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Faces of Death When Faces of Death was released almost fifty years ago, the idea of being “extremely online” was a distant glimmer, probably somewhere in Tim Berners-Lee’s eye. If …

Filmmaker is happy to share the trailer premiere of Italian director Francesco Sossai’s second feature, The Last One for the Road. The film depicts the unlikely friendship between two alcoholic …

Lumière, Le Cinema! Thierry Frémaux wears a lot of hats. The 65-year-old Frenchman oversees the programming and operations of the Cannes Film Festival, which will announce its 79th edition next …

The Bride! Whether Doctor Frankenstein likes it or not, the zombie story has always belonged to women. Ever since teenaged political radical Mary Shelley (daughter of feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft) …

Peter Johnston on Jeopardy! “What is MAGIC TOWN?” For me, the clues that prompted this response took my whole life to uncover. Film, trivia, and magic have always been triple …

Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild], courtesy of Sundance Institute In 1990, a federal law was passed requiring the return of Indigenous human remains and sacred items to their rightful communities. More than three …

The Plague The awkwardness of puberty is exacerbated by a cruel social game in The Plague, the feature debut from writer-director Charlie Polinger. Set in 2003, Ben (Everett Blunck), a …

The History of Concrete, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The History of Concrete, John Wilson’s first feature-length film, is far stranger and more compelling than the title suggests—and a perfect continuation …

Shave and a Haircut (Angelo Madsen) On November 12, 2025, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) “gutted” Video Data Bank (VDB), the essential moving-image art distributor, archive …

Every Contact Leaves a Trace Every Contact Leaves a Trace, its title alluding to a basic principle of forensic science, is the latest cinematic exploration from experimental filmmaker and poet …