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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...

Exclusive Trailer for Quad Cinema’s Christian Carion Retrospective, Including a Dash of Duel

Kicking off the new year, NYC's Quad Cinema will present a retrospective of French filmmaker Christian Carion in anticipation of his latest feature Drivin...

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’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. Ther...

Trailer for Ennio Morricone Documentary Celebrates a Legendary Career

The film world lost perhaps its most legendary musician at the start of this decade when Ennio Morricone passed away at the age of 91 in July 2020. Cinema Para...

The Alternate Ending of Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers

One of our top 10 films of the year, Alexander Payne's The Holdovers is already on its way to becoming a recurring Christmas classic. It's also had an expedite...

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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