The Film Stage

Adrien Brody on Pulling Personal History into The Brutalist, Overlooked Performances, and Acting with Beyoncé

Adrien Brody is the magnificent center of Brady Corbet’s intimate-yet-sprawling epic The Brutalist, giving the performance of his career as László Tóth, who em...

Exclusive: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Unraveling in New Artwork for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths

At long last, six years after Peterloo, the legendary Mike Leigh is back with one of the very best films of the year. Hard Truths––which we named one of our to...

Renate Reinsve Enters a Tangled Web In Trailer for Norway’s Oscar Entry Armand

After her 2021 breakout with The Worst Person in the World, Renate Reinsve’s 2022 and 2023 seemed fairly quiet, but she was working on no shortage of projects ...

Vulgar Auteurism Lives with Trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s George R.R. Martin Adaptation In the Lost Lands

It's been eight years since Paul W.S. Anderson's last proper theatrical release (Monster Hunter being a COVID film and all), but the fires of vulgar auteurism ...

Exclusive: Cannes and ND/NF Selection Lost Country Acquired by Altered Innocence

We're delighted to exclusively announce Altered Innocence has picked up all U.S. rights to Vladimir Perišić's feature film Lost Country, which was the winner o...

Joshua Bogatin’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 list...

Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott Clash in First Trailer for Bring Them Down

Premiering at TIFF earlier this year, Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott lead the gritty revenge thriller Bring Them Down. The directorial debut from Christo...

AI Technology Resurrects Life After Death in Exclusive Trailer for Eternal You

As AI continues to pervade every industry, there are also wide-ranging personal implications that society only seems to be currently scratching the surface of....

Oliver Weir’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 list...

The Way of the Wind is the “Most Important Film” to Terrence Malick

As Terrence Malick and company now enter the sixth year of editing on his Biblical epic The Way of the Wind, 2025 may now finally be time it sees the light of ...

News

Claire Denis’ The Cry of the Guards Finds New Lead with Mia McKenna-Bruce; Production Begins This Month

Long-Rare Films from John Woo, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark & More Acquired By Shout! Studios

Listen to Bertrand Bonello’s Soundtrack for Planet B

Trailers

Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Horror in First Trailer for The Woman in the Yard

Peter Weir’s Landmark of Australian Cinema Is Salvaged In Trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock‘s 4K Release

Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Every Little Thing Review: A Sensitive Portrait of a Great Woman’s Dedication to Hummingbirds

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Review: A Heist Thriller That Would Make Jean-Pierre Melville Proud

From Ground Zero Review: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Is a Sobering Anthology Capturing Life During Wartime

Features

Luke Hicks’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2024

NYC Weekend Watch: To Save and Project, Donald Sutherland, Jonas Mekas & More

Interviews

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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