Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has built a reputation for making films confronting history, technology, and national mythology. His latest film, Dracula, is perhaps his most audacious provocation yet: a 170-minute, 14-segment epic that weaponizes artificial intelligence, iPhone footage, and absurdity […]

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South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) just premiered his latest movie, The Ugly (based on his graphic novel), at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where I reviewed it. Set in two different time periods, the film features actor Park Jeong-min in […]

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The Baltimorons marks Jay Duplass’s return to feature directing after more than a decade away from the director’s chair. The film follows Cliff (Michael Strassner), a newly sober improv comedian who cracks a tooth on Christmas Eve and lands in […]

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