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Palm Trees and Power Lines Trailer: Jamie Dack’s Acclaimed Four-Time Indie Spirit Award Nominee Arrives in March

While this year's Sundance Film Festival recently concluded, one of the most acclaimed films out of last year's edition will now be arriving in just under a mo...

Sundance Review: The Eight Mountains is a Frustrating Portrait of Masculinity Captured with Great Beauty

There must have been something in the air at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where two of the top prizes went to Belgian films about the impossible standards se...

Posterized February 2023: Consecration, Sharper, Jethica & More

2023 is in full swing with chaos (Cocaine Bear opens February 24) and sequels (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens February 17; Magic Mike's Last D...

Sundance Review: Talk To Me is a Chilling, Franchise-Building Supernatural Thriller

Featuring a great premise from which to build a franchise, YouTube creators Danny and Michael Philippou's directorial debut Talk To Me is a refreshing retread,...

NYC Weekend Watch: Seijun Suzuki, Sara Driver, Claudia Cardinale & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA series celebrating Seijun Suzuki's centennial begins with imported 35mm prin...

New to Streaming: Babylon, Skinamarink, Black History Month, Douglas Sirk & 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...

Brandon Cronenberg on Infinity Pool, Dream Logic, and NC-17 vs. R-Rated Cuts

Brandon Cronenberg shows no fear returning to images and themes popularized by his father David. Even the literary influences apparent in his work––Phillip K. ...

12 Films to See in February

With the Sundance Film Festival now wrapped up, offering our first glimpse at the 2023 cinematic offerings, eyes are now on Berlinale, which kicks off later th...

First Look at Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses

Update: Image removed at the request of the producers. While it's been five long years since the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, we did get a recent re-...

Trailer for Fabrice du Welz’s Remastered Debut Calvaire Features the Return of a New French Extremity Staple

Although hailing from Belgium, Fabrice du Welz's debut Calvaire has been considered a staple of New French Extremity, as coined by James Quandt around the turn...

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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