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First Trailer for Don Hertzfeldt’s ME, Arriving Digitally This Week

Following up his sci-fi trilogy World of Tomorrow, animation extraordinaire Don Hertzfeldt unveiled his latest project earlier this year. Beginning a few month...

Injustice Comes Home In U.S. Trailer for Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Few titles at Cannes carried greater weight than The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammad Rasoulof’s first project to debut since an exile from his native Iran––li...

NYFF Review: Việt and Nam is a Swooning, Stirring Slow Cinema Romance

“Leave the light on. It’s easier for me to dream.” The opening shot of Việt and Nam, writer-director Trương Minh Quý’s sophomore film, is a feat of cinemati...

Jia Zhang-ke Reveals He’s Working on an AI Short Film

After screening his latest film Caught by the Tides at the Busan International Film Festival, director Jia Zhang-ke met with the press, accompanied by his wife...

NYFF Review: Nickel Boys Finds Miraculous Beauty in the Horrors of the World

Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross' narrative feature debut, is the story of a stubborn world, resisting change. Adapted from Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys, it's an...

NYC Weekend Watch: Samuel L. Jackson, Akerman-Duras, Compensation & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtAs the career-spanning Johnnie To retrospective continues, a Samuel L. ...

NYFF Review: The Friend Amply Portrays Grief with an Admirable Naomi Watts Performance

Independent filmmaking duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel's The Friend, their newest in a 30-year collaboration, is a dog movie. Or, more aptly, it’s a film ab...

Posterized October 2024: Rumours, Woman of the Hour, La Cocina & More

Beyond Joker: Folie à Deux (October 4) and Smile 2 (October 18), this month is light on studio power. The indies are surely champing at the bit to fill...

New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Powell and Pressburger, Red Rooms, It’s What’s Inside & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

It’s What’s Inside Director Greg Jardin on Manifesting Anxiety, Giallo Lighting, and the Road to Success

Premiering at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, It’s What’s Inside seemed to come a bit out of nowhere. Despite its prime positioning in the Midnight s...

News

Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2024 Includes Misericordia, Evil Does Not Exist, and Trap

Trailer for Palestine’s Oscar Entry From Ground Zero + Exclusive Poster Giveaway

MUBI’s December 2024 Lineup Includes Dahomey, Bird, The People’s Joker & More

Trailers

Sujo Trailer: Mexico’s Oscar Entry From Identifying Features Team Arrives Next Week

Jacques Demy’s Masterpiece The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Gets New Trailer for 4K Restoration

DIG! XX Trailer: Ondi Timoner’s Cult Classic Rock Doc Gets Expanded Edition This January

Reviews

Thessaloniki Review: Holy Electricity is a Directorial Debut That Finds Substance in Unusual Places

The Black Sea Review: A Dynamic Lead Performance Drives Familiar Fish-Out-of-Water Story

Thessaloniki Review: When the Light Breaks Showcases a Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: Blitz, The Piano Lesson, Flipside, We Live in Time, Alien: Romulus & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Dirty Work, Shelley Duvall, Robert Frank & More

Interviews

Gaucho Gaucho Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw on Mythology, Compositions, and Community

Rodrigo Prieto on His Directorial Debut, Martin Scorsese’s Snubs, and Taylor Swift’s Feature Debut

Flow Director Gints Zilbalodis on Animating Animals, Allegories, and Cinema vs. Videogames

Podcasts

The B-Side – Ridley Scott (with Maria Lewis)

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

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