The Film Stage

Tribeca Festival 2025 Lineup Includes Films by Alex Ross Perry, Takashi Miike, RZA & More

Tribeca Festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup ahead of the annual event, taking place June 4-15, with Alex Ross Perry's Videoheaven, Takashi Miike's Shame, RZA...

The Ugly Stepsister Review: Cinderella Gets a Gruesome, Empathetic Body Horror Twist

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The Ugly Stepsister opens in theaters on April 18. If the disheartening la...

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Brings Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, François Truffaut, and Kenneth Lonergan on 4K

Providing two of the most-demanded upgrades while adding a major American filmmaker to their ranks, Criterion has announced July 2025's lineup. Stanley Kubrick...

Invention Review: Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez’s Drama Holds a Seductive Power

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Berlinale coverage. Invention opens in theaters on April 18. Grieving comes in many guise...

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2025 Lineup Features Christian Petzold, Robin Campillo & More

The last major Cannes sidebar lineup has now arrived with Directors' Fortnight, and featured in the slate is perhaps our most-anticipated film across the entir...

The Life of Chuck Trailer: Tom Hiddleston Leads Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation

There's usually never a quiet year for Stephen King adaptations, but 2025 marks quite a year for the celebrated author. Following The Monkey at the top of the ...

The Criterion Channel’s May Lineup Includes The Ghost Writer, Spike Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jia Zhangke & More

We've always loved setting trends at The Film Stage and are accordingly chuffed that, nine months after we screened a 35mm print at the Roxy, Roman Polanski's ...

U.S. Trailer for Laurynas Bareiša’s Drowning Dry Introduces a Beguiling Family Drama

Winner of Locarno’s Best Director and Best Performance awards last year, Laurynas Bareiša's Drowning Dry went on to be selected as Lithuania’s entry for the Be...

Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2025 Lineup

Following last week's unveiling of the Cannes 2025 lineup, the first sidebar slate has been unveiled with the Cannes Critics' Week lineup. Particularly of note...

First Teaser for Ari Aster’s Eddington Finds Joaquin Phoenix Doomscrolling Through the Depths of 2020

Reteaming with Joaquin Phoenix after the divisive, impressively anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature. His western Eddingt...

News

Dag Johan Haugerud’s Oslo Trilogy, Including Golden Bear Winner Dreams, Set Summer Releases

Exclusive: The Quay Brothers’ Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Acquired by KimStim

David Cronenberg Hints at Retirement: “The World Does Not Need My Next Movie”

Trailers

Mountainhead Teaser: Succession Creator Jesse Armstrong’s New Film Captures Billionaires in Crisis

The Vanishing Begins in First Teaser for Zach Cregger’s Weapons

No Other Land Now Available to Watch at Home for a Limited Time in Support of Masafer Yatta Communities

Reviews

Emergent City Review: A Resonate Tale of Brooklyn Community Fighting for Their Home

On Swift Horses Review: An Endearing Melodrama With an Alluring Ensemble

The Legend of Ochi Review: A Simple Fantasy with Incredible Craftsmanship and Performances

Features

Football Fanatics, Nuclear Waste, and Elon Musk’s Phallic Martian Fever Dreams at Visions du Réel 2025

New to Streaming: Eephus, Grand Tour, The Woman in the Yard, Youth Trilogy & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Salò, Greed, Jerry Lewis, & More

Interviews

“There’s No Nostalgia for Me in This Film”: The Legend of Ochi Director Isaiah Saxon on Making His $10 Million Debut Look Bigger Than Life

“All Grief is Unique”: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds, Life Beyond Story, and Making iPhones Cinematic

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 159 – The Coen Brothers (with Stephen Sajdak)

Emulsion Episode Four: Zach Lewis on Henry Fonda for President

Emulsion Episode Three: Cinema Guild’s Edward McCarry on Shinji Somai and Love Hotel

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