Lurker explores the dangerous territory where fandom becomes obsession. The film follows Matthew (Théodore Pellerin), a twenty-something retail clerk who encounters rising pop star Oliver (Archie Madekwe) and desperately tries to infiltrate his inner circle. As the line between friend […]

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One of the most buzzed-about and stunning movies of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was writer-director Alex Russell’s Lurker. Russell, who was a writer on the Emmy-winning shows The Bear and Beef, makes his feature directorial debut with this look […]

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Throughout its five-decade run, New Directors/New Films has introduced the works of many of today’s notable auteurs, including Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Kelly Reichardt, Denis Villeneuve, Michael Haneke, Guillermo del Toro, RaMell Ross, Laura Poitras, Yorgos Lanthimos, and […]

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New Directors/New Films is coming back for its 54th edition. Since 1972, it has showcased work from the likes of Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar-wai, […]

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