The Film Stage

Atropia Review: An Anti-War Farce That Can’t Sustain its Satire

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Atropia opens in theaters on December 12. In the fictional country of Atro...

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

The first taste of what independent cinema has to offer in 2026 has arrived with the unveiling of the Sundance Film Festival lineup. Taking place January ...

Read This: Making Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Roger Deakins Reflections & More

We have almost reached the end of 2025, and there is a lot to get to, starting with books on an unmade Charlie Chaplin film, memories from Sir Roger Deakins, a...

The Drama Trailer: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya’s Relationship Gets Rocky

After the one-two absurdist comedy punch of Sick of Myself and Dream Scenario, Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli is returning this spring with The Drama, th...

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Few figures of contemporary cinema are more shrouded in mystery than Bi Gan, and no film this year posed a bigger question mark than Resurrection, his seven-ye...

The Best Cinematography of 2025

"A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist—moving an audience through a movie making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark...

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Paris-based filmmakers Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley make their return with Room Temperature. Despite both hailing from California, this is their third collabor...

Sound of Falling Trailer: Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Winner Arrives This January

One of the most formally thrilling breakouts of Cannes Film Festival this year was Mascha Schilinski’s sprawling family odyssey Sound of Falling, which picked ...

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

Robert Grainier lives a narrow life of hard work and sudden, inexplicable tragedy. As played by Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams, he's someone who looks on from a...

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

In a year that’s felt defined by a sense of hysteria and confusion, the only thing I truly wanted from a film festival was escape. I’m over cinema that tries t...

News

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

Trailers

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Exclusive Trailer for Bertrand Bonello-Scored Europe’s New Faces Covers a Troubled Continent

Reviews

The Voice of Hind Rajab Review: Kaouther Ben Hania Brings Questionable Palatability to the Genocide in Gaza

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

Features

The Best 2026 Films We’ve Already Seen

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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

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

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Atropia Review: An Anti-War Farce That Can’t Sustain its Satire

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Read This: Making Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Roger Deakins Reflections & More

The Drama Trailer: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya’s Relationship Gets Rocky

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

The Best Cinematography of 2025

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Sound of Falling Trailer: Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Winner Arrives This January

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival