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Tribeca Review: Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play. is a Documentary Self-Portrait of Various Works in Progress

Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play. is in fact a documentary self-portrait, at times providing a behind-the-scenes look at the workshopping of H...

NYC Weekend Watch: Catherine Breillat, Powell and Pressburger, Charli XCX & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA Catherine Breillat retrospective begins, featuring many restoration...

New to Streaming: The Beast, Handling the Undead, Bill Morrison, Aftersun, I Used to Be Funny & 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...

First Look at John Woo’s Reimagining of The Killer, Arriving This August

Here's a nice summer surprise: a new action thriller directed by John Woo is arriving this August. Following up last year's Silent Night, Woo has directed a re...

Chestnut Review: Natalia Dyer Leads a Redundant Romantic Drama with Little Feeling

Jac Cron’s Chestnut is undoubtedly more instructive than it is enjoyable. Instructive because it brings to the fore many of the dominant features of Gen Z gloo...

The Front Room Trailer: Max and Sam Eggers Make Their Debut with A24 Horror Feature

While you'll have to go see Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders this weekend to get a look at the first trailer for Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, another horror feature f...

Richard Linklater to Direct Blue Moon with Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott

When, just last month, I talked to Richard Linklater about this prolific moment in his career, I had zero notion he'd been well into preparing a new-new film––...

Werner Herzog Faces Vile Nature In 4K Trailer for Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams

As much a standard-bearer for behind-the-scenes docs as Hearts of Darkness––maybe there's something about watching famed auteurs lose their grip in the jungle–...

Tribeca Review: Jazzy is a Whimsical Expansion of The Unknown Country Universe

Expanding the cinematic universe of her first feature The Unknown Country, Morrisa Maltz’s Jazzy is a beautifully crafted portrait of childhood in South Dakota...

Kieran Culkin is A Real Pain in First Trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s Second Directorial Effort

One of the most acclaimed films coming out of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was A Real Pain, the second feature directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Fea...

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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