Watch Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Anima,’ Then Watch These Movies

Netflix continues to get into the short film game, an area that seems perfect for the streaming service, with Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Anima. Sorry, he’s calling it a “one-reeler,” even though it’s just over the length of a single-reel film. Really, it’s a long-form...

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Valerie Pachner in New US Trailer for 'The Ground Beneath My Feet'

"Everyone makes mistakes." "Not you." Strand Releasing has debuted the official US trailer for acclaimed Austrian film The Ground Beneath My Feet, also titled Der Boden unter den Füßen in German (which translates exactly to the English title). This premiered...

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Full Trailer for 'The Game Changers' Doc About Vegan Bodybuilders

"This is going to wake a lot of people up." A trailer has arrived for the documentary The Game Changers, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. The film is about athletes and body-builders who have switched to a plant-based diet (basically...

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30 Beautiful Shots From The Movies and Shows of 2019 So Far

The year is far from over. That said, the midway point is a perfect time to look back at the months that have passed and do some reflecting. The world is far from a perfect place, but as always, movies, TV shows, and other video-based art have brought us joy....

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There’s Reason to Be Excited About ‘Tone-Deaf’

Millennials are ungrateful, entitled bums. Boomers are responsible for the broken world that’s been inherited by younger folk. Whether it’s a battle between the age groups or those with opposing political ideologies, we’re all supposed to stick to our tribes and...

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The Violent Satire of ‘Robocop’

It’s easy to look at the surface elements of RoboCop and dismiss the movie as a violent actioner about a crime-fighting robot cleaning up the mean streets of a futuristic Detroit. Equipped with cheesy one-liners and plenty of scenes containing bloodshed and carnage,...

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The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movies of 2019 So Far

For more in this series, check out our Mid-Year Report archives. Whether it’s to escape from our problems or better understand them, we need speculative fiction more than ever these days. But so far, 2019 hasn’t been delivering on the former. Not only are we...

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The Magic of Anticipation in the ‘Annabelle’ Series

The idea of living dolls terrified me as a kid, all starting with the trailer for Child’s Play 2. In it, a Jack-in-the-box’s tinkling music menacingly plays as Chucky’s face comes into frame, intercut with shots from the film. I don’t remember the Star Trek movie...

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Review: Danny Boyle & Richard Curtis' 'Yesterday' is Awkwardly Sweet

Seen at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Who doesn't love The Beatles? Wait – don't answer that question. But seriously - The Beatles are the best and their music will live on forever because it's so brilliant. Danny Boyle's latest film Yesterday, featuring a...

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A hundred years ago, and less, at Cinema Ritrovato ’19

DB here: Hundreds of films, thousands of passholders, sweltering heat (105 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday). Dazzling tributes to Fox films, Youssef Chahine, Eduardo De Filippo, Henry King, Felix Feist, silent star Musidora, sound star Jean Gabin, and other themes....

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Tuki Jencquel Introduces His Film "Está Todo Bien" ("It's All Good")

Tuki Jencquel's Está Todo Bien ("It's All Good") is showing June 29 – July 28, 2019 on MUBI in the United States in partnership with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. We filmed Está Todo Bien between May 2016 and August 2017; before the migrant crisis, before...

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Vítej Zpět! The 54th Karlovy Vary Film Festival in Czechia is Underway

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Camila Mendes in First Trailer for Drug Smugglers Drama 'Coyote Lake'

"There's certain things that once you get into, you can never get out of." Cranked Up Films has released an official trailer for an indie crime drama titled Coyote Lake, based on the real life Falcon Lake, a reservoir on the Rio Grande (on the Texas-Mexico border)...

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Official Trailer for 'Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan' Action Movie

"Stay strong, protect your mates. You're Delta company!" Transmission has debuted the first Australian trailer for an Australian action movie titled Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, from director Kriv Stenders (Blacktown, Dark Frontier, Red Dog, Kill Me...

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Incredible Third Trailer for 'Hobbs & Shaw' Starring Johnson & Statham

"We're going to need cars, and guns." Universal has revealed a third & final official trailer (first and second) for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, the unbelievably badass new Fast & Furious "spin-off" movie focusing on the two characters...

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