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‘Missing Link’ Review: Laika’s Epic Tells a Well-Worn Story with Beautiful Detail

The years between Laika releases–in which our eyes are exposed to hours of unimaginative, cookie-cutter Hollywood animation–always seems to be just enough time ...

Dick Pope on ‘Peterloo,’ Drones, ‘The Favourite,’ and His Distaste for Celluloid Projection

We talk to Mike Leigh's cinematographer about crafting a massacre....

Joaquin Phoenix is the ‘Joker’ in First Trailer for Todd Phillips’ Villainous Tale

The director of The Hangover trilogy is the latest to take the reins of the DC universe, delivering his own spin on a certain smiling infamous villain. Todd...

The Film Stage Show Classic – Funny Games

We discuss Michael Haneke's film(s), an influence on Jordan Peele's Us....

‘The Wind’ Review: Female-Fronted Horror Western Preys on Psychological Fears

A suicide. A stillborn baby. A woman holding the latter as she leaves the former to show her husband and the now widower father the results of the harrowing nig...

‘The Public’ Review: Emilio Estevez Taps into a Timely Anger

It's the same tragic story. Another unarmed Black man is killed by the police. Another White man takes an arsenal into a school, campus, or place of worship bef...

Zac Efron is Ted Bundy in New Trailer for ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’

With Netflix producing Joe Berlinger's documentary series on Ted Bundy, it was a no-brainer they would pick up the director's Zac Efron-led narrative take o...

Claire Denis to Reteam with Robert Pattinson for Adaptation of Denis Johnson’s ‘The Stars at Noon’

This week marks the arrival of what will hopefully be Claire Denis' biggest film in the U.S. to date, courtesy of the distributing powers of A24. High Life ...

First Trailer for Jim Jarmusch’s Star-Studded Zombie Comedy ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Featuring "the greatest zombie cast ever disassembled," Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy The Dead Don't Die will arrive this summer and today Focus Features has...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 340 – Favorite Films of 2019 So Far and Most-Anticipated of the Summer

We divert from our usual review episode to recap our favorite films of 2019 so far, some of which have yet to be discussed on the podcast. Then we look ahead at the coming months with our most-anticipated films of the summer....

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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