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‘Meeting Gorbachev’ Review: Werner Herzog Faces the Former Communist Juggernaut with an Uncritical Eye

In Werner Herzog’s 2011 documentary Into the Abyss, the irrepressible German master-turned-Hollywood-adventurer prefaces a series of interviews with two death r...

Tribeca Review: ‘Framing John DeLorean’ is, Frustratingly, Two Interesting Films in One

We learn early in Framing John DeLorean that many films about the famed car maker have died on the vine in pre-production, yet Don Argot and Sheena Joyce try–wi...

Tribeca Review: ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’ is a Spunky, Fun Look at America’s Sex Therapist

An affectionate documentary chronicling the life of 90-year-old Holocaust survivor and taboo breaker Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Ryan White's Ask Dr. Ruth, is often de...

Tribeca Review: ‘Run’ is a Minor Yet Universal Ode to Emotions Captured Best by Springsteen

From the streets of Aberdeen, Scotland to Freehold, New Jersey the emotions are all the same: young men and women dream of abandoning the “suicide trap” of a sm...

Tribeca Review: ‘Crown Vic’ is a Chilling, Morally Ambiguous Police Procedural

Had Training Day been made today it would have to contend with the changing role of policing in the age of the body camera and the armchair lawyer with a tiny b...

Tribeca Review: Abel Ferrara’s ‘The Projectionist’ Sheds Light on Running Movie Theaters in a Changing Landscape

If anything, Abel Ferrara’s lovingly crafted personal documentary The Projectionist answers a question has plagued many a hardcore New York-based cinephile at o...

The Film Stage Show – The Best Movies of 1999

In a special episode, we are joined by Brian Raftery, author of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen....

New to Streaming: ‘Burning,’ Joanna Hogg, ‘Knock Down the House,’ ‘Fighting with My Family,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of The Criterion Channel, Netflix, MUBI, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: Abel Ferrara, Pasolini, Black ’90s & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

Abel Ferrara on Finding Light in the Darkness, NYC Post-9/11, and the Realities of the Film Industry

Our wide-ranging interview with the director, who has a number of projects to unveil this year–but don't call him prolific....

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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