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First Trailer for ‘The Dark Tower’ Finds Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey Facing Off

The man in black fled across the desert, and The Dark Tower trailer followed. After languishing for years in the development wastelands, Stephen King’s spra...

Kumail Nanjiani Leads First Trailer for Sundance Hit ‘The Big Sick’

The Big Sick went over big at Sundance, where many critics praised it as a genuinely emotional twist on standard romantic comedy cliches. In our review, we ...

Fear Pervades in New Trailer for Trey Edward Shults’ ‘It Comes at Night’

After releasing Krisha, one of the best directorial debuts of last year, A24 also backed writer-director Trey Edward Shults' follow-up It Comes at Night, an...

15 Films to See in May

From alien attacks to European adventures (both pleasant and harrowing), some of the year's best documentaries, the final film from a late master, and more, there's something for everyone....

First Trailer for ‘Whose Streets?’ Goes Inside the Ferguson Uprising

While news stations attempt to cover the Black Lives Matter movement and the injustice stemming from its formation, the most thorough documents tend to be f...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 239 – The Lost City of Z

We discuss James Gray's Amazon-set epic....

Trailer for Steve James’ ‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail’ Depicts Injustice During the Financial Crisis

Throughout his career, director Steve James has excelled in taking person stories of struggles (in many forms) and conveying them in a relatable, but no les...

Tribeca Review: ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ is a Lame-Brained Rom-Com

It’s hard to imagine Literally, Right Before Aaron existing without The Graduate as a template. Ryan Eggold’s lame-brained paint-by-numbers romantic comedy reli...

Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ is a Manic, Overstuffed Sequel

“I’m gonna make some weird shit.” So says Peter Quill a.k.a. Star Lord a.k.a. not-Han-Solo (Chris Pratt) two thirds into Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and ...

Tribeca Review: ‘The Pirates of Somalia’ is a Visceral, Authentic Journalism Drama

Opening with a voice-over explaining how a recent University of Toronto graduate went from surveying supermarket clerks about display placements to a becoming a...

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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