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Cannes Review: Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is an Overstimulating, Impressive Thrill

Coralie Fargeat made a splash with her debut Revenge. But she was only standing in a puddle, endearing niche corners of the global cinephile community to her c...

“Films Can’t Fix Lives”: Arnaud Desplechin on Filmlovers!, The Fabelmans, and Jean-Luc Godard

When it was announced Arnaud Desplechin's next feature Spectateurs! (titled the less-appealing Filmlovers! in English) would be a) a docu-fiction hybrid; b) ab...

Cannes Review: Universal Language is a Beguiling, Surrealist Ode to Persian Cinema

In Universal Language, a man makes a journey to his childhood home and meets the family now living there––these are at least the broad strokes. The director is...

Cannes Review: The Surfer Knows Exactly What to Do with Nicolas Cage

In The Surfer, an exploitation film set to pressure-cook, a mild-mannered man is pitted against a group who even Andrew Tate might find a touch extreme. It's s...

Cannes Review: Sean Baker’s Anora is a Devastating, Gut-Busting Beauty

Up to this point, Mikey Madison––the fearless, explosive 27-year-old lead of Sean Baker’s Anora––is best-known for her chilling turn as the deranged killer in ...

An Anime Landmark Returns In Trailer for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence‘s 4K Restoration

It's opportune timing for a 4K restoration of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, the only anime feature to debut in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The ...

First Footage From Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me Reflects on a Visionary Career

Aside from Jean-Luc Godard's last film, one of the shortest premieres at the Cannes Film Festival that was among our most-anticipated is Leos Carax's 40-minute...

Cannes Review: The Hyperboreans is Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s Warning Against Political Amnesia

“We humans are capable of greatness,” reads the first line in Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s The Hyperboreans as the narrator’s voice beams from an old TV...

The Film Stage Show Classic – Field of Dreams (with Noah Gittell)

Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr discuss Field of Dreams (now streaming on Prime Video) in a special Classic episode ...

Cannes Review: To a Land Unknown Tells a Bitter Poem of Palestinian Exile

The tragic predicament of the Palestinians and what they’re now being subjected to begs to be analyzed and dissected, with various areas of dubious historical ...

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

NYC Weekend Watch: The Wages of Fear, Carrie & More

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“It’s All Marketing”: Ed Lachman on HDR, Maria, and Lifetime Achievement Awards

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

Gaucho Gaucho Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw on Mythology, Compositions, and Community

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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