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The Best Films from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has now concluded, with Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall taking home the top honors. While our coverage will cont...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 509 – Master Gardener (with Diana Drumm)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham are joined by Diana Drumm to discuss Paul Sc...

Falcon Lake Review: Charlotte Le Bon’s Directorial Debut Grounds First Love in Gothic Horror

Every cinematic cabin in the woods suggests a place out of time. If you believe the movies, they’re either a) a dread-inducing home to all manner of spirits an...

Shia LaBeouf Is Writing a Film About Auschwitz for Abel Ferrara

The headline would almost suffice. Would there be something expansive to report, word of––I'll repeat––Shia LaBeouf writing a film about Auschwitz for Abel Fer...

Michael Cera Returns Home in First Trailer for Dustin Guy Defa’s The Adults

After a fairly quiet last few years (at least since his iconic brief stint in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return), Michael Cera is back in the spotlight. Thi...

Cannes Review: Cobweb is a Dextrous but Overdrawn Meta-Filmmaking Exercise from Kim Jee-woon

With Cobweb, South Korean genre stalwart Kim Jee-woon falls back on that old piece of received wisdom: “movie people, ain’t they crazy?” When in self-satirizin...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Revisiting Lost Highway, Watching John Ford, and a Guide to Queer Cinema

Our latest roundup of new books related to the world of cinema is full of indelible imagery––the pale face of Lost Highway’s Mystery Man, John Ford’s craggy vi...

Cannes Review: Bertrand Mandico’s Conann Turns Barbarism into Pure Love

Following The Wild Boys and After Blue, Conann marks the third feature-length project from prolific shorts filmmaker Bertrand Mandico. Many are still not convi...

Martin Scorsese Is “About to Start Making” a New Film Concerning Jesus

Killers of the Flower Moon's corpse isn't even cold––can I continue torturing this metaphor? it's a holiday and I shouldn't even be working––but Martin Scorses...

Watch: Sofia Coppola Directs Keanu Reeves in 100th Anniversary Celebration of Suntory Whisky

While Sofia Coppola is in the editing room ahead of a fall release of her Priscilla Presley drama, she's found time to complete her first book and, as recently...

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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