The Film Stage - Page 17

Exclusive Trailer for Ellroy vs. L.A. Enters the Mind of a Noir Master

Capturing the city of angels like few other writers, The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential author James Ellroy is the subject of the latest documentary from d...

It Was Just an Accident Review: Jafar Panahi’s Fiercest, Most Incendiary Takedown of Iran’s Regime

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. It Was Just an Accident is now in theaters. If you were handed over the ...

BFI London Review: My Father’s Shadow is a Lovely Tale of Familial Bonding That Plays Things Safe

Telling an authentic, politically charged story from a child’s perspective can be a challenge. For tales set during a period like WWII, a lifelong combination ...

Ballad of a Small Player Review: A Delicious, Nasty Exuberance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Telluride coverage. Ballad of a Small Player is now in theaters and arrives on Netflix on Octobe...

Sam Raimi Finally Returns to Horror in First Trailer for Send Help

For fans of Sam Raimi in horror-thriller mode, the starvation has been real. In the nearly two decades since 2009's Drag Me to Hell, the Evil Dead director has...

Exclusive Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary River of Grass Explores the History and Future of the Everglades

A world premiere at the esteemed True/False Film Festival this year, while making award-winning stops at Hot Docs, the Margaret Mead Film Festival, and more, S...

Rebuilding Trailer: Josh O’Connor Reassambles His Life

The third of four films starring Josh O'Connor to get a fall release, Max Walker-Silverman's A Love Song follow-up Rebuilding premiered at the Sundance Film Fe...

BFI London Review: Bad Apples Sets Saoirse Ronan in a Twisty Thriller

To international viewers, Bad Apples will play like a conventional dark comedy about a schoolteacher pushed too far by a student; to Brits, it’s a scorched Ear...

Juliette Binoche Reflects on Working with Krzysztof Kieślowski at Busan International Film Festival

In 2008, Juliette Binoche paired with dancer Akram Khan for in-i, an experimental dance work about a couple's dissolving relationship. They performed the piece...

Exclusive Trailer for Cinema Guild and MoMA’s João César Monteiro Retrospective Revives One of Portugal’s Great Filmmakers

In the last five-or-so years I've probably not acquainted myself with a better filmmaker than João César Monteiro, who I'd either distill as the closest analog...

News

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

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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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