The Film Stage - Page 154

TIFF Review: Rustin is a Propulsive Biopic That Unpacks Prejudice

It just goes to show how one movement will always be followed by another. No matter how integral Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) proved to advancing Civil Right...

Venice Review: William Friedkin’s The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a Muscular Swan Song

Herman Wouk’s celebrated novel The Caine Mutiny and play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial couldn’t even be called “peak boomer”; it’s pre-boomer. And having been...

TIFF Review: The End We Start From is a Strong Survival Tale Led by a Remarkable Jodie Comer

The End We Start From, the debut feature from acclaimed television director Mahalia Belo, offers all the standard elements of a drama centered on a near-apocal...

TIFF Review: Michael Keaton’s Knox Goes Away is a Low-Energy Disappointment

The protagonist of Knox Goes Away, starring and directed by Michael Keaton, is one of the most low-energy hired killers in cinema history. There's reason for t...

TIFF Review: The King Tide is Mesmerizing, Grounded Sci-Fi

On the eve of the king tide, a life is lost via miscarriage while another is found crying in the hull of a capsized boat come ashore. Is it a sign? Some cosmic...

TIFF Review: Wicked Little Letters Finds Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley Elevating a Timid Crowdpleaser

Doing the most they can with a script that could’ve been plucked from the rejected bin of ‘90s Miramax feel-good crowd-pleasers, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckl...

TIFF Review: His Three Daughters is a Powerful Family Drama

Absence is at the center of His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs’ latest film. It's set almost entirely in a small New York City apartment as three sisters reuni...

Martin Scorsese Hopes to Appear In New Jesus Film and Adapt Marilynne Robinson’s Home

Ten years ago, responding to rumors he'd sought to retire, Martin Scorsese succinctly replied, "You'll have to tackle me to stop me." Like a lunar cycle follow...

TIFF Review: The Tundra Within Me is a Quiet Drama Highlighting the Clash of Tradition and Modernity

Much like her main character Lena (Risten Anine Kvernmo Gaup), The Tundra Within Me writer-director Sara Margrethe Oskal was also a traditional Sami reindeer h...

TIFF Review: Stamped From the Beginning Emboldens American History with Black Feminist Perspectives

If your education was only gleaned from the American public school system, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks may be the only Black historical f...

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

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Reviews

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

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Interviews

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

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

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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