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The Best Films Of 2022 We’ve Already Seen

The 20 Best Films Of 2022 We’ve Already Seen

January 11, 2022 4:52 pm

The new year has come, which means awards season speculation and Best-Of lists run rampant before the cycle begins all over again, albeit a little belatedly this year (we needed a break!) Sundance starts next ...

‘Earwig’: Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Latest Is A Beautiful Baffler [TIFF Review]

Jason Bailey

September 12, 2021 9:00 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

We have a tendency, as difficult films work the festival circuit, to reduce them to simplistic, giggle-worthy loglines, perhaps as a way to avoid grappling with work that challenges our ideas of what this medi...

Toronto Film Fest 2021 Preview: 16 Must-See Movies To Watch

Andrew Bundy

September 7, 2021 5:11 pm

Features, Festivals, News

Another fall season, another deluge of fall film festival movies and previews. If you’ve been playing along, and hopefully, you have, you’ve already seen our coverage from the Telluride Film Festival in Colora...

San Sebastian 2021 First Wave Announcement Includes New Features From Terence Davies, Claudia Llosa, Claire Simon & More

Charles Barfield

July 19, 2021 2:26 pm

Festivals, News

While we have yet to get the full lineups for Venice and TIFF, we are starting to see how some of the later fall festivals are going to fare, in terms of features. And even though the San Sebastian Film Festiv...

52 Films Directed By Women To Watch In 2021

Lena Wilson

January 13, 2021 12:49 pm

Features, News

Every year is a good year to stan female directors, but 2021 has cooked us up a real feast. Acting veterans like Rebecca Hall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, and Halle Berry are finally claiming their direct...

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