Even for Lina Wertmüller, THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI is a body-conscious film, so much so that destiny is coded into flesh. See the new 4K restoration starting Friday @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/4xyzhkv6

An impish sense of humor blows through AP Thomson's TITANIUM COURT, less a breeze than a gale, as it prompts reflection on what it means to live, to die, and to play. Read @nivmsultan.bsky.social's review.

Once it turns into a home-invasion thriller, OVER YOUR DEAD BODY becomes more sadistic than hilarious. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.

Read our interview with Robert Aramayo and how he approached his portrayal of John Davidson, Scottish activist and campaigner for Tourette syndrome, in Kirk Jones’s I SWEAR.

I SWEAR's mix of compassion and clarity allows it to avoid the easy sentimentality of similar tales.

Read Lauren Wissot on three highlights from this year's Visions du Réel: Rebecca Zweig and Efraín Mojica's JARIPEO, Katharine Round’s GHOST TOWN, and G. Anthony Svatek’s HUMBOLDT USA.

Read our interview with Suda51 about Grasshopper’s ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN, his preference for collage aesthetics and artistic collaborations, game auteurism, and more. tinyurl.com/2zke8jh8

MICHAEL, Antoine Fuqua’s biopic about Michael Jackson, turns the realities of a tragic, deeply complicated life into a sanitized popcorn film. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/yzvpn9h9

David Mackenzie’s FUZE, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James, is much more interested in the logistics of bomb defusal than any of its characters.

Enter our giveaway to win a Blu-ray of I CAN ONLY IMAGINE 2 (available on May 5 from Lionsgate) and a poster autographed by the main cast, including Milo Ventimiglia, and MercyMe’s Tim Timmons and Bart Millard. tinyurl.com/4548fvj5

Mr. Fingers's 'Leev Ur Mind' reaffirms how much ground Larry Heard can cover without ever moving very far. Read our review.

DIE MY LOVE, available tomorrow on 4K UHD Blu-ray from MUBI, is Lynne Ramsay’s most sprawling and sensational canvas to date. tinyurl.com/3ss7yh4c

Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS, starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara, is ultimately powered by mountingly goofy but predictable plot turns.

The queen of pop's first solo song in seven years, "I Feel So Free," sounds a hell of a lot like the old Madonna. And we’re not complaining.

Olivia Rodrigo's new single "Drop Dead" drops apparent references to Louis Partridge, the Cure, and more.

John Singleton’s HOOD TRILOGY is one of the great achievements in African-American filmmaking, and Criterion’s extras-laden release gives the films their proper due. Available on 4/28 on 4k UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/5xspx782

The third album in Jessie Ware’s disco trilogy, #Superbloom, feels like something brighter and more perennial. Read our review!

The Sixth Sense meets Ringu in the Pang Brothers’ THE EYE, available next week on Arrow Video 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/4pyxw6pj

With "First Light," Lana Del Rey just got one step closer to recording an official Bond theme. Listen to the title song from the new game '007 First Light.'

Radiance’s release of CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN, a chilling portrait of a society on the brink of destroying itself, includes a beautiful 2K restoration and a small but compelling slate of extras. tinyurl.com/wy2px2wx

Released on this day 25 years ago, Janet Jackson's 'All for You' represented a shift in the singer's style and approach.

Season two of #BEEF is just as sharply written and darkly funny as the first. Read our review!

In lieu of competently developed drama, LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY gives us a blitzkrieg of scares and gooey body horror that can best be described as arbitrary. tinyurl.com/4sv82dcf

The sheer volume of pastiche on display in MOUSE: P.I. FOR HIRE is overwhelming. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.

Cal McMau’s WASTEMAN illustrates why a powerful paradox about prisons makes them such a popular staging ground for psychodramas. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review.

The friction between mechanized output and our humanity is at the center of Elmer Rice’s century-old play THE ADDING MACHINE. Read Mike Dressel on the New Group's revival, starring Jennifer Tilly, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Sarita Choudhury. tinyurl.com/5bj2stpa

Ben Wheatley’s NORMAL, written by John Wick franchise creator Derek Kolstad, has a more thoughtful underpinning than your average 87Eleven bullet storm. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.

