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01/31/202502/02/2025inFilm Fests, Reviewsby Jason Bailey8 min read

Sundance 2025 Dispatch: Devastating Docs and Post-Apocalyptic Podcasters

Our Sundance coverage continues with mini-reviews of “Train Dreams,” “Predators,” “Zodiac Killer Project,” and more.

01/31/202501/28/2025inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sean Burns5 min read

Classic Corner: Meantime

With “Hard Truths” in theaters, a look back at one of Mike Leigh’s earliest and thorniest pictures.

01/30/202502/06/2025inMoviesby Jason Bailey7 min read

The Comfort Cinema of Frederick Wiseman

Lincoln Center begins a massive retrospective of his documentaries tomorrow, and though some are more than 50 years old, they all feel especially timely.

01/29/202501/28/2025inLooking Backby Sara Batkie5 min read

In The Grifters, No One’s the Wiser

One of the most uncompromisingly bleak neo-noirs to come out of the late 80’s boom makes its well-deserved Criterion Collection debut this month.

01/28/202501/28/2025inDisc/Streaming Guides, Reviewsby Jason Bailey11 min read

The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: We Live in Time, Here, Jackie Brown, and More

Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.

01/27/202501/30/2025inFilm Festsby Marshall Shaffer8 min read

Sundance 2025 Dispatch: All That’s Left of Park City

Our first report from Park City includes reviews of “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You,” “The Thing with Feathers,” and more of this year’s Sundance selections.

01/24/202501/24/2025inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Craig J. Clark5 min read

When There’s Nowhere to Hide: Todd Haynes’s Safe at 30

With his second feature – and first with star Julianne Moore – indie auteur Todd Haynes showed how even the rich and privileged could be made to feel vulnerable.

01/24/202501/23/2025inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sean Burns5 min read

Classic Corner: Dont Look Back

With the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” nabbing 8 Oscar nominations, this week’s pick is the 1965 documentary that captures Dylan at his trickiest.

01/23/202501/27/2025inLooking Backby Steve Erickson5 min read

Pilgrim, Farewell: Staring Down Premature Death

More than 40 years after it aired on PBS, Michael Roemer’s intense chamber drama is the latest of his films to receive a much-delayed arrival in theaters.

01/23/202501/22/2025inReviewsby Jason Bailey4 min read

For my money, what makes Steven Soderbergh special — what makes him, second only to Martin Scorsese, our greatest living filmmaker — is his career-long dedication to experimentation. He’s a tinkerer, willing to try just about anything, and often willing to make an entire movie just to play with something new. After working with some […]