Vikram Murthi

Reviews: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Turns an Imaginative Fantasy World into Dreary Wallpaper

Anything that’s halfway interesting in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the dreadfully-named sequel to the first Harry Potter prequel-spinoff Fantas...

Review: ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ is an Unremarkable and Superficial Reboot

David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the American adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s 2005 bestseller, was most successful as a mood piece, one that provi...

‘Venom’ Review: Tom Hardy Enlivens a Fractured, Directionless Superhero Movie

The Marvel title sequence—red comic book pages flipping at high speed to reveal a corporate logo whose cultural saturation is on par with the Golden Arches—come...

John C. Reilly on the Bond Between Man and Horse, ‘The Sisters Brothers,’ and the Enduring Legacy of ‘Walk Hard’

In Jacques Audiard’s new film The Sisters Brothers, John C. Reilly plays Eli Sisters, a sensitive hitman and a foil to his more aggressive brother Charlie, played by Joaquin Phoenix....

Venice Review: ‘The Sisters Brothers’ is a Melancholic, Hollow Western

A mainstay in French for almost 40 years, Jacques Audiard frequently chronicles criminals and convicts (or ex-criminals/ex-convicts) trying to either navigate a...

News

2024 Buffalo International Film Festival Announces Lineup

MUBI’s October 2024 Lineup Includes Bertrand Bonello, Julia Loktev, Martin Rejtman & More

2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Lineup Includes Japanese Classics, Akira Kurosawa Favorites, and Masterclasses

Trailers

Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Ponder Mortality in New Trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door

A Cat Faces the Wilderness in U.S. Trailer for Acclaimed Animation Flow

U.S. Trailer for Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Takes a Rhythmic, Radical Look at Global Politics

Reviews

Notice to Quit Review: A Father is Engulfed by the City He Lives In

TIFF Review: Sylvia Chang’s Wonderful Performance Lifts Up Daughter’s Daughter

Venice Review: Jerry Lewis’ The Day the Clown Cried Emerges in From Darkness to Light

Features

New to Streaming: Between the Temples, The Fall, Mountains, Wolfs, War Game, Sleep & More

NYC Weekend Watch: NYFF Revivals, Lancelot du lac, Robert Beavers, Gena Rowlands & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“I Made It So I Could Breath”: Tarsem on Restoring The Fall, Distribution Woes, and the Next Chapter

The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

His Three Daughters Director Azazel Jacobs on Emotional Catharsis, Why He Can’t Shoot a Dying Scene, and the Craft of Acting

Podcasts

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)

Vikram Murthi

Reviews: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ Turns an Imaginative Fantasy World into Dreary Wallpaper

Review: ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ is an Unremarkable and Superficial Reboot

‘Venom’ Review: Tom Hardy Enlivens a Fractured, Directionless Superhero Movie

John C. Reilly on the Bond Between Man and Horse, ‘The Sisters Brothers,’ and the Enduring Legacy of ‘Walk Hard’

Venice Review: ‘The Sisters Brothers’ is a Melancholic, Hollow Western

Vikram Murthi