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First Trailer for ‘Mortal Engines’ Introduces Peter Jackson-Produced Steampunk Adventure

After exhausting himself with the demands of The Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson is taking a break from directing with no new projects announced. However, he'...

Jack Black is ‘The Polka King’ in First Trailer for Ponzi Scheme Comedy

Regardless of the quality of the final project, Jack Black and his boundless energy is often the best part of any film he's a part of. This can be said of t...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 276 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We tackle perhaps the biggest film of the year. It's Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the latest Star Wars Saga film, starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and the late Carrie Fisher....

TFSS Video Game Review – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Welcome, one and all, to a brand new kind of episode from your friends here at The Film Stage Show. Today, Michael Snydel and I sit down to talk about one o...

The Best Double Features of 2017

Few things are more sublime than finding back-to-back features that hit some specific thematic sweet spot. We pick the best of the year....

Review: ‘The Ballad of Lefty Brown’ is a Hollow, Half-Hearted Western

Some obligatory credit is due to those ambitious (or, depending on the results, naive) enough to establish their name as a feature film director in 2017 on the ...

New to Streaming: ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Phoenix,’ ‘Wormwood,’ ‘The Unknown Girl,’ and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we've taken it upon ourselves to hig...

NYC Weekend Watch: International Melodrama, ‘L’eclisse’ & More

The best films screening in NYC this weekend....

10 Wide Releases in 2017 That Exceeded Expectations

While much of our year-end coverage will be focusing on the overlooked gems, today we're highlighting the few major releases that left us surprised....

The Film Stage Show Classic – Stalker

In a special Patreon-backed episode, we discuss the Andrei Tarkovsky film, a classic of science fiction and Russian cinema....

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: The Prisoner, Silent Friend, Obsession, Fiume o morte! & More

NYC Weekend Watch: 70mm Conspiracies, Immigrants, Spectres, Sherman’s March & More

Posterized July 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Odyssey, Night Nurse & More

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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