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Minding the Gap, Luis Buñuel Box Set & More Coming to Criterion in January

The Criterion Collection will be heralding in 2021 with a mix of new and old. First up, Bing Liu's stellar documentary Minding the Gap will be joining the coll...

New to Streaming: Time, Martin Eden, World of Tomorrow Episode Three, Kajillionaire & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

CIFF Dispatch: Belushi, Finding Yingying, Farewell Amor, and Undine

While my first day of the 56th Chicago International Film Festival brought four scripted movies, day two had a bit more variety on that front. Yes, Thursday th...

The Devil Has a Name Review: The Fight Against Big Oil Becomes Pulpy Entertainment

Big Oil has been wrecking the environment for decades with spills, fires, and wastewater ponds amongst other atrocities to Mother Nature that place their botto...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Goodfellas, Kelly Reichardt, Oliver Stone, Cannon Films, and More

It has been a few months since our last rundown of new books exploring the world of cinema (and a little beyond), and the pile is growing with noteworthy texts...

Kazuo Ishiguro Has Scripted a Remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru With Bill Nighy Set to Star

Akira Kurosawa's 1952 classic Ikiru––which we recently highlighted in our feature exploring the best films about mortality––is getting an English-language adap...

The B-Side – George Clooney

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the...

CIFF Dispatch: Becoming Mona, Careless Crime, The Columnist, and Days

With each October comes the Chicago International Film Festival, but with 2020 also comes a pandemic. Yes, CIFF is rightfully falling in the same school as sev...

Animals Trailer: Alia Shawkat & Holliday Grainger Make an Uproarious Pair

After premiering at Sundance Film Festival back in 2019, and shown in various other film festivals around the world, Sophie Hyde’s debut feature Animals has fi...

U.S. Trailer for Romania’s Oscar Entry Collective Investigates a Cover-Up

One of the most acclaimed films of the year, Alexander Nanau’s verité documentary Collective was recently named Romania's contender for Best International Film...

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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