After peaking in the early 1990s, U.S. crime rates have steadily declined—today standing at nearly half their peak. Yet incarceration rates have not followed the same trajectory. With roughly 1% of the adult population behind bars, the United States continues to...
Like Ingmar Bergman pivoting from the existential weight of THE SEVENTH SEAL to the gentler, more reflective tone of WILD STRAWBERRIES, Icelandic filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason follows his critically acclaimed 2023 film GODLAND...
The Sundance Film Festival is back. And with the festival, we can expect stories in the news about the latest “big” acquisition of premiering films. But while the headlines focus on the acquisition price, we want to understand what’s going on beyond the...
Rebecca Zlotowski first caught our attention with her fifth feature, OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN, which was released in the U.S. in 2023. So we were especially excited to screen her follow-up: A PRIVATE LIFE — a sleek, stylish French-language film...
We love foreign films at INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE. When they work, they’re more than entertainment—they’re a passport. A way to step into another part of the world and experience its rhythms, its customs, and its contradictions in a way no tour bus ever could. That’s...
You’ve probably never heard of PUBLIC ACCESS — the 1993 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) winner — but you’ve almost certainly heard of Keyser Soze, the enigmatic villain at the heart of the 1995 Oscar-winning THE USUAL...
