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Posterized March 2023: The Five Devils, Enys Men, Inside & More

Looks like summer is starting early again with franchises galore this March. Studios are trying to hit the ground running as Oscar season finally comes...

New to Streaming: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Michelle Yeoh, Isabelle Huppert, Magic Mike’s Last Dance & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Yorgo Lanthimos’ AND Revealed to Have Unique Narrative Conceit

In 2023, Wes Anderson and (probably) Hong Sangsoo aren't the only directors with a pair of films likely coming out in the same year. Yorgos Lanthimos, who hasn...

Berlinale Review: Bas Devos’ Near-Perfect Here Might Be the Year’s Most Benevolent Film

For anyone keeping tabs on Bas Devos' career, it's notable that the drama of his latest film Here is set in motion by something as benign as a pot of soup. A c...

Berlinale Review: Jesse Eisenberg-Led Incel Cult Film Manodrome Offers Triggers and Taboos

In Manodrome, cinema's enduring love for frustrated male loners is brought, kicking and screaming, into the cold light of the present day. Set in an unnamed, c...

The Forger Review: A Tonally-Wrought WWII Tale Pitting Optimism Against Evil

There is a casual vibe to The Forger, written and directed by Maggie Peren, that reflects its hero's stubborn optimism in the face of very real danger. This in...

How to Blow Up a Pipeline Trailer: Daniel Goldhaber’s Tense TIFF Hit Arrives in April

If you saw Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool well over a month ago in theaters, you were greeted with the first trailer for Daniel Goldhaber's tense TIFF hit ...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future Takes a Magical Journey Through Chile

One of the most striking directorial debuts to come out Sundance Film Festival last year, Francisca Alegría's gorgeously haunting The Cow Who Sang a Song Into ...

15 Films to See in March

While at least half of the month's film-related discussion will, unfortunately, be consumed by the endless Oscar race chatter, we're here to cut through the no...

Berlinale Review: Under the Sky of Damascus Examines Female Solidarity in the Aftermath of War

Purchasing and shooting on celluloid film, especially in this age of closing processing labs, is expensive for large and smaller productions alike: the documen...

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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