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The Best Overlooked Films of 2025

Every year, the awards gods decree that a certain group of films are the most noteworthy. Many of the same...

Lone Samurai Review: It’s a Swordsman Versus a Band of Cannibals With Uneven Results

A traditional haiku is anchored around the invocation of nature’s most ubiquitous objects and occurrences. Thunder, rain, rocks, waterfalls. In...

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2025 Critics Poll: The Best Movies of the Year, According to 148 Critics

Sometimes film critics just know what they like. And when you have a consensus fave like the #1 film of the 2025...

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‘One Battle After Another’ & ‘Hamnet’ Lead Australia’s AACTA International Awards Nominations

Awards season has reached the Southern Hemisphere as the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is out with the nominees for its...

Lebanon’s ‘A Sad and Beautiful World’ by Cyril Aris 2026 Oscar Submission Best International Feature

When I started watching A Sad and Beautiful World the first time, I shut it off after the first 20 minutes, thinking...

A Sad and Beautiful World Review: The Kinetic Tragedy of Love in a Collapsing Nation

Cyril Aris’s first narrative feature, A Sad and Beautiful World, opens on the idea that lives can feel prewritten. The...

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Lucy Liu’s Double Act With Drama ‘Rosemead’ & ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ – Specialty Box Office

Vertical’s searing drama Rosemead, Lucy Liu’s first solo starring role, ginned up $50.2k from an exclusive run at NYC’s AMC Lincoln Square,...

A ‘Lone Samurai’ Fights to Survive in Sneak Peek From New Action Thriller [Exclusive]

A samurai warrior finds himself a stranger in a strange land in the new indie thriller Lone Samurai. Today, Collider is thrilled to...

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Natalie Portman, Charli xcx, Chris Pine and Wu-Tang Clan Projects Set for Sundance Film Festival’s Final Edition in Park City

Oscar winners, pop stars and hip-hop legends will light up Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival’s last hurrah before...

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Gus Van Sant on Making ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ Wanting to Cast Tom Waits in ‘Drugstore Cowboy’ and Robin Williams Ad-Libbing on ‘Good Will Hunting’

After a six-year hiatus, Gus Van Sant returns to feature filmmaking with “Dead Man’s Wire.” In between, he worked on a TV...

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