A poetic ode to the blue ridges of Central Appalachia, King Coal often evokes an IMAX educational film in its scope, space, and presence. The film explores the...
A film that rewards patience, The Tuba Thieves, despite its title, is not a quirky heist picture but rather a meditation on the presence and absence of sound f...
A sharp relationship satire that proves the more things change, the more they stay the same, Sophie Barthes' The Pod Generation imagines a world of, to borrow ...
A film as convoluted as its title, To Live and Die and Live is a poetic exploration of a new Detroit facing the same problems as the old one. Rust Belt cities ...
A sweeping documentary by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin, Kim's Video follows the personal-inquiry, man-on-the-street format from their previous works Mardi Gra...
A formula as old as the movies itself, the House Party concept is essentially a blank slate revolving around the climatic, titular event where the stakes of fr...
Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2022, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
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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 ...
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...
A sprawling exploration of a progressive coalition that includes the inner-city-focused Urban League and Latinx-focused UnidosUS, Gumbo Coalition is the latest...
John Fink is a New York City area-based critic, filmmaker, educator and curator. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Buffalo International Film Festival.
