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Cannes Review: Carla Simón’s Romería is a Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Continuing in the low-key register of her Golden Bear winner Alcarràs, Carla Simón returns with Romería, another tale of intergenerational dissonance. A film a...

Cannes Review: Alpha is a Half-Baked Misstep for Julia Ducournau

Julia Ducournau has turned 180 degrees since Titane, the gritty and bizarre thriller that Spike Lee's Cannes jury awarded the Palme d'Or in 2021. There's no do...

Caught Stealing Trailer: Austin Butler Navigates ’90s NYC in Darren Aronofsky’s Crime Drama

Attempting to bounce back after his career nadir of The Whale, Darren Aronofsky has all the right ingredients for a much-needed energy boost. Led by Austin But...

Cannes Review: Peak Everything is a Romantic Dramedy That Finds Levity in the Anxieties of Societal Ills

While there’s the oft-repeated observation that every generation thinks they are living through the end of the world, the maelstrom of anxieties (both quotidia...

MUBI’s June 2025 Lineup Includes Twin Peaks, Việt and Nam, Gregg Araki & More

MUBI's June 2025 selections have arrived, featuring the previously announced mammoth drop of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks: Season 1 & 2 and Twin...

Cannes Review: Eagles of the Republic is a Playful Comedy-Thriller About an Egyptian Movie Star

George Fahmy (Fares Fares) is an A-list movie star of the highest order, something Eagles of the Republic establishes at the jump. We open on him with a beauti...

4K Restoration Trailer for Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse Explores the Tumultuous Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s War Epic

It was just a week ago that we got news that Mike Figgis' documentary Megadoc, exploring the making of Francis Ford Coppola's decades-in-the-works passion proj...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

“Embrace the Fluke”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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