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Cannes Review: The Shrouds is a Low-Key Chiller from David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg's films have often imagined a future where technology would find a way into our collective id. 55 years into the director's incomparable caree...

Cannes Review: The Apprentice is a Deep-Dive Diss of Donald Trump and the American Soul

For a biopic about Donald Trump, The Apprentice is surprisingly concerned with other things. The film has exactly what you might expect and somehow a curiosity...

Cannes Review: Renate Reinsve Proves Brilliant in Halfdan Ullmann Tønde’s Debut Armand

How is a child’s life different from that of adults today? What is it like growing up around stimuli, in a world that is always-online, and with varying degree...

A Vittorio De Sica Masterwork is Restored in New Trailer for Shoeshine

While certainly best-known for Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio De Sica's vast, varied body of work is worth diving into. This June, those in NYC can experience quite...

A Mystery Unfolds In First Trailer for Alain Guiraudie’s Cannes Premiere Misericordia

The Cannes crush can be so unforgiving. This year's case in point: Misericordia has premiered to relatively little notice despite being the latest by the great...

MUBI’s June 2024 Lineup Features Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Abbas Kiarostami, Hirokazu Kore-eda & More

MUBI has unveiled next month’s streaming lineup, featuring recent releases such as Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster, Tynan DeLong's Dad & Step-Dad, and Rachel L...

Cannes Review: Limonov. The Ballad Finds Ben Whishaw Leading a Boisterous Biopic

At a wake for the murder of Russian journalist and activist Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead in 2006 in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow, French writ...

First Look at Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt

Do you smell what The Rock is cooking? For the last decade-plus (at least post-Pain & Gain), Dwayne Johnson has been serving up four-quadrant blockbuster s...

Jeff Nichols Will Adapt Cormac McCarthy’s The Passenger and Stella Maris

When news broke last year of John Hillcoat adapting Blood Meridian, I had expressed some hope for similar treatment bestowed upon Cormac McCarthy's final novel...

Cannes Review: Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao Speed Through 20 Years in Caught by the Tides

Jia Zhangke's is often a cinema of déjà vu: "We’re again in the northern Chinese city of Datong," Giovanni Marchini Camia wrote for Sight and Sound back in 201...

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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