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NYC Weekend Watch: Velvet Goldmine, Bound, Citizen Kane & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaFellow Roxy programmer Charli XCX presents Project X, To Die For, and Velvet Gol...

A Sacrifice Review: Eric Bana and Sadie Sink Lead an Effective Psychological Thriller

"We're all so fucked, right." So says Mazzy (Sadie Sink), a young woman visiting her father Ben (Eric Bana). This observation matches the dreadful tone of the ...

Exclusive Trailer for the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival Delivers Electrifying Thrills

Now in its 23rd edition, the New York Asian Film Festival has been delivering high-octane thrills, riveting drama, hilarious comedies, and beyond from across A...

New to Streaming: The Boy and the Heron, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, In a Violent Nature, AGGRO DR1FT & 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...

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint Review: A Charming, Intelligent Exploration of Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Contrasts

Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s charming, intelligent Chronicles of a Wandering Saint is a natural follow-up to the two short films for which he is known: Soy Buenos Ai...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Daniel Waters on Hudson Hawk & More

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

Harmony Korine Resurrects The Trap as Anime Feature and Sets Up Motion-Capture Comedy

Harmony Korine scholars no doubt mourn The Trap, a revenge thriller he once called his "most ambitious project" and which would've starred Benicio Del Toro, Ro...

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on The Devil’s Bath, Unhomely Houses, Depression, and Empathy

It’s rare for a festival like the Berlinale to allow a genre film in its main competition, and this year it was Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s third featur...

U.S. Trailer for Close Your Eyes Brings Víctor Erice’s Triumphant Return Stateside

Despite being seen exclusively on the festival circuit, Víctor Erice's first feature in 30 years, Close Your Eyes, ended up at #20 on our best-of-2023 list. On...

My Old Ass Trailer: Aubrey Plaza Gives Advice to a Younger Version of Herself in Sundance Comedy

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Megan Park's coming-of-age comedy My Old Ass has a bit of a light sci-fi twist. On her 18th birthda...

News

Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2024 Includes Misericordia, Evil Does Not Exist, and Trap

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

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

Thessaloniki Review: Holy Electricity is a Directorial Debut That Finds Substance in Unusual Places

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

Features

New to Streaming: Here, Conclave, Eureka, Memoir of a Snail, Beatles ’64 & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: Blitz, The Piano Lesson, Flipside, We Live in Time, Alien: Romulus & More

Interviews

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Director Mohammad Rasoulof on Filming in Secret and the Repression of the Iranian Republic

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

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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