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Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings 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’m ...

First Trailer for Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black

Marking her first film in six years, Sam Taylor-Johnson returns this year with Back to Black, a biopic depicting the life of the late Amy Winehouse. Led by Mar...

The Beekeeper Review: Jason Statham Pollinates David Ayer’s Actioner with Immense Appeal

It’s the time of year for smooth-brained relaxation. Moviegoers can recover from the holidays with the comfort of knowing Gerard Butler, Liam Neeson, or Jason ...

Will Menaker on the Year in Cinema: Oppenheimer, Scorsese, Friedkin & Beyond

I could ask whether or not the world needs another movie podcast but it might be a bad start posing questions to which we both know the answer. Still, Movie Mi...

David Lynch’s Recovered Dune Messiah Script Offers a Window Into the Never-Made Sequel

Too early to call this the discovery of 2024? If we never get another David Lynch movie, series, or short film shot on consumer-grade DV, this is just about ou...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn & Regina Hall Confirmed to Star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Film

At long last we have confirmation on casting for Paul Thomas Anderson's next feature. Back in 2022, it was revealed that his Licorice Pizza follow-up was plann...

Exclusive Trailer for Restored James Baldwin Documentary I Heard It Through the Grapevine Charts a Hero’s Life

This summer marks the centennial of James Baldwin, whose brilliance, boldness, and bravura have made him the rare Civil Rights icon who's also endured as subje...

Caleb Hammond’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. From...

U.S. Trailer for Venice Winner Skin Deep Invites You to See the World Through Another Body

One of our favorite films coming out of Venice Film Festival back in 2022, where it won the Queer Lion award, Alex Schaad's feature debut Skin Deep will now ar...

Watch: Emmanuel Lubezki Captures the Earth in The Knowing Short, Utilizing Sony’s New Camera

While it's unlikely we'll ever see a reunion between one of the greatest creative partnerships of the century thus far––that of director Terrence Malick and ci...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

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

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

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