The Best Directorial Debuts of 2022
Though we aim to discuss a wide breadth of films each year, few things give us more pleasure than the arrival of bold, new voices. It's why we venture to festi...
Year: 2022
Infinity Pool Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård & Mia Goth Lead Brandon Cronenberg’s Sundance-Bound Horror Feature
The Cronenberg family has had quite a year. As David Cronenberg finally returned to feature filmmaking with the stellar Crimes of the Future, his daughter Cait...
Alice, Darling Trailer: Anna Kendrick Hits a Career High in TIFF Hit
One of the highlights of TIFF this past fall was Mary Nighy's thriller Alice, Darling, which finds Anna Kendrick giving one of the best performances of his car...
The B-Side – Michelle Yeoh (with Jeff Zhang)
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...
Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2023 Lineup
Setting the stage for the year in cinema, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19-29, both in person in Utah as well as virtual viewings kic...
Iranian Films Made by Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers Are Streaming for Free for One Month
With the horrific oppression against women, the LGBTIQ+ community, and minorities being carried out by Iran's regime, a platform has launched to shed insight i...
Mia Hansen-Løve on the Quest to Understand Life Through Filmmaking
Filmmakers are not their films, but Mia Hansen-Løve continues drawing the assumption. Her eighth feature, One Fine Morning, extends a series of semi-autobiogra...
A Masterpiece Returns in Exclusive Trailer for 4K Restoration of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist
In a decade of numerous masterpieces, one of the towering cinematic feats of the 1970s was Bernardo Bertolucci's Alberto Moravia adaptation The Conformist. Wit...
DOC NYC Review: Love in the Time of Fentanyl Finds Compassion and Tenderness in Hell
A kind of sequel to his short film Haven, which concerned a radical treatment program that offered drug users free medical-grade heroin, Colin Askey’s Love in ...
DOC NYC Review: Dusty & Stones is a Wise, Warm Look at the Adventures of a Country Music Duo from Swaziland
Already legends in the remote town of Matsapha, Swaziland, country singers Gazi “Dusty” and Linda “Stones” find a warm welcome in the American south when...