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Three Thousand Years of Longing Trailer: George Miller Returns with Fantasy Tale Starring Tilda Swinton & Idris Elba

Between Mad Max: Fury Road and his forthcoming Furiosa, George Miller has directed the fantasy drama Three Thousand Years of Longing, coming at the end of Augu...

Cannes Review: Armageddon Time is a Triumphant Tragedy from James Gray

Armageddon Time is the sort of film usually invoked as a "portrait of the nation" or "state of the union address," something taking the temperature of a countr...

New to Streaming: Deception, RRR, Dual, Hold Your Fire and 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...

The B-Side – Almost Famous: Taylor Kitsch (with Valerie Ettenhofer)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

U.S. Trailer for Christos Nikou’s Apples Imagines a World Losing Its Memory

Premiering at Venice Film Festival to strong acclaim back in 2020, Christos Nikou's Apples would go on to become Greece's official Oscar entry and now, at long...

Young Love Blossoms in Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Leonie Krippendorff’s Cocoon

Nominated for a Generation14 Plus Crystal Bear and Teddy for Best Feature Film at the 2020 Berlinale, Leonie Krippendorff's queer coming-of-age drama Cocoon is...

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Includes Terence Davies, Ulrike Ottinger, Round Midnight & More

Sometimes it's like they read your mind—or just notice upcoming releases as you do. Whatever the case, I'm thrilled that the release of Terence Davies' Benedic...

Cannes Review: Tchaikovsky’s Wife is a Hypnotizing Portrait of a Tumultuous Marriage

“I don’t want to be a symbol,” Kirill Serebrennikov told the New York Times earlier this year. Good luck with that. When Leto was selected for the Cannes Film ...

Mondocane Review: Post-Apocalyptic Italian Tale Takes an Uninspired Route

Sometimes it can be a little sad to watch a director blatantly make a bid for mainstream American acceptance (or rather future Marvel gig), and in the case of ...

NYC Weekend Watch: David Cronenberg, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, The Heroic Trio & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy Cinema A 35mm-heavy David Cronenberg retro is underway, with Dead Ringers playing F...

News

MUBI Unveils June 2022 Lineup

James Gray Says Hollywood is Destroying the Cultural Impact of Movies—But He Has a Fix

Marielle Heller, Paul Greengrass, Audrey Diwan, Michel Gondry & More Set Next Films

Trailers

Ali & Ava U.S. Trailer: Clio Barnard’s Acclaimed Drama Arrives in July

Exclusive Trailer for João Pedro Rodrigues’ Musical Fantasy Will-o’-the-Wisp, Premiering at Cannes 2022

Ethan Hunt Returns in First Trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Reviews

Cannes Review: Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave is a Formally Dazzling Love Story

Cannes Review: Funny Pages is a Darkly Hilarious, Absurdist Comic Book of a Film

Cannes Review: Cristian Mungiu’s R.M.N. Skewers Europe and Late Capitalism

Features

New to Streaming: Deception, RRR, Dual, Hold Your Fire and More

NYC Weekend Watch: David Cronenberg, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, The Heroic Trio & More

Fire Walk with Me Turns 30: David Lynch’s Uncompromising Character Study is the Beating Heart of Twin Peaks

Interviews

Jessie Buckley & Rory Kinnear on the Unnerving Provocation of Men, Gender Dynamics, and Fables

Michelangelo Frammartino on Il Buco, the Melancholy of Cave Exploration, and Italian Cinema

Eskil Vogt on The Innocents, Childhood Morality, and Joachim Trier’s Advice

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Classic – The Secret of NIMH

The B-Side – Almost Famous: Taylor Kitsch (with Valerie Ettenhofer)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 472 – On the Count of the Three (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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Three Thousand Years of Longing Trailer: George Miller Returns with Fantasy Tale Starring Tilda Swinton & Idris Elba

Cannes Review: Armageddon Time is a Triumphant Tragedy from James Gray

New to Streaming: Deception, RRR, Dual, Hold Your Fire and More

The B-Side – Almost Famous: Taylor Kitsch (with Valerie Ettenhofer)

U.S. Trailer for Christos Nikou’s Apples Imagines a World Losing Its Memory

Young Love Blossoms in Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Leonie Krippendorff’s Cocoon

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Includes Terence Davies, Ulrike Ottinger, Round Midnight & More

Cannes Review: Tchaikovsky’s Wife is a Hypnotizing Portrait of a Tumultuous Marriage

Mondocane Review: Post-Apocalyptic Italian Tale Takes an Uninspired Route

NYC Weekend Watch: David Cronenberg, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, The Heroic Trio & More