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Maya Hawke & Rupert Friend on Asteroid City, Entering Wes Anderson’s World, and Their Musical Duet

Look near the top of Wes Anderson's latest rolling cast and you'll find Rupert Friend, who made a brief appearance in The French Dispatch, and a rare Wes first...

Cannes Review: Nanni Moretti’s A Brighter Tomorrow is Soaked in Self-Righteous Nostalgia

Remember Titane? The day after Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or, a couple of summers ago in Cannes, Nanni Moretti took to Instagram and shared a selfie. The pictur...

Kandahar Review: Gerard Butler Leads a Political Thriller That Plays Both Sides

With this past January’s Plane and now Kandahar, B-movie mainstay Gerard Butler has officially entered his Sad Dad era, a key scene in this new film being him ...

Cannes Review: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City is an Absolute Delight

Wes Anderson has done it all: India by train, Rhode Island by foot, the Mediterranean by sub, France by bike, faux-Germany by hotel, apple-orchard America by f...

Todd Haynes on the Moral Instability of May December, Criticizing Suburban Life, and Netflix

On the heels of his premiere, nine hours after Netflix bought his newest film for $11 million, Todd Haynes is a happy man, seated casually at breakfast in the ...

Problemista Trailer: Tilda Swinton Brings Julio Torres into a Surreal Art World

One of the highlights from SXSW earlier this year was SNL writer and Los Espookys co-creator Julio Torres' feature-length writing and directing debut Problemi...

Cannes Review: Takeshi Kitano’s Sleek Filmmaking Rescues Kubi From Knotty Plot

For all their grisly mayhem, the earliest films by Takeshi Kitano all demonstrated a keen grasp of negation. Violence was an omnipresent fixture of his first c...

Nicole Holofcener on Fighting for Small Character Moments and the Useless Aspects of Film School

There’s a comfort witnessing characters in a Nicole Holofcener film discuss banal, everyday topics—ones largely absent in cinema. In her latest, You Hurt My Fe...

MUBI Unveils June 2023 Lineup

MUBI has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including the exclusive streaming premiere of Albert Serra's extraordinary Pacifiction, a ...

Cannes Review: Michel Gondry’s The Book of Solutions Digs into the Magic and Hardships of the Filmmaking Process

When the film you’ve always wanted to make gets shut down by unconvinced producers, you have two choices: you still try to make it, or you make it. This is the...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Reviews

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

Podcasts

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

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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