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The 2024 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Here are the Best Live Action Short nom...

The 2024 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Here are the Best Animated Short nomine...

The 2024 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Here are the Best Documentary Short nom...

Deborah Stratman on Capturing 4.5 Million Years of Planetary History in Last Things

“One molecule could say yes to another molecule and life was born" –– talking with Deborah Stratman about Last Things (2023) Deborah Stratman on Robi...

Exclusive Trailer for Berlinale Premiere The Secret Drawer Uncovers Italian Family History

World-premiering in this year’s Forum program at Berlinale, The Secret Drawer (Il cassetto segreto) finds director Costanza Quatriglio returning to her childho...

First Look at Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Following 2018's Peterloo, Mike Leigh has openly discussed how difficult it was to finance his next feature. Thankfully, he recently amassed the resources and ...

U.S. Trailer for Zhang Lu’s Acclaimed Drama The Shadowless Tower, Opening This March

One of the most acclaimed films on the festival circuit last year, premiering at Berlinale and stopping by Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and New York film fest...

Caleb Landry Jones Debuts New Music Video Ahead of Fourth LP Hey Gary, Hey Dawn

Caleb Landry Jones hasn't been quite so present onscreen since the heyday-of-sorts that was Get Out, Twin Peaks, Three Billboards, and The Florida Project in o...

Sasquatch Sunset Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough Raise a Bigfoot Family

While this summer's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will certainly tout its lifelike visual effects, if you are looking for a realistic depiction of creature...

Léa Seydoux and George MacKay Find Amour Fou In U.S. Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast

Probably you've noticed our enthusiasm over Bertrand Bonello's The Beast, a major evolution in genre and ambition for one of the world's greatest filmmakers. T...

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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