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René Laloux’s The Time Masters Receives 4K Restoration In New Trailer

In the realm of "adult animation" there are few peers for René Laloux, whose reputation could rest almost entirely on Fantastic Planet. Making notable the 4K r...

Josh Safdie Will Direct Timothée Chalamet in Ping Pong Biopic Marty Supreme

Parting from the brother with whom you could make literally any film either wishes, only to both end up directing sports biopics for A24––a tale as old as time...

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Includes Val Lewton and Harmony Korine on 4K

Likely that Gummo's most often been seen on a DVD passed among friends like cinematic contraband. Though I doubt that legacy will ever quite die (maybe now it'...

Anora Trailer: Mikey Madison is a Revelation in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or Winner

In one of the most pleasant surprises of the year, Sean Baker picked up the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his latest feature Anora, marking the fi...

Touch Review: A Lovely Romantic Drama About Finding One’s Past in the Present

Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur is a rare sort these days. Here is a director who has built a successful, decades-long career making solid, genre-heavy p...

New to Streaming: The Bikeriders, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wildcat & 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...

The B-Side – Chris Pine

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

U.S. Trailer for Soi Cheang’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Brings the Action

While Furiosa may have made more headlines coming out Cannes Film Festival this year, another actioner at the festival also had our attention. Soi Cheang's Twi...

A Director Spends a Year with the Taliban in First Trailer for Hollywoodgate

One of our favorite films coming out of Venice Film Festival last fall is finally getting a release this month. Director Ibrahim Nash'at spent a year closely e...

NYC Weekend Watch: Zoë Lund, Trans Film, Colonel Blimp & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film ArchivesA Zoë Lund retrospective includes films by Abel Ferrara and Larry Co...

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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