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The Criterion Collection Announce April Lineup: Steve McQueen’s Small Axe and Three 4K Releases

Criterion begin this year (or just go into their fourth month) with a bang. Three 4K releases will mark April: The Seventh Seal (what black levels your OLED wi...

Paul Thomas Anderson Says His Favorite Film of 2022 is Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives

Arriving in the middle of a busy summer slate and on the heels of an extensive documentary that covered the story, Ron Howard's narrative depiction of the Tham...

Our 20 Most-Anticipated Films Premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

Returning to an in-person edition, along with the continuation of virtual offerings, the Sundance Film Festival kicks off this Thursday and lasts through Janua...

House Party Review: Funny But Predictable Revival Plays into the Established Formula

A formula as old as the movies itself, the House Party concept is essentially a blank slate revolving around the climatic, titular event where the stakes of fr...

Ari Aster Plans New Film with Emma Stone and Christopher Abbott Attached

After the back-to-back releases of Hereditary and Midsommar in 2018 and 2019, respectively, it's been a four-year wait for the next film from Ari Aster. While ...

Liam Neeson is Philip Marlowe in First Trailer for Neil Jordan’s William Monahan-Scripted Noir Thriller

After being portrayed by the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Elliott Gould, James Garner, and Robert Montgomery, the Raymond Chandler creation Philip...

Shin Ultraman Review: A Propulsive, Philosophical Superhero Extravaganza

Four decades ago—before he worked with Hayao Miyazaki, before the young artists’ collective he co-founded changed their name from “Daicon Films” to “Studio Gai...

Plane Review: Gerard Butler Pilots a Refreshingly Regressive Potboiler

Nowadays it’s rare to see a multiplex movie with so little affect. And arriving in the second week of January as one of the few dumping-ground action programme...

Skinamarink Director Kyle Edward Ball on Finding Terror in the Experimental and YouTube’s Avant-Garde Revolution

For five years, Canadian filmmaker Kyle Edward Ball’s YouTube channel “Bite-Sized Nightmares” has been showcasing shorts full of fuzzy video, distorted sound, ...

New to Streaming: Maya, 2nd Chance, Sick, Devotion & 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...

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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