Cannes Review: Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave is a Formally Dazzling Love Story
“Congratulations… it’s a murder.” A backwards thing to celebrate? Not when you’re a droll insomniac detective who’s only happy (read: not miserable) when you’r...
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Cannes Review: Funny Pages is a Darkly Hilarious, Absurdist Comic Book of a Film
The deranged lunatics populating Owen Kline’s absurdist, bleakly hilarious Funny Pages are all somewhat anachronistic; loners who gravitate around old things a...
Cannes Review: Cristian Mungiu’s R.M.N. Skewers Europe and Late Capitalism
Anyone looking to take the temperature of Cristian Mungiu’s first film in six long years should heed the words of Matthias, his most recent downtrodden protago...
MUBI Unveils June 2022 Lineup
MUBI's U.S. lineup for next month has been unveiled, including some essential recent releases, notably James Vaughan's Friends and Strangers, Radu Muntean's În...
Cannes Review: Moonage Daydream is a Radiant, Psychedelic Voyage Through David Bowie’s Soul
David Bowie’s tranquil voice seeps in over a black screen, waxing poetic philosophy about the infinity and complexity of time. Letters incrementally fade in on...
Cannes Review: Holy Spider Finds Ali Abbasi Reaching for Shock
Ali Abbasi’s Border, an adaptation of a short story by Let the Right One In author John Ajvide Lindqvist, put its director on the map as one fluent in a dark g...
Dinner in America Review: The Outcasts Get Their Day in Humorous, Heartfelt Comedy
Born from a decision to combine two aughts-era sketches that weren't quite working on their own, filmed in 2018 (stewarded with the help of Danny Leiner, who p...
Ali & Ava U.S. Trailer: Clio Barnard’s Acclaimed Drama Arrives in July
Following The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, and Dark River, British director Clio Barnard’s latest work is once again set in Bradford and this time focuses on a lo...
The Film Stage Show Classic – The Secret of NIMH
Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham discuss The Secret of NIMH and the films of ...
Cannes Review: Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind Finds Ethan Coen Hitting a Bum Note
In 2021 Joel Coen directed his first feature apart from his brother. Seven months after The Tragedy of Macbeth's premiere, it’s Ethan’s turn to fly solo. The p...