At 5, “Green Room” remains indelibly vicious and humane

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At 5, “Green Room” remains indelibly vicious and humane

Jeremy Saulnier's brutal thriller feels even more urgent and frightening now than it did upon release.

NYFF58: “French Exit” is a nice looking but detached trip overseas

Michelle Pfeiffer dominates Azazel Jacobs’ dry comedy about a formerly wealthy widow who travels to Paris for one last hurrah.

Fantasia 2019

Fantasia 2019: “Vivarium” Director Lorcan Finnegan on the Terror of the Suburb

We talk to the director of the latest chiller from Fantasia about the hells of suburbia and working on his second film.

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Fantasia 2019

The Art of Self-Defense Review: Black Belt or Red Pill?

Jesse Eisenberg is a twerp falling down the toxic-masculinity rabbit hole in Riley Stearns' insightful black comedy.

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