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Features
Apr 2, 2017 — What defines noir acting? In her latest Dark Passages column, Imogen Sara Smith examines the stylistic variety in some of the genre’s most iconic male performances, including Burt Lancaster in The Killers and Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly.
The Daily
Aug 27, 2025 — The summer’s been terrific for new movie magazines and filmmaker biographies.
The Daily
Apr 29, 2022 — This week swerves from the slick cinéma du look to the harshest punk noise.
Essays
Feb 5, 2017 — Kirsten Johnson interrogates the thorny ethics of nonfiction filmmaking in her intriguingly elliptical blend of essay, travelogue, and memoir.
The Daily
Apr 27, 2026 — The festival centered on experimental documentary and avant-garde film will roll out across five New York venues.
The Daily
Jan 24, 2018 — Deadline’s Patrick Hipes reports that NEON has just picked up North American rights to Three Identical Strangers, while CNN Films retains U.S. broadcast rights. “Tim Wardle’s documentary looks back at a human-interest story that captivated the world in the early...
The Daily
Jun 20, 2018 — The anniversary edition features three world premieres and the best of this year’s Sundance.
Aug 28, 2012 — A frenetic portrait of New York as well as a love story, Paul Fejos’s film captures the odd sensation of being alone in the big city, even when in a crowd.
Oct 30, 2020 — In his tension-filled, black-comic Oscar winner, Bong Joon Ho masterfully mixes tones and subverts genres in order to shine a harsh light on the mechanisms that maintain class inequality.
Features
Dec 8, 2023 — Roy Waller (Nicolas Cage), the jittery protagonist of Ridley Scott’s 2003 crime comedy Matchstick Men, doesn’t like to think of himself as a common crook. “I’m a con artist,” he insists, and—in a frenzy of self-justification—further explains: “They give me...