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Official Trailer 'ALPHA'; Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau


Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Reviews "Our Hero, Balthazar"

Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Has Returned to Iran, Faces One Year in Prison


Good Gigs: Robert Pattinson in 1664 Beer Ad; Beautifully Directed by Brady Corbet

Let’s Get Metaphysical! Existentialist Cinema Is Back, If Anyone Cares; Philosophy was embraced by film noir, the French New Wave and modern hitmen questioning life’s purpose. Now dust off your turtlenecks, for Sirāt and a new version of Albert Camus’ The Stranger look set to make ennui on-trend again


Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Reviews "Redux Redux"

How One Duo Turned an Infamous ’70s Horror Movie Into a Social Media-Era Nightmare; Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei have taken on ecoterrorism and sex work in their films. With Faces of Death, they tackle the darkness housed in our phones

Interview: ‘Alpha’: Julia Ducournau on Staying Connected to Humanity Inside Horror

Lena Dunham in the New Yorker: How I Became a Filmmaker; After college, I joined an odd little utopia of movie nerds working out of an office on lower Broadway. Then the sustainability of the setup started to seem questionable

See ‘Undertone’ with Dolby Atmos, or You’ll Miss Half the Horror; Writer and Director Ian Tuason tells IndieWire about why the sounds coming from the ceiling help enhance a podcaster's worst nightmare

Demons Hate Her! 21-Year-Old Aussie Director Alice Maio Mackay Just Made Six Feature Films in Four Years; "The Serpent's Skin" director chats with IndieWire about the Shudder acquisition and the Dark Star Pictures collaboration that's already turned her into a genre powerhouse


Alice Maio Mackay on the New Wave of Transgender Cinema

Review: This Is Not a French Film; Tom Adjibi transforms an awkward DIY documentary about racialised actors into a sharp, self-aware reflection on identity and representation in Europe’s film industry

What Happened To The Sound Of Action Films? Stephen Follows analysed the audio from nearly 2,000 action films across 75 years to track how their sound has changed. We're seeing shifts in gunfights, explosions, vehicles, music and more

It’s 1977. You’re a Hollywood Screenwriter Working On a Script With Sean Connery. Are You Going To Tell Him His Ideas Are Dumb?


Official Trailer 'I Love Boosters'; Film by Boots Riley; Starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, with Don Cheadle, and Demi Moore


Official Teaser 'Stop! That! Train'; Directed by Adam Shankman; Starring Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia, and RuPaul


Fresh! New! 'Cape Fear' Series (2026) Official Teaser; Showrunner Nick Antosca; Starring Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson


'Cape Fear' (1991) Theatrical Trailer


'Cape Fear' (1962) Theatrical Trailer

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