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Angela Schanelec on Music, Soundscapes, and the Eternal Relevance of Myths

Angela Schanelec’s cinema is one of details. It has not always been that way, though, or at least not so apparently; her early films, formally rigorous, with s...

Hugh Grant Torments Mormons in First Trailer for Heretic

After breaking out with A Quiet Place, in which they created the story and scripted, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods had far less success with their dinosaur thrill...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 540 – Hit Man (with Brendan Hodges)

Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Brendan Hodges to discuss Richard Linklater's Hit Man. Enter our gi...

Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren Reign In Trailer for Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

The first thing you learn about Tinto Brass' Caligula is that it's shocking, disgusting, immoral. If you learn anything else it's the specific description of t...

Julianne Nicholson on Janet Planet and Implicitly Trusting Annie Baker

It’s of course essential that the actor-auteur relationship has some bedrock of trust, and the last descriptor one could apply to Julianne Nicholson is “amateu...

MUBI’s July 2024 Lineup Features Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Paul Schrader, Kit Zauhar, Richard Linklater & More

MUBI has unveiled next month’s streaming lineup, including Kiyoshi Kurosawa's five-part series Penance, Kit Zauhar's new release This Closeness along with her ...

Luca Guadagnino Says Queer is a Tribute to Powell & Pressburger, Will Feature “Scandalous” Sex Scenes

We were just remarking a few weeks ago how it's the summer of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, with the largest-ever U.S. retrospective of the British ma...

Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane Form Strange Bond In Trailer for Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples

Nathan Silver's Between the Temples is among the most formally adventurous films ever made about a late-in-life Bat Mitzvah––scripted with more narrative and s...

First Trailer for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Invites You to Succumb to the Darkness

The best Christmas present of the year, after his biggest project yet with The Northman, Robert Eggers jumped quickly into his long-developing passion pro...

Exclusive Trailer for Dusty & Stones Follows a Swazi Country Music Duo’s Trip Through America

Jesse Rudoy's acclaimed documentary Dusty & Stones follows a continent-crossing journey story told through country music. The documentary, picked up by Fir...

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

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

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom Introduces Acclaimed Rom-Com Psychodrama

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

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

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

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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