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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...

Robert Towne Offers Major Update on David Fincher’s Chinatown Prequel Series

It's nearly five years since we learned David Fincher and Robert Towne would partner on a Chinatown series concerning the early days of Jack Nicholson's Jake G...

Watch: Sofia Coppola and Elle Fanning Reunite for Roku Gin Ad

Woe betide Sofia Coppola skeptics, but a 58-second liquor ad suggests nice paycheck before manicured artistic intent. Still it's nice seeing the director reuni...

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 Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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

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

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