The Film Stage - Page 1148

Jean-Pierre Léaud Marches Towards Death in U.S. Trailer for Albert Serra’s ‘The Death of Louis XIV’

If Jean-Pierre Léaud has been a bellwether-of-sorts for world cinema since the 1960s, and his actual career a continually evolving, singular portrait-of-sor...

Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale Experience Love and War in New Trailer for ‘The Promise’

Shaping up to be the kind of sweeping romantic war epic Hollywood doesn't seem all that interested in making today, The Promise follows an Armenian medical ...

Teresa Palmer Gets Captured in First Trailer for ‘Berlin Syndrome’

Aren't romantic getaways the best? Well, they are until your lover holds you hostage in their apartment, and Liam Neeson isn't your father. This means Clare...

The Careful Brutalism of David Fincher’s Masterful ‘Zodiac’

On its tenth anniversary, we look at David Fincher's 2007 masterpiece....

Trailer for Ava DuVernay-Backed ‘Namour’ Focuses on the Immigrant Experience

Films focusing on the struggles of everyday life for immigrants living into the United States aren't a dime-a-dozen, but in this political climate, they are...

Bill Paxton Has ‘Mean Dreams’ in First Trailer for Cannes Thriller

Genre filmmaking and cinema as a whole lost an essential player recently with the devastating passing of Bill Paxton. A smart actor with a continual underst...

15 Films to See in March

Ghosts, claws, David Lynch, gorillas, cannibalism, the afterlife, and more to experience in theaters this month....

New Trailer for Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ Features a Xenomorph Attack

Ridley Scott's first movie in a lengthy-for-him year-and-a-half is Alien: Covenant, which follows up Prometheus with a little more of that useful brand reco...

Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro, and Steven Spielberg Impart Film History in ‘Five Came Back’ Trailer

One of the more popular film-related books of the last few years is Mark Harris' Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War, which recoun...

Berlin Review: ‘Animals’ is a Playfully Moody Piece of Paranoia

One of the definitive joys of covering the Berlinale is combing through the vast program of its sidebar sections. Featuring literally hundreds of movies this si...

News

New 4-Hour Director’s Cut of Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves Will Premiere at Locarno 2026

Venice Classics 2026 Lineup Features Newly Restored Films by John Cassavetes, Roman Polanski, Shinji Sōmai & More

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

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

15 Films to See at Japan Cuts 2026

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

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