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Regrettably, the one star of the new ANACONDA that gets the shortest shrift is the most important one: the snake. Read Mark Hanson's review. tinyurl.com/4t24ay2y
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Regrettably, the one star of the new ANACONDA that gets the shortest shrift is the most important one: the snake. Read Mark Hanson's review. tinyurl.com/4t24ay2y
Read our interview with Mona Fastvold about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE and how Ann Lee’s worldview is reflected in her directing style. tinyurl.com/yj9vz4vh
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Read our interview with Mona Fastvold about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE and how Ann Lee’s worldview is reflected in her directing style. tinyurl.com/yj9vz4vh
Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is tremulous, tricky, and intrepid, much like its pious protagonist. In theaters Christmas day. tinyurl.com/3cvefxmf
December 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is tremulous, tricky, and intrepid, much like its pious protagonist. In theaters Christmas day. tinyurl.com/3cvefxmf
Read our interview with writer-director Charlie Polinger and actors Everett Blunck and Kayo Martin about THE PLAGUE and its chilling depiction of childhood bullying. tinyurl.com/5cuf43vd
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Read our interview with writer-director Charlie Polinger and actors Everett Blunck and Kayo Martin about THE PLAGUE and its chilling depiction of childhood bullying. tinyurl.com/5cuf43vd
In theaters this Wednesday, Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is haunted by mortality and the inevitable passage of time. Read Keith Uhlich's review. tinyurl.com/h9temkyw
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In theaters this Wednesday, Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is haunted by mortality and the inevitable passage of time. Read Keith Uhlich's review. tinyurl.com/h9temkyw
Roy Ward Baker’s underrated SCARS OF DRACULA marked a turning point in Hammer’s Dracula series, and Kino has given it a revelatory 4K makeover. tinyurl.com/yeccfn6e
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Roy Ward Baker’s underrated SCARS OF DRACULA marked a turning point in Hammer’s Dracula series, and Kino has given it a revelatory 4K makeover. tinyurl.com/yeccfn6e
Read our interview with Kevin O'Leary about his acting debut in MARTY SUPREME, what he learned from working alongside Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet, and where he sees some of himself in Marty’s striving for success. tinyurl.com/yzydct2a
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Read our interview with Kevin O'Leary about his acting debut in MARTY SUPREME, what he learned from working alongside Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet, and where he sees some of himself in Marty’s striving for success. tinyurl.com/yzydct2a
Radiance’s gorgeous new Blu-ray makes Robert Altman’s anarchic O.C. AND STIGGS available for some much-needed reappraisal. tinyurl.com/paew4a7p
December 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Radiance’s gorgeous new Blu-ray makes Robert Altman’s anarchic O.C. AND STIGGS available for some much-needed reappraisal. tinyurl.com/paew4a7p
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s COVER-UP attests to a craft’s enduring importance at a time when resources for it have declined. tinyurl.com/3pxmve98
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s COVER-UP attests to a craft’s enduring importance at a time when resources for it have declined. tinyurl.com/3pxmve98
In one way or another, the shows on this list were high-risk endeavors that gloriously paid off. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/ybpxndak
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In one way or another, the shows on this list were high-risk endeavors that gloriously paid off. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/ybpxndak
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH moves at a clip and looks like hundreds of millions of bucks have been spent, which isn’t the same thing as saying that its 3D visuals are particularly beautiful. tinyurl.com/52mmuu3h
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH moves at a clip and looks like hundreds of millions of bucks have been spent, which isn’t the same thing as saying that its 3D visuals are particularly beautiful. tinyurl.com/52mmuu3h
Read our chat with Will Arnett and Laura Dern about IS THIS THING ON?, why they resisted intellectualizing their characters, and what it meant for Bradly Cooper to serve as a camera operator on the film. tinyurl.com/4kyyp6va
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Read our chat with Will Arnett and Laura Dern about IS THIS THING ON?, why they resisted intellectualizing their characters, and what it meant for Bradly Cooper to serve as a camera operator on the film. tinyurl.com/4kyyp6va
Bradley Cooper’s IS THIS THING ON? is playfully fascinated with the art and psychology of performance. tinyurl.com/ysu27sr2
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bradley Cooper’s IS THIS THING ON? is playfully fascinated with the art and psychology of performance. tinyurl.com/ysu27sr2
