The ceremony hasn’t lost relevance, but it’s lost its monopoly in an industry that no longer organizes itself around any single room. On Saturday afternoon, the Independent Spirit Awards took place in ...

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Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth ...

“The problem with walk-away money,” notes someone in Bart Layton’s rich, sprawling, character-driven neo-noir Crime 101, “is that you’ve got to be able to walk away with it.” The setting may be sunny ...

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Three complete stories of Ninja Sexcraft! The live action version of the anime hit. Miko has been training all her life for the inevitable day when the sex-starved Shikima Demons would invade to ...

Football festivities and frigid temperatures across the East Coast and Midwest kept moviegoers on the couch and contributed to a glacial Super Bowl weekend at the box office. Without any new releases ...

Oscars Commentary (Updated: March 2, 2026): Final Oscar voting is underway. The Actors Awards analysis can be found here. Final Oscar voting will take place from Feb. 26 to Mar. 5. Updated Oscar ...