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Sundance Review: Gaucho Gaucho is a Stunningly Beautiful Chronicle of Community

Following the success of The Truffle Hunters, which showed all it takes to make a subject interesting is to approach it with curiosity and openness to wonder, ...

Sundance Review: Seeking Mavis Beacon Searches for a Black Tech Icon and a Narrative

In her debut feature, Jazmin Jones and collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross are looking for answers. They turn to the divine, the public, and, of course, the Inter...

Sundance Review: Igualada is a Powerful Portrait of Trailblazing Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez

My biggest fear as a child was that my mother would die. Yes, you might think––yours and everyone else's. My fear, however, stemmed from something that seemed ...

Sundance Review: Tendaberry is a Soulful Brooklyn-Set City Symphony

A soulful coming-of-age story with far more on its mind than the here and now, Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Tendaberry is an ambitious directorial debut mixing v...

Sundance Review: Ponyboi Mixes Crime and Camp in New Jersey

Life for Ponyboi (River Gallo) has been no walk in the park. "I was born a little different," he explains in regards to his being intersex (male-identifying/fe...

Sundance Review: Little Death is a Genre-Bending Addiction Drama That Packs a Poignant Punch

Maybe you’re vexed by the official description for Little Death, the debut feature from music-video director Jack Begert. Maybe you want to know more than, “A ...

Sundance Review: Veni Vidi Vici is a Pitch-Black Satire Skewering the Rich

One of my favorite categories of Reddit posts (don't judge) are those where people who have worked for or near the super-rich share stories that people "wouldn...

Sundance Review: Frida is a Well-Crafted But Too-Reverential Biographical Documentary

In late 2021 I went to Mexico City on my first international vacation in the era of COVID. The world had changed and everything felt both exciting and, given h...

Sundance Review: Black Box Diaries is an Autobiographical Investigation of Sexual Assault

In the middle of Black Box Diaries, journalist Shiori Ito's debut documentary, Ito grins at the camera as she strolls through downtown Tokyo on the day of her ...

Sundance Review: Skywalkers: A Love Story is a Nail-Biting, Surface-Level Look at Insane Pursuits

It may have nothing to do with the fantastical creations of George Lucas, but in terms of achieving blockbuster-sized thrills, Skywalkers: A Love Story succeed...

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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