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Martin Scorsese’s First Film of 2023, Personality Crisis: One Night Only, Gets Trailer Ahead of April Release

It was just this week when the trailer for the new 4K restoration of Raging Bull dropped that we were wondering when Showtime would finally date Martin Scorses...

Louis Garrel on The Innocent, Making the Audience Happy, and How to Be a Good Cinephile

That English-language cinema has no parallel for the Garrel family is equal testament to their legacy and our shallow, piddling culture. While Philippe Garrel'...

Cauleen Smith on Restoring Drylongso, the Mundanity of Violence and Scotch Tape Filmmaking

In Drylongso, Pica (Toby Smith) coughs her way through each day. She goes to photography class at the local college, works nights putting up posters for variou...

Berlinale Review: Hong Sangsoo Further Distills His Cinema with the Radically Focused In Water

As years pass by and films rack up, it's only natural to associate directors with certain things. And none more so than Hong Sangsoo, for whom a new release us...

Exclusive Trailer for Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh Embarks on a Transporting Seaside Voyage

One of the most exciting directorial debuts of recent years is Helena Wittmann's 2017 feature Drift, a formally audacious aquatic journey. The German filmmaker...

A24 to Restore Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense in 4K for Worldwide Theatrical Release

While David Byrne didn't nab his second Oscar due to the powerhouse that was RRR, one imagines he's in good spirits being part of a film that swept the ceremon...

Boston Strangler Review: Keira Knightley Shines in Workmanlike Procedural

In the early 1960s, 13 women were murdered around the Boston area. Most were strangled with their own nylon stockings, leading the press to dub the murderer th...

First Trailer for Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry Restages the Birth of the First Smartphone

In the hands of anyone else, a movie about the birth of a technological innovation that reshaped culture may seem like a simple knockoff of The Social Network ...

The Innocent Review: Louis Garrel Crafts a Charming Rom-Com Caper

Eternally the rebellious loverboy of the Sarkozy era, Louis Garrel, now at 40, is seemingly easing into an elder statesman role. No longer too brooding a prese...

SXSW Review: Down Low is a Forced and Mismatched Gay Sex Comedy

Down Low desperately wants to be funny and push boundaries. You can see it straining from the very beginning, when Cameron (Lukas Gage), a gay and Gen-Z masseu...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Laceno D’Oro Review: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari Entrancingly Explores the Histories of Science, Cinema, and War

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

Features

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2024

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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