Love is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It’s been the subject of some of the best films ever made for good reason, as it’s something that can grab hold of not just your desires, but ...

Zachary Lee interviews director Brian Tetsuro Ivie and star Sydney Chandler on Anima, their sci-fi, SXSW-premiering film.

These are overwhelming times, and disappointment is everywhere. Wouldn’t it be nice to just get away from it all with a nifty ...

Rachel Mason’s gripping true crime doc My Brother’s Killer is, first and foremost, a love letter. Most blisteringly, it’s an unexpectedly personal love letter to 25-year-old porn actor and aspiring ...

For generations, Indigenous women in Mexico have understood the vast power of mushrooms—medicinal, culinary, spiritual, toxic. Their knowledge has been calibrated and passed down matrilineal channels, ...

Filmmaker is heading to the 40th edition of SXSW, where myself and several talented contributors will be on the ground filing ...

In the opening beats of The Bride!, the second feature written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the ghost of Mary Shelley (Jessie Buckley) mutters to herself from some dark corner of the ...

In the opening beats of The Bride!, the second feature written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the ghost of Mary Shelley (Jessie Buckley) mutters to herself from some dark corner of the ...

Natalia Keogan highlights five films (and two amazing musical acts) to catch at the 2026 True/False Film Fest.

I found a way to look into the universe,” says non-fiction Australian filmmaker Josef Gatti in his feature debut Phenomena. Paradoxically, it turns out that the wonders of the universe ...

For the first time since 2002’s Punch-Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson has made a movie with a contemporary setting. To do so, he used a film format dormant for the last half century. Filmmaker: ...

As 2025 unfolded, returning to the ritual of asking filmmakers about the films that moved them feels both fragile and necessary. This exercise appears days after yet another grotesque display of ...