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TIFF Review: The Critic is an Improbable, Grim Farce Enlivened by Ian McKellen

Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve has ably demonstrated that a catty feud between theater critics and actresses is crackling subject matter for witty, adult...

TIFF Review: Defiant Puts a Spotlight on the Battle for Ukraine

For much of Karim Amer's reliably efficient documentary Defiant we follow Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ukraine. Following Russia's invasion in...

NYFF Review: Frederick Wiseman Indulges with Restaurant Doc Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

The first of Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros' four hours moves as quick as a glacier. Herbs are inspected at a farmer's market. Two chefs weigh up the benefits of...

New to Streaming: Bottoms, Cassandro, Sanctuary, Padre Pio & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Reverse Shot at 20, The Tree of Life, Dog Day Afternoon & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageReverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary with a months-long p...

First Trailer for Bruno Dumont’s Sci-Fi Feature The Empire Promises Epic Scale and Silly Gags

Early last year we learned Bruno Dumont would next direct the science fiction feature The Empire, then said to mingle "the common life of the inhabitants of a ...

William Friedkin’s Final Film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Receives Trailer

William Friedkin's passing was coupled with anticipation for The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, a Venice-premiering and Showtime-bound adaptation of Herman Wouk's...

Exclusive Trailer for Metrograph’s Robby Müller Retrospective Featuring Films by Jarmusch, Friedkin, Wenders & More

The list of directors who put their trust in Robby Müller could constitute a nice history of post-war cinema. (Some highlights: Wim Wenders, Peter Bogdanovich,...

The B-Side – Michael Keaton: Part II (with Cory Everett)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal Find Love in First Trailer for Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers

One of the most beautiful, tender, and mysterious films of the year, Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers follows Andrew Scott as his character strikes up a rela...

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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