The Iron Claw Review: The Grief and Glory of a Wrestling Dynasty
The Iron Claw is full of bruises. The family at the center of writer-director Sean Durkin's film, the Von Erichs (a stage name much different than their surnam...
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Jared Mobarak’s Top 10 Films of 2023
Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
Anot...
Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza
Update: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Tahar Rahim, Swann Arlaud, Ariane Labed, and more have signed a letter asking French President Emmanuel Macron to rec...
NYC Weekend Watch: Yi Yi, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Third Man & More
Film at Lincoln CenterA massive Edward Yang retrospective, New York’s first in a dozen years, continues with A Brighter Summer Day, Yi Yi, and new restorations...
Desire and Expectations in Edward Yang’s A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong
What splits the fine line between desire and expectations? Is it a thing you can see? Is it a thing you can film?
Film at Lincoln Center's new retrospective...
Paul Schrader Compares Oh, Canada to Mishima and Offers Update on Quentin Tarantino’s The Movie Critic
Though Master Gardener is appearing on best-of-2023 lists, Paul Schrader isn't slowing down or resting on laurels. In October he finished shooting his 24th fea...
Zhuo-Ning Su’s Top 10 Films of 2023
Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
Some...
New to Streaming: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, The Holdovers, Oldboy, To the Wonder & 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...
The B-Side – Sam O’Steen (with Darrin Navarro, ACE)
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here - today - we talk about movie EDITORS! Not the movies they edited that were legendary but the less legendary o...
Fran Hoepfner’s Top 10 Films of 2023
Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
I lo...