DOC NYC Review: South to Black Power Explores Abstract Politics Through Personal Stories of Change
Starting with a modest proposal framing Black power as the erasure of systemic white supremacy, Sam Pollard and Llewellyn M. Smith's South ...
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Thessaloniki Review: Suspense Beats Solemnity in Jordan’s Oscar Entry Inshallah a Boy
In Inshallah a Boy, a new film from Jordan, a young mother faces some grueling events. It's set around the bustling capitol, Amman, a place...
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Review: A Noble if Too-Clinical Portrait of Women Talking
Generally, when I enter the small sauna room at my local YMCA after a workout, I’m prone to eavesdrop (it is a confined space, after all) o...
Thessaloniki Review: Camping du Lac is a Bewitching Ode to Stories and Storytellers
A film enamored with stories and with the art of telling them, Éléonore Saintagnan’s Camping du Lac opens with the director addressing the ...
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New to Streaming: Oppenheimer, Afire, Stamped from the Beginning & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...
Alma Pöysti on the Soft Smiles and Sad Songs of Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves
Aki Kaurismäki’s 20th film keeps his signature humor and style. Fallen Leaves, starring Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen as lonely, meant-to-be lovers, finds the ...
The Film Stage Show Ep. 520 – The Killer (with Noah Gittell)
Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! On a new episode, Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by special guest Noah Gittell to discuss David Fincher'...
The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters
We're thrilled to launch a new feature on The Film Stage highlighting our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restoration...
Hirokazu Kore-eda on Why Monster is Not Like Rashomon, Queer Storytelling, and Ryuichi Sakamoto
Returning to Japan for the first time since his Palme d'Or-winning Shoplifters - after venturing to France and South Korea - Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster was in...
First Look at Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Brings Murnau to the Modern Age
Update: Nosferatu will open on December 25, 2024.
After his biggest project yet with The Northman, Robert Eggers jumped quickly into his long-developing pas...
Film Fest Knox Introduces New Ways of Seeing in Inaugural Edition
We are less than a year removed from Robert Redford’s provocative declaration, at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s opening presser, that “there are too many f...
Thessaloniki Review: Camping du Lac is a Bewitching Ode to Stories and Storytellers
A film enamored with stories and with the art of telling them, Éléonore Saintagnan’s Camping du Lac opens with the director addressing the audience the way a r...
U.S. Trailer for Germany’s Oscar Entry The Teachers’ Lounge
While it's difficult to imagine there will be a better German film––or film, period––this year than Christian Petzold's Afire, the country went with Ilker Çata...
Frederick Wiseman on the Artistry of Cooking and Creating Echoes of His Work
Frederick Wiseman’s new film, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros, a four-hour documentary on the Troisgros family and their three restaurants located in central Fran...