“When I was first pitching Charli, I knew that one character spoke Polish, one character didn’t, and somehow volcanoes were involved.” Read our chat w/ Pete Ohs about ERUPCJA, his “table of bubbles” filmmaking approach, working with Charli XCX, and more. tinyurl.com/3tnhc7e3

Pete Ohs’s ERUPCJA, starring Charli XCX and Jeremy O. Harris, is a drug-and-dance-music-fueled party girl’s lament. Opens in NY and LA this Friday. tinyurl.com/2xdfued8

Joel Alfonso Vargas’s MAD BILLS TO PAY folds warmth into the real pressures that define daily life in a Dominican community. Opening @filmforumnyc.bsky.social this Friday. tinyurl.com/yms7kv3b

Read our talk with David Lowery about MOTHER MARY, the creative uncertainty that led him to write it, directing Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, and working with Charli XCX on the soundtrack. tinyurl.com/yr7ey8zt

MOTHER MARY is a boldly theatrical pop exorcism where the wounds of the past serve as a gateway to forces that can consume or lift the possessed to ecstatic new levels of self-expression. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review.

The greatest existential threat in the final season of ‘The Boys’ turns out to be reality itself. Read our review.

Fatih Akin’s AMRUM is a delicate coming-of-age parable tracking national identity and violence to their most intimate origin points during the waning days of the Third Reich. tinyurl.com/59xmsjdx

“I was trying to do a lot of different things, like the acknowledgement of memory and grief, but then also [show] what makes her into who she is.” Read our chat with Sophy Romvari about her autobiographical BLUE HERON and how it builds on her short work. tinyurl.com/45a9trau

Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON is a vivid, nostalgic portrait of family life that, across its runtime, opens out into a self-reflexive study of grief. Opening in NYC this Friday. tinyurl.com/2r3j5mpv

Werner Herzog’s remarkable CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS is a work of communion, and not only between the present and the past. See the new 6K IMAX restoration of the film starting this Wednesday. tinyurl.com/yjf9k6e8

There’s a distinct rhythm to TROUBLE IN PARADISE that accentuates the poetic qualities of everything from the dialogue to the cinematography. Ernst Lubitsch’s masterpiece lands on 4K UHD Blu-ray this Tuesday from Criterion. tinyurl.com/2ymh7utn

The magic of the new DEATH OF A SALESMAN revival sizzles in the cast’s gutting portrait of the Loman family’s striving as they reach to find something to make life worth living.

Lady Gaga and Doechii take to the "Runway" with their new song, from 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.' Listen:

Given an immaculate 4K transfer and some essential extras on Kino’s new Blu-ray release (available Tuesday), Louis Feuillade’s TIH-MINH is a narratively sprawling, superbly visualized, and consistently action-packed early example of the spy thriller. tinyurl.com/ye39s2vz

As a brief but spirited revival, 'Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair' is a worthwhile reunion with one of TV’s most perfectly imperfect families. Read our review.

Today, Janus Films has released the 4K restoration trailer for AMERICAN DREAM, Barbara Kopple’s brutally revealing (and Oscar-winning) documentary classic about the state of American capitalism. tinyurl.com/2wmks2bh

LEVITICUS is a creepy horror tale that also happens to be a potent and poignant teen romance. Adrian Chiarella’s film kicks off this year’s New Directors/New Films tonight! #NDNF55 tinyurl.com/ymnwwvws

The third, possibly final, season of EUPHORIA is every bit as stomach-churning as the first two. Read our review!

Radiohead is set to debut Motion Picture House, an audiovisual installation built to house 'Kid A Mnesia' this weekend at Coachella.

More than anything, CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL insists, through the hard-fought victory of Black and brown queer joy, that it’s togetherness that gives all of us a reason for existence.

Aneil Karia’s HAMLET, starring Riz Ahmed, is one of the more intimate adaptations of Shakespeare’s play to date. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.

Opening in NY/LA this Friday, Steven Soderbergh’s THE CHRISTOPHERS abounds in lightly satirical observations of a culture that treats art as a commodity. Read Seth Katz's review.

In theaters Friday, Kawamura Genki’s EXIT 8 mines unnerving tension from the absurdity of its main character’s confinement. Read Mark Hanson's review.