Every year, the awards gods decree that a certain group of films are the most noteworthy. Many of the same titles end up ...

We journey into Kapustin Yar, a Soviet testing ground so secret it erased towns, disappeared workers, and reshaped global power from the shadows. From captured Nazi rockets and the first nuclear-armed ...

After a year that has whiplashed between genius and landfill, here are the 25 films from across the world that justified the obsession and proved cinema still has bite, pulse, humour, fury, and the ...

The River City is nothing if not consistent. The world could be on fire, and that cool hip-hop collective you’ve heard of would still release four albums in a single year. Half the city could be ...

SASKIA BARON1 One Battle After Another2. Sinners3 It was Just an Accident4 Palestine 365 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight6 ...

Loosely inspired by the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets, this black comedy thriller stars Glen Powell as a man ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

When the episode title for the Pluribus season finale dropped, fans immediately started dissecting what “La Chica o El Mundo” meant for Carol’s fate. The Spanish phrase translates simply to “The Girl ...