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DOC NYC Review: ‘Meth Storm’ is a Heartbreaking Film with No Easy Answers

For some who grow up in rural Arkansas there's limited options: you can either be a meth dealer or a cop chasing meth dealers. Set in a close-knit community of ...

New to Streaming: ‘Woodshock,’ ‘The Big Sick,’ ‘Heart of a Dog,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of Amazon, FilmStruck, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: The Non-Actor, Bertolucci, Aki Kaurismäki & More

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

The Film Stage Show Ep. 272 – The Untamed

Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I get weird with it and talk about the almost indescribable new film from Amat Escalante, the sexual thriller The Untamed....

Review: ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’ Profiles the Brilliant Mind of a Hollywood Icon

The tell-all "autobiography" Ecstasy and Me: My Life As A Woman was exactly what Hedy Lamarr's agent wanted to make quick money. But it wasn't her life. Whether...

Review: ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ is a Charming Look Behind a Beloved Story

As Les Standiford's book would tell it, Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) found himself in somewhat of a creative rut after a lengthy and expensive tour of America ...

DOC NYC Review: ‘Maddman: The Steve Madden Story’ is a Lively Look at the Man Behind the Shoe

Functioning in the mode of a lifestyle documentary like Dogtown and Z-Boys, Ben Patterson’s Maddman: The Steve Madden Story tells the sweeping take the shoe imp...

Review: ‘Sylvio’ is a Touching, Absurdist Comedy

Vine fad “Simply Sylvio” and its film adaptation -- more plainly titled Sylvio -- by directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley offer a tense amalgamation of ...

Review: ‘Remember Me’ is a Humorously Tragic Dramedy

I'd assume the majority of people treat/treated their grandparents as somewhat of an escape. They were family who you loved and cared for that had a home you co...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 271 – Justice League

We talk about the newest entry into the DCEU, directed by Zack Snyder....

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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