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New Image from Bi Gan’s Sci-Fi Detective Feature Resurrection

With his astounding debut Kaili Blues (2015) and the equally impressive 3D odyssey Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018), Chinese director Bi Gan emerged as one...

New to Streaming: Rebel Ridge, My First Film, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Dìdi (弟弟) & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: L.C. Barreto Productions, Andy Warhol, Another Woman & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterAn essential retrospective of Brazil's L.C. Barreto Productions begin...

Venice Review: Lee Kang-sheng Imbues Stranger Eyes with Mystery and Disquiet

I always find it difficult to write about performances. Whenever I try I feel like I’m merely describing an actor’s work––how they talk, how they move––and the...

Jeremy Saulnier on Rebel Ridge, the Power of Information Deprivation, and Staying Energized Through Production Delays

The road for Jeremy Saulnier to realize his fifth feature was one of stops and starts, culminating in a process of nearly five years from the original casting ...

12 Films to See in September

If you've already dived into our massive fall movie preview, then you have a strong sense of what to have on your radar over the next four months. Now let's ex...

Nickel Boys Trailer: RaMell Ross’ Stunning, Radical Colson Whitehead Adaptation Arrives in October

After crafting one of the most remarkable documentaries of the last few years with the Apichatpong Weerasethakul-backed, Sundance-winning, Oscar-nominated ...

New Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Arrives Ahead of IMAX Preview

The excitement of Megalopolis' theatrical trailer was first buoyed by a stance against critical myopia that was then undermined by said myopia being fake. With...

Locarno Review: Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez’s Invention Holds a Seductive Power

Grieving comes in many guises. In Courtney Stephens' Invention, speculative fiction blends with personal history to explore the ways we process death. The subj...

Knit’s Island Review: A Mesmerizing Journey Into MMORPG Lives

Early last year, a theory started doing the rounds: if comic-book movies have lost their sheen, might video-game adaptations take their place? Two of the bigge...

News

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

First Images From Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet Remake Starring Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & More

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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