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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Trailer: Raven Jackson’s Debut is One of 2023’s Best Films

Far and away the best film to premiere at Sundance Film Festival this year was Raven Jackson's directorial debut All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. Produced by Barr...

Mothers’ Instinct Trailer: Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway Lead Benoît Delhomme’s Psychological Thriller

One film we've been waiting to see pop up on the fall festival circuit is Mothers' Instinct, the directorial debut of acclaimed cinematographer Benoît Delhomme...

Locarno Review: The Permanent Picture is a Shapeshifting Debut Exploring Diasporic Anxieties

At the beginning of The Permanent Picture a teenage girl gives birth, gives up her baby, and disappears. Then, 50 years later, a casting director discovers her...

61st New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate Lineup

Taking place September 29-October 15, the 61st New York Film Festival has now unveiled its Main Slate lineup. Comprised of 32 films, the slate includes work by...

Fair Play Trailer: Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor Fight for Power

After selling to Netflix for a whopping $20 million out of Sundance Film Festival, Chloe Domont’s feature debut Fair Play is finally re-emerging this fall. Hea...

Farewell My Concubine Trailer: Chen Kaige’s Original Cut Comes to Theaters in 4K Restoration for 30th Anniversary

Premiering 30 years ago this year, Chen Kaige's enchanting, Palme d'Or-winning, and Oscar-nominated drama Farewell My Concubine is finally returning in its ori...

An Equine Transformation Begins in U.S. Trailer for Ann Oren’s Piaffe

While we await for Hollywood to take on a big-budget reimagining of Animorphs, some international filmmakers are providing their own unique take on a kind of a...

Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation Trailer: Cannes, TIFF, and ND/NF Selection Arrives This Month

A selection at Cannes Director’s Fortnight, Toronto International Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, and Beyond Fest, Youssef Chebbi's supernatural noir A...

Locarno Review: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World is Another Exhilarating Film-Collage by Radu Jude

“Rossellini’s films,” Jacques Rivette wrote in a letter to Cahiers du Cinéma dated 1955, “have more and more obviously become amateur films––home movies.” The ...

Bitten Exclusive Trailer: Giallo Thriller Premieres at Locarno Film Festival

Bringing some of the most adventurous filmmaking from around the world to Switzerland, the Locarno Film Festival is now running through next weekend. One of th...

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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