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Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Sundance Winner Slow Captures an Intimate Portrait of Asexuality

Winner of the directing award at last year's Sundance Film Festival, Marija Kavtaradze's second feature Slow is a unique, intimate relationship tale, following...

The Best Films That Didn’t Receive a Single Sight & Sound Vote

While it was fascinating to see the results of the 2022 Sight & Sound poll, we're just as curious to see what lies outside the established canon. As part o...

Mia Goth Has Killer Ambitions in First Trailer for Ti West’s MaXXXine

Like any summer movie slate, the lineup is chock full of sequels and franchise additions, but one of the few that may bring something a bit fresh is the final ...

Don Hertzfeldt and Ari Aster Collaborating on a “Big” Existential Horror Animation

After spending the majority of the 2010s working on hifs sublime sci-fi trilogy World of Tomorrow, animation genius Don Hertzfeldt hinted he desired to work on...

“I’m Not an Actor”: Léa Seydoux on Her Creative Self and False Public Perception

Léa Seydoux tells me "it may be nicer to have eye contact." Though I was informed our interview would be audio-only––no complaints; time with the most exciting...

Lee Chang-dong on the Power of Anger and Empathizing with Pain

This month, Metrograph is running “Novel Encounters: The Films of Lee Chang-dong,” a retrospective of the filmmaker’s career to date. The program includes four...

NYC Weekend Watch: Jonas Mekas, Hal Hartley, Lee Chang-dong & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film Archives"Essential Cinema" brings films by Mekas' Walden and Journey to Lith...

Posterized April 2024: Sasquatch Sunset, The People’s Joker, Terrestrial Verses & More

I can't say it was difficult finding nine posters to talk about this month––most new April releases were given the bad Photoshop treatment. Some, like ...

New to Streaming: Jean Eustache, The Zone of Interest, How to Have Sex, Snack Shack, Girls State & 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 B-Side – In Conversation with Larry Fessenden

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that the...

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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Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Sundance Winner Slow Captures an Intimate Portrait of Asexuality

The Best Films That Didn’t Receive a Single Sight & Sound Vote

Mia Goth Has Killer Ambitions in First Trailer for Ti West’s MaXXXine

Don Hertzfeldt and Ari Aster Collaborating on a “Big” Existential Horror Animation

“I’m Not an Actor”: Léa Seydoux on Her Creative Self and False Public Perception

Lee Chang-dong on the Power of Anger and Empathizing with Pain

NYC Weekend Watch: Jonas Mekas, Hal Hartley, Lee Chang-dong & More

Posterized April 2024: Sasquatch Sunset, The People’s Joker, Terrestrial Verses & More

New to Streaming: Jean Eustache, The Zone of Interest, How to Have Sex, Snack Shack, Girls State & More

The B-Side – In Conversation with Larry Fessenden