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New to Streaming: ‘Diane,’ ‘Welcome to Marwen,’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ & More

New to Streaming: 'Diane,' 'Welcome to Marwen,' 'If Beale Street Could Talk' & More...

Agnès Varda, French New Wave Pioneer, Dies at 90

The legendary, lovely Agnès Varda has passed away at the age of 90. The French New Wave pioneer died from cancer "at her home in the night of March 29, 2019...

NYC Weekend Watch: Claire Denis, Mike Leigh, Aki Kaurismäki & More

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

Joel Coen to Direct Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington in ‘Macbeth’ Adaptation

As history has proven, it's not long after a Coen brothers film arrives that we learn of their project. Following their Netflix anthology film The Ballad of...

Rooney Mara is ‘Mary Magdalene’ and Joaquin Phoenix is Jesus in New Trailer for Biblical Drama

The downfall of The Weinstein Company meant that a number of films were left by the wayside, waiting to be picked up by other distributors. One that has tak...

Toni Collette, Jessie Buckley & David Thewlis Join Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things‘

Following his stop-motion animation Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman will return to the realm of live-action with I’m Thinking of Ending Things, an adaptation of ...

‘Dumbo’ Review: Tim Burton Directs a Drab, Deadened Disney Remake

The onslaught of "live action" Disney adaptations of their animated films is a confounding one in many ways. They seem to be committed to remaking only their mo...

‘Phantom Cowboys’ Trailer Turns the Spotlight on Small-Town Teenage Ennui

Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival 2018, Hide Your Smiling Faces director Daniel Patrick Carbone brought his powerful, lyrical new documentary Phantom Cowboy...

The Future of Filmmaking: A Comprehensive Preview of New Directors/New Films 2019

Now in its 48th edition, the NYC-based film festival continues to spotlight directors representing the future of filmmaking and this year's edition is particularly eclectic....

ND/NF Review: ‘Long Way Home’ is a Warm, Patient Study of the Rhythms of Everyday Life

Representing the rhythms of everyday life is, generally speaking, a particular concern of films situated outside the mainstream. Relatively free from the strict...

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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