The Film Stage - Page 16

November on The Criterion Channel Brings Howard Hawks, Trent Reznor, Blackout Noir & More

November, Noirvember, tomato, tomahto. The Criterion Channel continue their quest to find every known subgenre with "Blackout Noir," which places Terence Fishe...

The Secret Agent Trailer: Wagner Moura is on the Run in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Thriller

Returning after Bacurau and Pictures of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonça Filho has garnered the most acclaim of his career thus far with The Secret Agent. Earning an ul...

Zodiac Killer Project Trailer: You Will Never Watch True Crime Docs the Same Way Again

One of my favorite documentaries of the year explores the very form of non-fiction filmmaking in immensely entertaining fashion. Charlie Shackleton's Zodiac Ki...

The Man Who Saves the World? Review: A Documentary That Asks: “Can You Believe This?”

The most interesting thing about Gabe Polsky's new documentary The Man Who Saves the World? is that it is unsure of its intentions. The film tells the story of...

All 2025 Films Having Awards-Qualifying, One-Week Releases

As we get closer to the end of 2025 and various critics and voting bodies collate their year-end lists and ballots, the question of what is eligible for such s...

The B-Side Ep. 169 – Bill Paxton (with Billy Ray Brewton)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. ...

“We Should Narrate Exactly What We See”: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi arrives in the United States as both a vector of history and blank slate. His profile would be enough were he only one of Iran’s leading filmmaker...

Exclusive Trailer for Hou Hsiao-hsien-Produced Daughter’s Daughter Spotlights an Incredible Sylvia Chang

In a career of incredible performances working with the likes of Bi Gan, Ang Lee, Edward Yang, Jia Zhangke, Tsui Hark, King Hu, Ringo Lam, Johnnie To, Ann Hui,...

The Criterion Collection’s January 2026 Lineup Includes Yi Yi, Birth, and Dead Man on 4K

Criterion will not begin 2026 on a quiet note. It's notable enough that we now have Edward Yang's Yi Yi, a consensus pick for the 21st century's greatest film,...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Urška Djukić’s Directorial Debut Little Trouble Girls Introduces Slovenia’s Oscar Entry

It's that frenzied time of year as each country puts forth its pick for Best International Feature at the Academy Awards; the decision is always striking when ...

News

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More

Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More

Interviews

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Sinners Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Pulling Off the Film’s Most Difficult Shots and Christopher Nolan’s Advice

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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