Writer and actor River Gallo shines in Esteban Arango’s neo-noir, Ponyboi. Based on Gallo’s award-winning 2019 short film of the same name, it had its world premiere at Sundance 2024 and is finally set to arrive stateside early this summer. […]

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As Sundance 2025 is approaching, one of the most ambitious films of last year’s festival is finally making its way to U.S. theaters. Sam and Andy Zuchero’s feature debut Love Me stars Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun as two AI […]

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Sujo, the latest visceral drama from directing duo Vernanda Faladez & Astrid Rondero (Identifying Features), spans decades in the life of a boy growing into a man in the shadow of the cartel. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film […]

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After terrifying audiences at this year’s Sundance and TIFF, Steven Soderbergh’s haunted house experiment Presence will finally make its way to U.S. theaters to kick off the new year. NEON picked up the movie following its Sundance premiere, adding it […]

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For a moment, think back to the worst experience in your entire life thus far. Perhaps, for far too many, that experience was an assault. Further, imagine writing a book about that devastating occurrence and its aftermath. Then, after the […]

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With their keen attention to detail and cinematic vision, filmmaking duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters) capture the culture of the Argentinian cowboys for their newest undertaking. Gaucho Gaucho, shot in crisp black and white, follows the […]

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Rising filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza made waves at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival with her debut feature, In the Summers. The poignant coming-of-age drama, which follows two sisters’ complex relationship with their father over four summer visits, captivated audiences and critics […]

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In her documentary Black Box Diaries, Japan-based journalist Shiori Itô takes on her most courageous, risky assignment yet – investigating her own sexual assault. The film, which premiered at Sundance, recounts the director’s harrowing experience of rape by a prominent […]

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What did Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and other jazz musicians have to do with the CIA? Director Johan Gimonprez gives a mindblowing, yet jazzy account of the hidden connection between these famous figures and the agency’s […]

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In Lana Wison’s controversial new documentary, Look Into My Eyes, she trains her lens on real-world psychic sessions. Readers may be surprised to hear that I am interested in the occult and that I collect rare tarot card decks. I […]

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