in both the worlds of summer blockbusters and period dramas, his films […]
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‘Tony’ Trailer: Dominic Sessa Plays Anthony Bourdain in A24 Movie
The typical arc for biopics, as immortalized by Dewey Cox’s journey in “Walk Hard,” goes as follows: we begin with the famous figure at the […]
There’s a Hit Film Lurking Inside George Orwell’s ‘1984’ — Commentary
When George Orwell’s now-legendary “Nineteen Eighty-Four” first hit shelves in 1949, it wasn’t only seen as some forbidding work of political theory. Instead, the British […]
‘Blue Film’ Review: A Pedophile and a Camboy Walk Into an Airbnb…
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 edition of NewFest. Obscured Releasing opens “Blue Film” in theaters starting Friday, May 8, 2026. […]
Andy Serkis on ‘Animal Farm’ Animation Pipeline — Interview
“Animal Farm,” George Orwell’s allegory for how the structures of power corrupt revolutionary idealism, is generally understood to satirize the Soviet slide into authoritarianism across […]
Box Office: Devil Wears Prada 2 Shows Legacy-quel Is Alive and Well
“Top Gun: Maverick” was not the first “legacy-quel” — a nostalgia play sequel years or decades after the original that effectively remakes the original for […]
It Ends With This: Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively Settle Lawsuit
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement in the epic legal battle of retaliation and sexual harassment that was scheduled to go to […]
Bleak Week 2026 Lineup: Isabelle Huppert, Ari Aster, and More
Misery has always loved company, but it took the brilliant programmers at the American Cinematheque to turn communal wallowing at the movies into an annual […]
‘Departures’ Review: Gay British Comedy About Distant Lives
“Departures” is “inspired by all the dickheads that fucked us over.” How do I know this? Because co-directors Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan open the […]
‘Lord of the Flies’ Review: Netflix Series Is Eerie but Inessential
Boys Are Boring When Girls Have “Yellowjackets” The four-part series, inspired by William Golding’s 1954 novel and adapted by “Adolescence” co-creator Jack Thorne, frames childhood’s […]