Despite its satirical undercurrent, DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA doesn’t wallow in cynicism. Available Tuesday on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/3k2krmf7
December 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Despite its satirical undercurrent, DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA doesn’t wallow in cynicism. Available Tuesday on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/3k2krmf7
Alec Guinness’s Ealing comedies remain high-water marks of British cinema, and Kino presents his four best films for the studio in glittering 4K transfers. The ALEC GUINNESS: MASTERPIECE COLLECTION is now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/y3pkahjt
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Alec Guinness’s Ealing comedies remain high-water marks of British cinema, and Kino presents his four best films for the studio in glittering 4K transfers. The ALEC GUINNESS: MASTERPIECE COLLECTION is now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/y3pkahjt
Mira Nair brings a documentarian’s sensibility to her texturally rich narrative feature debut, SALAAM BOMBAY!, which is now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/464urtpv
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Mira Nair brings a documentarian’s sensibility to her texturally rich narrative feature debut, SALAAM BOMBAY!, which is now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/464urtpv
"These films celebrate the tremendous range of human expression that’s vital to our understanding the context of the age we live in." Presenting our list of the best films of 2025. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/3zrchuc3
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"These films celebrate the tremendous range of human expression that’s vital to our understanding the context of the age we live in." Presenting our list of the best films of 2025. #BestOf2025 tinyurl.com/3zrchuc3
At times, Bi Gan's RESURRECTION seems to outright taunt viewers for trying to make sense of it all. tinyurl.com/yx6vb3nf
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
At times, Bi Gan's RESURRECTION seems to outright taunt viewers for trying to make sense of it all. tinyurl.com/yx6vb3nf
Arrow Video’s SHAWSCOPE VOLUME FOUR, available now, dives headfirst into the stranger, sleazier, and more ridiculously excessive corners of the Shaw Brothers Studio’s catalog. tinyurl.com/mrxxdahb
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Arrow Video’s SHAWSCOPE VOLUME FOUR, available now, dives headfirst into the stranger, sleazier, and more ridiculously excessive corners of the Shaw Brothers Studio’s catalog. tinyurl.com/mrxxdahb
As it follows its main character navigating political and personal waters, James L. Brook’s ELLA MCCAY finds itself poised between sincerity and artificiality. tinyurl.com/448jjhbb
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As it follows its main character navigating political and personal waters, James L. Brook’s ELLA MCCAY finds itself poised between sincerity and artificiality. tinyurl.com/448jjhbb
Gus Van Sant’s DEAD MAN’S WIRE is a memorably wonky take on the spectacles we make of crime and punishment. See it in select theaters for one week starting Friday. tinyurl.com/2s3byucj
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Gus Van Sant’s DEAD MAN’S WIRE is a memorably wonky take on the spectacles we make of crime and punishment. See it in select theaters for one week starting Friday. tinyurl.com/2s3byucj
Tim Burton's PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, one of the great cult comedies of the 1980s, receives a flawless transfer from Criterion. Available next week on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/58mcrzpc
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Tim Burton's PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, one of the great cult comedies of the 1980s, receives a flawless transfer from Criterion. Available next week on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/58mcrzpc
Feel the warm, radioactive glow of early-’90s nostalgia with these three films, which have received fantastic transfers and a treasure trove of extras courtesy of Arrow Video. The TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TRILOGY is out next week on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/ytt6w7ne
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Feel the warm, radioactive glow of early-’90s nostalgia with these three films, which have received fantastic transfers and a treasure trove of extras courtesy of Arrow Video. The TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TRILOGY is out next week on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/ytt6w7ne
On paper, anime master Hosoda Mamoru’s SCARLET sounds positively electrifying. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/mrfnb7vt
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
On paper, anime master Hosoda Mamoru’s SCARLET sounds positively electrifying. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/mrfnb7vt
Bryan Fuller’s feature-length directorial debut DUST BUNNY is essentially a dark fantasy spin on Léon: The Professional. tinyurl.com/528t2mrw
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Bryan Fuller’s feature-length directorial debut DUST BUNNY is essentially a dark fantasy spin on Léon: The Professional. tinyurl.com/528t2mrw