Sundance Review: Nanny Brings Horror to the Immigrant Story with Atmospheric, Disquieting Tension

With Nanny, Nikyatu Jusu presents a more haunting depiction of the American Dream. Her feature debut nods to Ousmane Sembène’s seminal Black Girl while distill...

John Cameron Mitchell on the Inventive Process of Making Shortbus and Normalizing Healthy Depictions of Sex on Screen

For those of us around in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was a wild time for American cinema. You wouldn’t know it by looking at what’s screening at the mu...

The Criterion Channel’s February Lineup Includes Melvin Van Peebles, Douglas Sirk, Laura Dern & More

Another month, another Criterion Channel lineup. In accordance with Black History Month their selections are especially refreshing: seven by Melvin Van Peebles...

Sundance Review: Resurrection is a Stomach-Churning Psychological Thriller That Turns Silly

Not all is well from the opening scenes of Andrew Semans’ Resurrection, based on his own Black List-charting script, which begins as a chilly, slick workplace ...

Sundance Review: Jesse Eisenberg’s When You Finish Saving the World is a Slight Directorial Debut

A refigured and condensed version of his own audio drama of the same name, When You Finish Saving the World is a slight directorial debut from Jesse Eisenberg ...

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2021

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2021, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Afte...

Scream Review: Slasher Franchise Returns with Daring Yet Dispiriting Sequel

There’s something dispiriting about the latest Scream. It’s an uncanny sort, though, the kind that makes its outcome even harder to swallow. The film's shortco...

13 Minutes Review: A Disaster of a Movie Flaunts Hot Button Issues with No Insight

I'm not entirely sure what the message is at the center of Lindsay Gossling's 13 Minutes. In fact, I'm pretty sure there isn't one. A line of text runs before ...

BIFF Review: Life After You Adapts a Candid Account of Grief, Uncertainty, and Guilt

A moment at the beginning of Sarah T Schwab's adaptation of Life After You tells you all you need to know about the central mother-son relationship. Linda (co-...

NYFF Review: C’mon C’mon is an Affecting Drama of Genuine Kindness and Comfort

Mike Mills could be described as a graphic designer. Or a musician. Or a music-video director. He’s a frequent collaborator of The National, directing a short ...