Film & TV
HBO’s absurdist horror-comedy Los Espookys is the funniest (and weirdest) show you’re not watching
Seeing as it’s Halloween season, there seems to be an abundance of horror-centric shows on television right now. But the...
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Marilyn Monroe was so much more than Blonde: a retrospective of Norma Jeane’s best films
While Ana de Armas is justifiably earning rave reviews for her stunning performance as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde, Netflix’s take...
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A24’s artful, auteur-driven TV shows are starting to be just as interesting as their films
Although frequently overshadowed by the arthouse distributor’s older, more prestigious film division, A24‘s burgeoning television counterpart is quietly on its way to becoming a force in its own right. First launched in 2014, the company’s small-screen division began with a...
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Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 must-see African films
Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema is a quarterly column, where film editor Hidzir Junaini spotlights underseen gems from around the...
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Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema: 10 outstanding Asian films to watch on MUBI
Popwire’s Guide to World Cinema is a quarterly column, where film editor Hidzir Junaini spotlights underseen gems from around the...
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Fire of Love is a moving, magical and mesmerizing documentary of volcanic romance
Not many people would be brave enough to peer directly into the mouth of an active volcano, feeling the heat of the lava on their face, experiencing the exhilaration of staring into the heartbeat and blood flow of the primal,...
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Nathan Fielder helps people practice for real life in his surreal docu-comedy The Rehearsal
Over the past decade, cringe comedian Nathan Fielder has satirized the “reality television” formula to hilarious heights of absurdism. From...
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Only Murders in the Building continues to be a hilariously meta satire of true crime podcasts
The freshman season of Only Murders in the Building unexpectedly turned out to be one of the breakout streaming hits...
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The Northman is a ruthlessly visceral and brutally glorious Viking epic from Robert Eggers
The Northman, the third film from arthouse auteur Robert Eggers, is a guttural, savage and ferocious 10th century Norse revenge epic that’s bound to leave viewers awestruck. Beginning in 895 AD, in the kingdom of King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke),...
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Top Gun: Maverick isn’t just a perfect blockbuster – it’s one of the greatest sequels ever made
The original Top Gun was the quintessential 1980s movie. Is it perfect? Far from it. Does it age well? Not...
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