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El Gouna Review: Golden Bear Winner On the Adamant Finds Respite in Artistic Endeavor

2023 had its fair share of memorable scores and music. Any year with new work from Joe Hisaishi and Mica Levi is going to be one for the books, but the last 12...

Albert Serra’s Next Feature Out of This World Will Explore U.S. and Russia’s Rivalry

Having achieved the unprecedented feat of having a film in our top 20 of last year and the same film in our top five of this year with his astounding Pacificti...

Christopher Schobert’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. Many...

“I’m Made to Tell Stories”: Anthony Dod Mantle on Lars von Trier, Danny Boyle, and a Cinematographer’s Life

Seeing Anthony Dod Mantle's name on EnergaCAMERIMAGE's guest list, I had some instinct we should talk. Few cinematographers in my (or yours or anyone's) lifeti...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Will Debut New Feature Chime In 2024

It would've been duly appreciated if Kiyoshi Kurosawa only debuted his Serpent's Path remake in the near-future; it's icing on the cake that 2024 will be his m...

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2023

As Martin Scorsese once said, "Music and cinema fit together naturally. Because there's a kind of intrinsic musicality to the way moving images work when ...

Kristen Stewart is On the Run in First Trailer for Love Lies Bleeding

After earning acclaim for her 2019 directorial debut Saint Maud, Rose Glass has reteamed with A24 for the bodybuilding lesbian thriller Love Lies Bleeding. Sta...

Michael Mann Affirms Interest in Vietnam War Project and New Sci-Fi Feature

Nearly nine years since Blackhat with one hour-long TV pilot and big novel in-between doesn't mean Michael Mann's spent the much-better part of a decade lying ...

The Best Undistributed Films of 2023

After highlighting the 50 best films you may have missed this year and our overall top 50 films of 2023, today we put our spotlight on those that need a home i...

The Boys in the Boat Review: George Clooney Brings a Classical Touch to Underdog Sports Picture

George Clooney's directing career has been one of both ecstasy and agony. His bold, respected spy dramedy debut (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) was immediate...

News

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

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

Trailers

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

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

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

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

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

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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