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Big Girls Don’t Cry Review: Sundance Introduces a Remarkable New Voice

By: Dominic La-Viola Paloma Schneidman’s directorial debut, Big Girls Don’t Cry, which premiered at Sundance this weekend, is one of […]

By: Dominic La-Viola I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: adapting a true event into a film is

Bradley Cooper embarks on his third directorial effort since transitioning from acting, making it clear that this shift behind the

What can only be described as one of the most gut-wrenching, anti-war films ever made. And yet, The Voice of

In No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook’s most striking instrument isn’t violence, irony, or narrative shock, but Cho Young-wuk’s score. From

When someone mentions body horror, my mind first goes to the films of John Carpenter or David Cronenberg — masters

Stork of Hope carries the almost unbearable weight of telling a true story. A story that must remain faithful to

Roberto Minervini makes his fictional feature debut with The Damned, a Civil War drama captured in such a way that

Nouvelle Vague is the perfect film for anyone who truly loves movies—not just watching them, but living and breathing them.

Left-Handed Girl is another masterful, character-driven film from Shih-Ching Tsou, reuniting with Sean Baker, with whom she co-directed the 2004