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Waiting for the Barbarians Review: Tainted Colonial Drama Takes Moralizing Tone

The phrase "the calm before the storm" has always been an interesting one because it posits that storms are inevitable and periods of calm ...

The Fight Review: Heroic Lawyers Battle Injustices Committed by the Trump Administration

Summerland Review: Gemma Arterton Delivers Career-Best Work in Effective WWII Drama

Rebuilding Paradise Review: Ron Howard Takes a Worthwhile Yet Superficial Look at a Recent Disaster

Amulet Review: Romola Garai’s Horror Debut Tears Down the Facade of Genre Conventions

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Film Festival Coverage

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Telluride Film Festival Reveals What Would’ve Screened at This Year’s Edition

Three New Films by Steve McQueen Will World Premiere at the 58th New York Film Festival

First Look at Tilda Swinton in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Human Voice, Set for Venice Premiere

TIFF 2020 Lineup Features Films by Mira Nair, Werner Herzog, Halle Berry, Regina King & More

Bradley Cooper Will Star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Film

Following up his endlessly rewatchable romantic drama (of sorts) Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson had plans to embark on his next feature this past spring/...

Telluride Film Festival Reveals What Would’ve Screened at This Year’s Edition

It was announced last month that the Telluride Film Festival made the decision to cancel their event this year due to the ongoing pandemic and the more intimat...

Camping Gets Trippy in U.S. Trailer for SXSW Winner Get Duked!

After a career collaborating on music videos for Run the Jewels, Miike Snow, Migos, Mykki Blanco, and more, Ninian Doff has made his direct...

Three New Films by Steve McQueen Will World Premiere at the 58th New York Film Festival

Following his crime thriller Widows, Steve McQueen is returning this year with a project of great ambition and scope. Small Axe, an anthology series from BBC a...

Joel Coen Says He’s Done With Westerns, But Would Do Another Musical

One of the greatest collaborations in the last few decades of filmmaking has been that of directors Joel and Ethan Coen and cinematographer Roger Deakins. Whil...

Intermission Ep. 9 – Certain Women (with Orla Smith)

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...

First Look at Tilda Swinton in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Human Voice, Set for Venice Premiere

Well, that was fast. Pedro Almodóvar just finished shooting his English-language debut, a short film adapting Jean Cocteau’s one-act play The Human Voice and s...

Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on Preparing to Shoot Killers of the Flower Moon During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, we've seen some projects resume production with strict safety protocols (including secret shoots), but when it comes to some films where d...

First Look at Wong Kar-wai’s Decades-Spanning Drama Blossoms Shanghai

As promised, Wong Kar-wai has now embarked on his long-awaited project Blossoms, which was initially delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak. With the producti...

Tomas Alfredson Returns with First Trailer for Heist Comedy Se upp för Jönssonligan

After a great deal of acclaim with Let the Right One In and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, about everything that could go wrong did indeed go wrong with Tomas Alfr...