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‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ ‘The Babadook,’ ‘Go Fish’ & More Return To Celebrate Sundance’s 40th Anniversary

December 12, 2023 5:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

Sundance is celebrating its 40th Anniversary next month and the festival has revealed more programming to highlight its cinematic legacy. Topping the list of events are new 4K restorations of "Napoleon Dynamit...

Criterion Collection June Pariah Marlon Riggs

Dee Rees’ Directorial Debut, ‘Pariah,’ Joins A Marlon Riggs 7-Film Set & More In The Criterion Collection This June

Charles Barfield

March 15, 2021 1:18 pm

News

Today is a day that we celebrate the very best in film from the past year, as we all scour the Oscars nominations and figure out which films deserved the praise and which deserved a bit more, perhaps. But toda...

Watch A Beautiful Video Highlighting The Films Of The Last 10 Years Directed By Women

Charles Barfield

November 26, 2019 2:35 pm

News, Video

As we approach the end of 2019, it’s not just the films of the last 365 days that we’ll be celebrating. We’ll also be releasing some lists about the Best Films of the last decade, as the 2010s come to an end. H...

The Best LGBTQ Films Of The 21st Century (So Far)

Lena Wilson

May 30, 2019 1:41 pm

Features, News

Happy (early) Pride Month (in two days of course)! Though we'll all already be plenty busy dodging our exes at parades and scrubbing glitter out of our clothes, this June offers LGBTQ people everywhere a chance...

Dee Rees Talks ‘Mudbound’ And Netflix As A “Place For Auteurs”

Martine Olivier

October 14, 2017 12:21 pm

Interviews, News

Dee Rees has been steadily shaking up the Hollywood film industry with her critically acclaimed work in films like "Pariah" in 2011 and HBO's "Bessie" in 2015. She continues on her streak of critical successes ...

The 50 Best Romantic Films Of The 21st Century So Far

Oliver Lyttelton

February 14, 2017 3:04 pm

Features, News

If you haven’t noticed from the decorations, shop displays, email reminders, and worried reminder texts from your partner, it's Valentine’s Day, the annual celebration of love, sex, romance, coupledom and havin...

The 50 Best Teen Movies Of All Time

Oliver Lyttelton

November 15, 2016 1:59 pm

Features

It seems that every year another fresh crop of filmmakers make their debut movies, and a high proportion are coming-of-age stories. A sadly low percentage, however, are any good, which is why this week brings u...