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The First Slam Dunk Review: Japan’s Megahit Breaks New Ground for the Sports Movie

One of the most popular manga series of all time––one which ran in the same pages as Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure––has never ac...

Cinema Guild Will Release Pedro Costa’s The Daughters of Fire and Hong Sangsoo’s In Water on a Double Bill

Ask any short-film director and they'll tell you the same thing: finding distribution for short films absolutely sucks. Ask any distributor and they'll tell yo...

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Will Debut His Second New Film of 2023, Gift, with a Live Score from Eiko Ishibashi This October

This year's Venice offers the most heavy-duty fest lineup since, mmm, who can count that far, as if half the world's big-ticket auteurs would rather take a gon...

Exclusive Trailer for Christian Slater: Outsider Brings the Actor’s Cult Hits to Metrograph on 35mm

In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s there was one young actor who personified the burgeoning ennui of Generation X but, you know, made it look cool: Christian Slat...

Watch George Lucas’ Documentary on the Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rain People

Before we present the New York premiere of a new 4K restoration of Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People this weekend at NYC's Roxy Cinema, it seemed germane ...

Fantasia Review: Booger Charts a Self-Destructive Journey to Find a Missing Cat

Unable to come to terms with her best friend and roommate Izzy’s death, Anna (Grace Glowicki) does everything possible to avoid that which she cannot fix by fo...

Venice Film Festival 2023 Line-Up Unveiled

On the heels of yesterday's TIFF announcement, the first major fall festival of the season––Venice International Film Festival––is unveiling its lineup. Taking...

TIFF 2023 Unveils New Films from Bertrand Bonello, Richard Linklater, Alexander Payne & More

After unveiling a few titles, the Toronto International Film Festival has now dropped the initial 60 films taking part in their Galas and Special Presentations...

Sympathy for the Devil Review: Nicolas Cage Gets Satanic in Psychological Thriller

D (Joel Kinnaman) is never late. For anything. He couldn’t let someone down even if he tried. So there’s no reason to worry when he learns his wife has gone in...

Fantasia Review: Zach Clark’s The Becomers is a Comically Warped Satire

As the narrator (Sparks' Russell Mael) tells his story of star-crossed love many moons away, we watch as violence (awkwardly comical, violent all the same) is ...

News

MUBI’s May 2024 Lineup Features Radu Jude, Bertrand Bonello, Lee Chang-dong & More

David Lynch Debuts New Remix — Listen

Eliza Hittman Sets Fourth Feature with MOTHERLOVE

Trailers

New Trailer for 4K Restoration of Time of the Heathen Captures a World After the Atomic Bomb

Jia Zhangke and Bi Gan Voice a Coming-of-Age Tale In Exclusive Trailer Debut for Liu Jian’s Art College 1994

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Covers Classic Terrain In First Trailer for Serpent’s Path

Reviews

Challengers Review: Non-Stop Lurid Entertainment Rides the Charisma of Its Stars

Omen Review: An Assured Debut That Never Falters in Ambition or Surprise

The People’s Joker Review: Superhero-Skewering Satire is Miraculous in Multiple Ways

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Love Streams, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Ozu & More

New to Streaming: Dune: Part Two, Hundreds of Beavers, Problemista, Immaculate & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Frederick Elmes on John Cassavetes’ Infectious Confidence, Imitating Sven Nykvist, and Ang Lee’s Hulk

Becoming the Beast: George MacKay on Fighting for Bertrand Bonello’s Film, Learning French, and Modern Incel Culture

“I’m Not an Actor”: Léa Seydoux on Her Creative Self and False Public Perception

Podcasts

The B-Side – Robert Redford (with Blake Howard)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 534 – Monkey Man (with Jenny Nulf)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Larry Fessenden

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