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The High Note Review: Dakota Johnson Charms in Comforting Music Business Dramedy

While it's an understandably strange time to review a film, it feels refreshing to review a nice film. The High Note, directed by Nisha Gan...

The Wanting Mare Review: An Overwhelmingly Beautiful, Purposefully Abstract Fable

The Painter and the Thief Review: A Strange Friendship Gets Captured with Depth

The Lovebirds Review: Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae Lead a Generic Rom-Com Thriller

Military Wives Review: Feel-Good Dramedy Explores the Many Forms of Grief

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We Are One: A Global Film Festival Announces Lineup of Free Programming

The Wanting Mare Review: An Overwhelmingly Beautiful, Purposefully Abstract Fable

Tribeca Review: The State of Texas vs. Melissa Takes a Restrained Look at a Compelling Case

Tribeca Review: Harley is a Colorful Jersey-Set Character Study of a Notorious Lawyer

Intermission Ep. 3 – Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (with Phuong Le)

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora...

New Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet Goes Deeper into the Time-Bending Mystery

The last few weeks have been full of speculation if Warner Bros. would be moving full steam ahead with the marketing and release of Christopher Nolan's Tenet, ...

MUBI Introduces Full Library Featuring a Treasure Trove of Curated Films

In a sea of online streaming services, MUBI’s stake in the field has been its carousel of films. 30 movies are available on any given day, all of which are par...

The Cult of Showgirls Gets the Spotlight in Trailer for You Don’t Nomi

Everybody getting AIDS! Pronouncing it as “Versayce!” Gina Gershon’s eyebrows! The way Elizabeth Berkley eats a hamburger! It goes without saying that Paul ...

LGBTQ Activists Fight for Survival in Harrowing Trailer for Welcome To Chechnya

Chechnya has been a hotbed of human rights violations as part of the Russian Federation, in particular the myriad LGBTQ rights violations that have been report...

First Teaser for Sundance Horror Hit Relic Traps Emily Mortimer in a Haunted House

From Hereditary to The Babadook to The Witch to Get Out to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night to The Blair Witch Project, Sundance has been the birthplace for a ...

Charlize Theron Kicks into Action in First Trailer for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Old Guard

After breaking out with Love & Basketball back in 2000, director Gina Prince-Bythewood has taken some time between projects, delivering The Secret Life of ...

The B-Side – Saoirse Ronan

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the...

The Painter and the Thief Review: A Strange Friendship Gets Captured with Depth

Human connections are almost always random. Even in school when meeting new friends for the first time, the reasons that sparked our gravitation towards one an...

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Chantal Akerman, Early Scorsese, Mike Leigh & More

The coronavirus pandemic is still going on, and shutdowns are being lifted oh so gently. That generally means two things: go outside with a mask on while straf...