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Slamdance Review: Onlookers Takes a Plodding Look at the Act of Spectating

As the title suggests, Kimi Takesue’s Onlookers concerns itself with the act of spectating. Filmed in Laos, the documentary takes a sparse approach to its subj...

Slamdance Review: New Religion is an Off-Kilter Slice of Cosmic Horror

It’s hard to watch Keishi Kondo’s New Religion and stop yourself from pointing out the influences all over it. There’s an abstract opening sequence that brings...

Sundance Review: Magazine Dreams Gives Jonathan Majors a Powerhouse Showcase in Repetitively Nihilistic Drama

How do you make people like you? How do you make people remember you? These are the Google search queries of Killian Maddox (Jonathan Majors), a bodybuilder wi...

Sundance Review: Fair Play is a Gripping, Gleefully Absurd Erotic Thriller That Goes Off the Rails

Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) are madly in love. Engendering sex at every possible opportunity, their passion is a burning one and, after ...

Sundance Review: Daisy Ridley Wants to Escape Life in Droll, Restrained Sometimes I Think About Dying

While she says her banal, nondescript, spreadsheet-crafting office job is the only thing she loves in life––besides cottage cheese––one wouldn’t guess it from ...

New to Streaming: Sundance 2023, Keane, Atom Eyogan Presents & 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...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 494 – Avatar: The Way of Water (with Dan Mecca)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Dan Mecca to discuss James Cam...

Sundance Review: Kim’s Video is the Definitive, Highly Entertaining Tale of the Tapes

A sweeping documentary by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin, Kim's Video follows the personal-inquiry, man-on-the-street format from their previous works Mardi Gra...

NYC Weekend Watch: Luis Buñuel, Snubs, Preston Sturges & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtAlways a highlight of the repertory year, To Save and Project ...

Jesse Eisenberg on the Anxiety of Fame, Learning From Richard Ayoade, and the Responsibility to Love Your Family

Jesse Eisenberg is exactly how you might expect. He’s anxious, speaking quickly with his hands, a slight tremble in his voice from a clear nervousness. In fact...

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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