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March 20, 2026

Weaving Through the Stars: How ‘Iron Lung’ Proved the Worth of Independent Cinema and Audience Autonomy

Markiplier’s history-altering “Iron Lung” video game adaptation led the weekend box office and proved the staying power of fan-led, non-traditional press campaigns.…

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March 16, 2026

‘The Perfect Neighbor’: The Death of Ajike Owens and the Case for Gun Reform

On the Central Florida case, the history of "Stand Your Ground" laws, and the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary highlighting it all.…

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December 28, 2025

Interview: ‘Time Life Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived’ Director Mungo Thomson on the Stillness of Collective Memory

Advertisements A two-minute curiosity, an exercise in illumination — Time Life Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived is a fascinating look at temporary space. As a candle burns down to the end of its wick, we…

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December 28, 2025

Interview: ‘Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes’ Director Gabriel Azorín on Stillness as Meditation

Advertisements A film that feels necessary to witness on a big screen is a rare sort of magic. With his second feature, Spanish director Gabriel Azorín sought to create that special alchemy. Though at times Last Night I Conquered the City of…

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December 28, 2025

Interview: ‘Drunken Noodles’ Director Lucio Castro on Writing Queer Desire in Reverse

Advertisements There is a single honeyed thread woven throughout the subdued quiet of Drunken Noodles — quite literally. In every change of “act” (which is also a change of lover), there is a title screen. An older man appears from behind, and…

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December 27, 2025

Interview: ‘Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain’ Director Oscar Ruiz Navia on the Short Film as Elegy

Advertisements Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain is a languid exploration of temporal space. Using ambient film taken on the streets of urban Montreal — alongside voice messages and images from what seems to be a life well-lived — Colombian writer-director…

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December 27, 2025

Interview: Director Ben Rivers on the Hopeful Dystopia of ‘Mare’s Nest’

Advertisements The magnificence of writer-director Ben Rivers’ latest offering, Mare’s Nest, is entirely in its willingness to hope. In this delightful fable, childhood becomes a universe unto itself, where the greatest hopes of the best of us are met with open arms,…

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October 31, 2025

Halloween Home Video: TV’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’

Advertisements There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see. In the case of the riveting AMC+ series Interview with the Vampire, there are shrines for every wayward sinner to create. Anne Rice’s timeless story follows Louis de Pointe du Lac,…

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September 30, 2025

‘Legend of the Happy Worker’ Director Duwayne Dunham on Disney, David Lynch, and His Western Capitalist Fairy Tale

Advertisements Duwayne Dunham’s career is storied across mediums. In film, he’s built a lifelong creative partnership with some of the greats, and his editing hand has touched some of the biggest films of a generation: beginning as an assistant editor on Star…

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August 31, 2025

‘Per Bruixa i Metzinera’ Director Marc Camardons on the Folklore of Fire, Catalan Traditions, and Presenting at Cannes

Advertisements I’ve spent the last two years cradled in a small mountain town in the Pyrenees, the land that forged the blood of my ancestors. I swear they whisper to me at night, half-smoke and half-memory, and for a person who has…

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