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Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: The Impact of Siskel & Ebert, Unleashing Oppenheimer, and Lots of Late Gift Ideas

This is our last filmmaking books column in 2023, and it’s a good one. Plus, you can watch for even more gems from recent months in our companion column runnin...

Lighting the Unreal: Robbie Ryan on the Mad World of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

It could be said a cinematographer's greatest attribute is flexibility. Loathe though I am attributing much credence to Twitter prompts, it's fairly often that...

NYC Weekend Watch: Days of Heaven, Heaven Knows What, Jesus Christ & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumThe new 4K Days of Heaven restoration is now playing (read our interview with Bro...

New to Streaming: Killers of the Flower Moon, Kelly Reichardt, Walk Up, Revoir Paris, and 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...

Sight and Sound’s Top 50 Films of 2023 is Led by Killers of the Flower Moon

Sight and Sound have unveiled their top 50 films of 2023, led by Killers of the Flower Moon and, somewhat humorously, featuring a tie between Barbie and Oppenh...

The Monk and the Gun Trailer: Pawo Choyning Dorji Returns with Bhutan’s Oscar Entry

Returning after his Oscar-nominated directorial debut Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Pawo Choyning Dorji's IFSN Advocate Award-shortlisted The Monk and the Gu...

Anselm Review: Wim Wenders Returns to 3D in Contemplative, Spare Portrait of an Artist

A meditation on the work of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, Wim Wenders' concise, spare 3D documentary Anselm allows us to spend time in the presenc...

Brooke Adams on the Enduring Beauty of Days of Heaven and Terrence Malick’s Method

Among the most enduring films––not only from the furtive creative period of the 1970s, but all of cinema history––Terrence Malick's second feature Days of Heav...

U.S. Trailer for Chile’s Oscar Submission The Settlers Shows Beauty and Brutality on the Western Front

Felipe Gálvez's The Settlers has carved a strong path: the western nabbed a MUBI acquisition on the heels of its Cannes premiere, earned Un Certain Regard's FI...

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Trailer: Phạm Thiên Ân’s Cannes Winner Arrives in January

One of the most shocking debut features I saw this year––in the sense that it was more accomplished than most other films of 2023––was that of Phạm Thiên Ân, w...

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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