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NYFF62 Adds New Restorations of Films by Robert Bresson, Chantal Akerman, Ousmane Sembène, Clive Barker & More

Following their intial announcements, the 62nd New York Film Festival has now unveiled its final film section: Revivals, featuring significant works from renow...

Locarno Review: By the Stream Sees Hong Sangsoo Excelling in a More Narrative-Driven Mode

The death of the author is the birth of the reader, as we know from post-structuralist thought; then again, there are Hong Sangsoo’s public remarks. A charming...

Blink Twice Review: Zoë Kravitz’s Derivative Debut Can’t Escape the Shadow of its Influences

Over a close-up of a turtle, ominous sound design builds at such a deep frequency that the walls of a press-screening room in Beverly Hills began rattling. Onc...

Exclusive Trailer for Holding Back the Tide Imagines the Oyster as a Queer Icon

A world premiere at DOC NYC and selection at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival and many more festivals, Emily Packer's Holding Back the Tide take...

New Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Finds Adam Driver Dreaming of a Better Future

At long last, we are only about a month away from the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, set to arrive in North America from Lionsgate Studios...

Locarno Review: The Sparrow in the Chimney is an Artistic Catharsis for the Zürchers

There’s something electrifying about watching a filmmaker break free from well-worn formulas and push themselves into new, uncharted territory. The Sparrow in ...

Amnesiascope Presents Slow Machine on Wednesday, August 28

After sold-out showings of Godard and Rohmer (plus, well, Rohmer) my screening series Amnesiascope closes out this summer with a personal 2020s favorite that s...

First Trailer for Kyle Mooney’s Y2K Finds Chaos at the New Millennium

After making his feature writing debut with Brigsby Bear, Kyle Mooney has now made his directorial debut with Y2K, a disaster comedy which brings together Rach...

First Teaser for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton

We're now just a short time away from the world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language feature at Venice Film Festival. The Room Next Door, starr...

The Stranger and the Fog Restoration Trailer Brings Lost Iranian Classic to Light

Emerging from a long haze, Bahrām Beyzaie’s The Stranger and the Fog caught the right people's eye when it appeared at last year's New York Film Festival ...

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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