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TIFF Review: Conclave is an Engaging Political Thriller Undone by Ridiculous Third Act Twists

The twisty political thriller Conclave wastes little time getting right into it: the Pope is dead, and after a three-week time jump, the world’s most powerful ...

TIFF Review: Relay Sets Riz Ahmed in a Kinetic Thriller

You always hear about whistleblowers––those who smuggle documentation for the benefit of the public out of corporations trying to make or save a buck at the ex...

TIFF Review: Heretic is a Chamber Piece of Subversions Exploring the Concept of God

Missionary work has always fascinated me. Not when it’s performed abroad as a means of indoctrinating people who might otherwise be unaware. I mean here, in Am...

Venice Review: Asif Kapadia’s 2073 Is a Mishandled, Dimwitted Look at the Foreboding Future

Asif Kapadia––the biographical documentary wiz behind contemporary classics like Senna and Amy––opens his semi-fictional film 2073 in a flurry of doc footage. ...

U.S. Trailer for Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-Winning Dahomey Gives Voice to Art

Arguably the most surprising Golden Bear winner in ages was Mati Diop's Dahomey, a documentary-of-sorts concerning royal treasures taken from the century-gone ...

Sebastian Stan is Donald Trump in the First Trailer for The Apprentice

After some behind-the-scenes battles, Ali Abbasi's Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice will indeed see the light of day before this year's election. Premiering ...

Cinephile Game Night Returns to 62nd New York Film Festival

With the 62nd New York Film Festival just a few weeks away, one of my favorite moments between the movies is connecting with the dedicated, passionate, cinema-...

TIFF Review: Barry Keoghan Can’t Save the Thoroughly Unpleasant Bring Them Down

Christopher Andrews’ Bring Them Down is an endurance test with no payoff. Opening with a jarring car crash on a windy road in rural Ireland, the film soon adds...

TIFF Review: The Return Marks a Languid Reunion for Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche

The true pits of '90s nostalgia are maybe here, as we’re in the year 2024 arriving at an attempt to hype an English Patient reunion. Yes, that’ll be music to t...

Venice Review: Neo Sora’s Happyend Poignantly Explores our Responses to an Impending Future

“Something big is about to change,” is surely one ominous beginning for a debut fiction feature, but director Neo Sora knows how to calibrate the fine balance ...

News

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

No Other Land Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award

Trailers

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

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom Introduces Acclaimed Rom-Com Psychodrama

First Trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope Offers Up Romance in Naples

Reviews

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

Wicked: Part I Review: Wizard of Oz Prequel Is Stale as Blockbusters Can Be

Features

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

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

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

Podcasts

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

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

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

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