Trailer for Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'We Are Freestyle Love Supreme' Doc

"And here we are, 15 years later…" Hulu has unveiled an official trailer for an indie documentary titled We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Before the world knew of the Broadway musicals...

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Watch ‘Uncut Gems,’ Then Watch These Movies

Welcome to Movie DNA, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of new movies. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy likeminded works of the past. Josh and Benny Safdie‘s Uncut Gems has been a long time...

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‘The Savage Bees’ Will Give You a Buzz

Welcome to 4:3 & Forgotten — a weekly column in which Rob Hunter and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the ’70s. In times of widespread panic, you can always rely...

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A Few Bad Men Display ‘Conduct Unbecoming’

Welcome to The Prime Sublime, a weekly column dedicated to the underseen and underloved films buried beneath page after page of far more popular fare on Amazon’s Prime Video collection. We’re not just cherry-picking obscure titles, though, as these are movies...

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Learn the Complete Story of Bruce Lee in Doc Film 'Be Water' Trailer

"Be formless. Shapeless." ESPN has unveiled an official trailer for the documentary Be Water, an extensive look at the life of Bruce Lee, which will air on ESPN first in early June then moves onto streaming. Made by Vietnamese-American filmmaker Bao Nguyen, the...

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Trailer for 'Queen of Lapa' Doc About Brazilian Transgender Goddess

"When you're alone, you learn how to live." Brokenhorse Films has unveiled an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Queen of Lapa, which originally screened at a few small film festivals last year. It will be released on VOD in June this summer for...

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Hurry & View Shane Carruth's Pitch Trailer for Sci-Fi Project 'A Topiary'

Surprise! This isn't an official trailer, but it is certainly worth watching. And you better hurry…! Filmmaker Shane Carruth posted a trailer online for his long, lost project called A Topiary, an original sci-fi film he was working on for years. But he doesn't...

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What Critics Said About ‘The Office’

They Said What?! is a biweekly column in which we explore the highs and lows of film criticism through history. How did critics feel about it at the time, and do we see it differently now? Chris Coffel explores. This week marks the premiere of Space Force, a...

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Vocal Performances Deserve More Recognition

Some of the most iconic movie characters of all time are hidden behind a mask or prop or exist solely in animated form. Think of Darth Vader, Bugs Bunny, and HAL-9000. These three characters and countless others have affected us primarily with the sound of their...

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Celebrating the Best of the Chattanooga Film Festival 2020

It’s not news to anyone that we’re living in a whole new world these days (and for the immediate future, at least), and it’s forced both people and businesses to adapt at a fairly quick pace. With tightly packed gatherings not currently allowed, film festivals...

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‘Labyrinth 2’ Positions Scott Derrickson as the Latest Champion of an Art Form in Need

Welcome to Infinite IP, our ongoing series detailing the pros and cons of resurrecting a franchise years after its original endpoint. Some call them Reboots. Others call them Legasequels. Hollywood calls them an infinitely recyclable resource. There’s a reason...

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Little stabs at happiness 1: Closing credits as they should be done

DB here: With apologies to Ken Jacobs, I’m starting an irregular series of posts that offer lockdown viewing that’s merely good dirty fun. They’re the sort of thing I like to look at to lift my spirits. I’ll start the series with the charming credits scene from...

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When is a Long Take Just a Gimmick?

Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. There is a twelve-minute continuous shot in the Chris Hemsworth vehicle Extraction. At least, it appears to be continuous. As VFX technology has made...

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Michael Mann: Master of Cool Colors

Michael Mann is the kind of director who holds complete films in his head before he begins making them. He is a rare breed of an auteur who has everything to do with everything. In the scope of his filmography, his producing and screenwriting are no less significant...

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