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Blue Jean Director Georgia Oakley on Kelly Reichardt’s Simplicity and the Everyday Erosion of LGBTQ+ Acceptance

One of the year's most accomplished directorial debuts, Georgia Oakley’s deeply felt, grounded drama Blue Jean is set in 1988 England amidst Margaret Thatcher’...

Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Will Feature Four Stories With Actors Playing Multiple Roles

Update: We spoke with cinematographer Robert Yeoman, who shared new details on Wes Anderson's next two features. Read here. Next week, Wes Anderson's Astero...

Cannes Review: The Old Oak Finds Ken Loach Bidding Farewell with a Rallying Cry

In The Old Oak, an English man and a Syrian woman become unlikely friends on one side of a simmering culture war. It's the latest from Ken Loach and, if report...

Cannes Review: Terrestrial Verses Finds Bureaucratic Comedy and Tragedy in Modern Iran

Iranian filmmaking’s reliance on formal restrictions and secrecy are given new variations in Terrestrial Verses, co-directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami,...

John Carpenter Has Directed a New TV Series from His Couch and Teases The Thing Sequel

Hardly anyone expected John Carpenter to get back in the director's chair and just as many have accused him of being overambitious in recent years. Which makes...

Past Lives Director Celine Song on Choosing Your Home and the Contradictions of Time

Past Lives is a human story. The debut from playwright-turned-director Celine Song, the drama encompasses 24 years of a relationship between Nora (Greta Lee) a...

15 Films to See in June

Following a number of disappointing blockbusters in May, there are a few promising ones this month (as glimpsed in our honorable mentions below), but it feels ...

The B-Side – Tilda Swinton (with Dan Walber)

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

New to Streaming: BlackBerry, Padre Pio, Pride Month, Sátántangó, Reality, and More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Watch: Hannah Ha Ha Director Jordan Tetewsky Helms Music Video for Matthew Danger Lippman as New Album Arrives

All of New York's asking one question: will success spoil Matthew Danger Lippman? Blame for his crash and burn can be placed on The Film Stage. Four months aft...

News

Jia Zhang-ke Reveals He’s Working on an AI Short Film

Daniel Day-Lewis Ends Retirement for Anemone Co-Written with and Directed By Son Ronan Day-Lewis

Exclusive Premiere of Sean Henry’s “In Heaven” Video Reworks a Classic David Lynch Tune

Trailers

Nicholas Hoult Faces Justice In Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2

Babygirl Trailer: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Play Erotic Games

Robert Eggers Brings the Gothic Horror in New Trailer for Nosferatu

Reviews

NYFF Review: Nickel Boys Finds Miraculous Beauty in the Horrors of the World

NYFF Review: The Friend Amply Portrays Grief with an Admirable Naomi Watts Performance

NYFF Review: Afternoons of Solitude is a Hypnotic Take on Bullfighting from Albert Serra

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Samuel L. Jackson, Akerman-Duras, Compensation & More

Posterized October 2024: Rumours, Woman of the Hour, La Cocina & More

New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Powell and Pressburger, Red Rooms, It’s What’s Inside & More

Interviews

It’s What’s Inside Director Greg Jardin on Manifesting Anxiety, Giallo Lighting, and the Road to Success

“I Made It So I Could Breathe”: Tarsem on Restoring The Fall, Distribution Woes, and the Next Chapter

The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

Podcasts

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)

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