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Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Trans Cinema, Moving Memoirs, A Major Year in Sci-Fi & More

Our latest review of new and recent books about (or connected to) cinema includes an extraordinary look at transness in film; memoirs from Griffin Dunne, Jon C...

62nd New York Film Festival Main Slate Features Mike Leigh, Julia Loktev, Sean Baker, David Cronenberg, Brady Corbet & More

The best-curated film festival of the year has unveiled its first complete section. The 62nd New York Film Festival has dropped its Main Slate lineup, featurin...

Girls Will Be Girls Trailer: Sundance Highlight Arrives This September

While Sundance Film Festival is perhaps most associated with the coming-of-age film, one of a different variety arrived at the festival this year. Girls Will B...

An Unheralded French New Wave Master Gets the Spotlight in Trailer for Jacques Rozier Retrospective

“I was lucky and so excited to discover Adieu Philippine earlier this year in France, because it is very little known and not available in the U.S. It’s my ne...

The Sparrow in the Chimney Trailer: The Zürchers Close Out Their Trilogy with Locarno Premiere

After two of the finest films of their respective years, The Strange Little Cat and The Girl and the Spider, Ramon and Silvan Zürcher are back this year to cl...

Saoirse Ronan is on the Road to Recovery in U.S. Trailer for The Outrun

After a relatively quiet last few years, Saoirse Ronan is returning in a major way this fall, leading two new features: first up, Nora Fingscheidt's Sundance h...

David Lynch Reveals He Can Only Direct Remotely; Martin Scorsese Plans Limited Series and Smaller Films

Update: David Lynch has shared an update below. Ladies and Gentlemen, Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. I have to say that I enjoyed ...

Fantasia Review: The Paragon is a Micro-Budget Fantasy Comedy with Low-Key Charm

For a film about saving the universe from cosmic evil, stakes couldn’t be lower in The Paragon. What begins as a man’s quest for revenge takes a hard left into...

Fantasia Review: Black Eyed Susan Confronts the Limitations of Humanity

As the world flattens with new technologies to reveal how tragedies we used to only hear about now and then are actually everyday occurrences, we become inured...

Stream David Lynch and Chrystabell’s New Album Cellophane Memories

David Lynch might never make another film (he could have; Netflix said no) or transcendental television project (he could have; Netflix said no) but the lead-u...

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

Sujo Trailer: Mexico’s Oscar Entry From Identifying Features Team Arrives Next Week

Jacques Demy’s Masterpiece The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Gets New Trailer for 4K Restoration

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

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

Gaucho Gaucho Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw on Mythology, Compositions, and Community

Rodrigo Prieto on His Directorial Debut, Martin Scorsese’s Snubs, and Taylor Swift’s Feature Debut

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

Podcasts

The B-Side – Ridley Scott (with Maria Lewis)

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

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

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