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Review: ‘The Mercy’ Sympathetically Captures a Hubristic, Failed Voyage

I had never heard of Donald Crowhurst before seeing James Marsh's film The Mercy. This is unsurprising since the British Sunday Times' Golden Globe Race of whic...

Review: ‘¡Las Sandinistas!’ Presents a Feminist Revision of Nicaraguan History

In the spring of 2002, I went on a school trip from Honduras to Nicaragua. My classmates and I, all middle class 16- and 17-year-olds, spent a decadent weekend ...

Mamoru Hosoda on ‘Mirai,’ His Influences, and Why Powerful Men Don’t Make for Interesting Characters

Since his 2006 breakthrough feature The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, anime director Mamoru Hosoda has delighted audiences across barriers of age, gender and nationality with his brightly animated, colorful fantasies....

Final Trailer for Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Strums James Baldwin’s Pain

Get ready to let a little more love into your life as the final trailer for Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk has arrived. His follow-up film to 201...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Berlinale Winner ‘The Heiresses,’ Paraguay’s Oscar Entry

Premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, Marcelo Martinessi's debut film The Heiresses went on to win both the Best Actress p...

First Trailer for Olivier Assayas’ ‘Non-Fiction’ Finds Juliette Binoche Confronting the Modern World

There’s always been an immediacy to the films of Olivier Assayas, but few have felt more timely than his latest, Non-Fiction (aka Double Vies), which jumps ...

The B-Side – Richard Gere

Dan Mecca and a very special guest, his mom Julie Mecca, discuss the b-side to Richard Gere's career....

‘The Image Book’ Trailer Previews Jean-Luc Godard’s Thrilling Feat of Cinematic Collage

In just a few days Jean-Luc Godard will celebrate his 88th birthday, but on the eve of the festivities, the U.K. will get a chance to see his thrilling late...

New to Streaming: ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout,’ ‘Skate Kitchen,’ ‘Araby,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Amazon Prime, iTunes, MUBI, and more....

‘The Lion King’ Gets Re-Animated in First Trailer for Jon Favreau’s Remake

In a slate that includes no shortage of sequels, perhaps the most egregiously bare-faced bid for easy box office in Disney's recent offerings has been the r...

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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