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Magellan (Lav Diaz, 2025)
Since 2001’s Batang West Side, Lav Diaz’s unique position in the festival circuit is connected to the punishing runtime of his films, which are…
Feb 9
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Charli XCX's Moment + Notes on Sundance
XCX World, XCXoplex, XCXHEXRXRXIXEXSX
Feb 6
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Debut (Julian Castronovo), 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia Dacosta)
On two new pieces of end-times cinema
Jan 26
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Where to Land: The Best Films of 2025
Dec 25, 2025
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"Your Being Manipulated": On Ari Aster's Eddington
Jul 18, 2025
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The Insert July 2025: The Best Films of the Year (thus far)
Jun 30, 2025
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The Best Films of 2024
Dec 30, 2024
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The Shrouds (David Cronenberg, 2024)
Apr 28, 2025
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The Hills are Alive: On Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us
Jul 10, 2025
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Is This Thing On?, Good Valley Stories
On new films from Bradley Cooper and José Luis Guerin
Jan 15
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Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch, 2025), Where to Land (Hal Hartley, 2025)
Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch, 2025):
Jan 9
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Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988)
Although Terence Davies would continue to direct singularly lyrical features over the course of his four decade career, the tender, autobiographical…
Jan 6
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Where to Land: The Best Films of 2025
The Year in Review
Dec 25, 2025
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (James Cameron, 2025)
The third entry in James Cameron’s record-setting Avatar franchise is an exciting, if familiar retread of 2022’s The Way of Water.
Dec 16, 2025
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Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie, 2025)
or Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Dec 1, 2025
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EOY: Afternoons of Solitude
On Albert Serra's Cahiers-topping bullfighting doc
Nov 29, 2025
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