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Steven Soderbergh Will Direct Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Black Bag

Update: While discussing Presence with Filmmaker Magazine, Soderbergh already implies Black Bag will mark a break from his just-debuted feature: " solution...

Sundance Review: Between the Temples is a Thrillingly Alive Comedy of Unexpected Connection

In a state of arrested development after his wife unexpectedly died from a freak accident, Ben Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman) is suicidal, pleading to a truck to...

Slamdance Review: The Accident is a Dark Comedy with a Clever Formal Gimmick

It’s nice when a film chooses not to overstay its welcome, as writer-director Giuseppe Garau understands in The Accident. For 65 minutes, Garau drops viewers i...

New to Streaming: Fallen Leaves, Sunset Song, The Boys in the Boat, The Color Purple & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: One from the Heart, Barry Lyndon & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. IFC CenterFrancis Ford Coppola's latest recut, One from the Heart: Reprise, begins a run; K...

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Director Pham Thien An on Stillness, Long Takes, and Vietnamese History

Vietnamese director Pham Thien An’s debut feature Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell juxtaposes moments of great importance with the moment-by-moment sta...

The B-Side – In Conversation with John Sayles

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that the...

U.S. Trailer for Bas Devos’ Berlinale Winner Here Takes a Tranquil Look at Finding Connection

One of the most gorgeous, tranquil movie-going experiences of the year will surely be Bas Devos' Berlinale winner and NYFF and TIFF selection Here. Picked up b...

Exclusive: Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka Acquired by Film Movement for North American Release

One of the most-anticipated films to premiere at Cannes Film Festival this past year was Lisandro Alonso’s long-awaited Jauja follow-up Eureka. An epic spannin...

Exclusive: Japan Society’s New Series Family Portrait Features Films By Ozu, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kore-eda & More

As part of the ACA Cinema Project––"an ongoing initiative fostered by the Government of Japan to increase awareness and appreciation of Japanese films and film...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

Features

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Interviews

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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