Sundance 2019: Ritesh Batra's Lovely, Heartwarming Film 'Photograph'

Not everything is about falling in love, and being physical. Sometimes just spending time with someone can mean more than anything, and remind us we're not always alone. I adore Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra's films about the random connections that mean the...

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Trailer for Composer Biopic 'The Maestro' Starring Xander Berkeley

"There is music in everything!! I help you to bring forth what is inside…" Freestyle Digital Media has released the first official trailer for an indie drama titled The Maestro, a biopic about the infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. The film focuses...

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Olivia Wilde in Full Trailer for Sarah Daggar-Nickson's Film 'A Vigilante'

"You start to feel like there's no escape." Saban Films has debuted the first trailer for an indie dramatic thriller titled A Vigilante, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sarah Daggar-Nickson. This first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year...

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‘The Farewell’ Review: A Funny, Heartfelt, and Surprising Tale About Family [Sundance]

At its core, Lulu Wang’s The Farewell is a universal tale of love and loss. It follows a young Chinese-American woman named Billi (Awkwafina) who lives in New York City. Her nuclear family moved to America when she was little, but the rest of her massive...

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Now is A Good Time to Watch ‘Unrelated’

Now is a good time to get to know British auteur Joanna Hogg. Six years after her last film — the unconventional Exhibition — she is returning to the scene with The Souvenir, a semi-autobiographical account of toxic first love and film school that has...

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‘Sweetheart’ Review: A Peter Benchley Pulp Adventure for the #MeToo Movement [Sundance]

The ocean deposits a young woman (Kiersey Clemons) upon the shores of an island. She’s unconscious, stomach down on the beach with the water lapping back and forth over her face. A bright red life-jacket carried her to this spot and saved her from the agonizing,...

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The True Crime Dilemma

The world craves true crime. Our thirst for it is apparent in the dozens of Serial-adjacent investigative podcasts and no fewer than 20 seasons of the headline-ripping procedural Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. As of this week, there’s also a Hot Ted Bundy...

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New Trailer for Roller Skating Subculture Documentary 'United Skates'

"This is my history. This is my culture. Whatever the situation, we're gonna roll." HBO has released a new trailer for the documentary United Skates, a look at the subculture of roller skating and the few beloved roller rinks that still remain around the country....

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Rotterdam 2019. Ruin Films

Thirty Years of Motion Pictures (The March of the Movies) The breadth of programming at the International Film Festival Rotterdam allows something glorious: room for others to build their own domains, unique pockets of how to view cinema and, through it, the...

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Where to Watch the Movies of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival

The 2019 Sundance Film Festival is underway, and as always we’ll be hearing a lot of buzz about a lot of movies that most of us won’t get to see for a while. But some of them will arrive sooner than later, and others will receive updates about release potential...

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ is Teaching Us to Hope Again

With news of new Star Trek projects coming from every direction these days, it’d be easy to forget the one that launched this Trek renaissance, Discovery. The show has gone through some rough patches, both in front of and behind the camera,...

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‘Into the Dark – Down’ Review: Hulu’s Monthly Blumhouse Series Finally Delivers a Winner

The idea behind Hulu’s monthly collaboration with Blumhouse is an enticing one — each month sees a new genre feature themed somehow to a holiday — but the first four entries have been something of a disappointment. They’ve featured some known talents on screen...

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Zack Snyder Returns to His Zombie Roots with ‘Army of the Dead’

After taking some time off from filmmaking, Zack Snyder is readier than ever to direct again. Divisive as the helmer is, he has evidently taken on a project that actually seems perfect for his strengths. The Hollywood Reporter announced that the Watchmen and Justice...

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‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Is An Early Leader for 2019’s Most Inspirational Movie

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Alexandre O. Phillippe on the Preserving Great Conversations About Film [Sundance]

The Shallow Pocket Project is a series of conversations with the brilliant filmmakers behind the independent films that we love. Check our last chat with Jim Cummings (writer/director of ‘Thunder Road’). Special thanks to Lisa Gullickson and the other Dorks at...

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