The Film Stage

Rotterdam Review: The Misconceived is an Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Seven years after collaborating on The Plagiarists, writers James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Robin Schavoir return with The Misconceived—another incisive, inventiv...

Exclusive Trailer for Micro Budget Finds Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, Jon Gabrus & More Making a Disaster

We're pleased to exclusively announce that Factory 25, the celebrated Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company, has acquired world rights to distri...

“I Don’t Want to Lose the City We Have”: Noah Segan on The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Noah Segan’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York is an ode to a past New York City and the films set there. John Turturro plays Harry, an old-school pickpoc...

Exclusive Trailer for Michael Glover Smith’s Hekla Captures an Artist’s Day

Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith has earned acclaim for his indie dramas, including Mercury in Retrograde and Rendezvous in Chicago. Spinning off h...

Isabelle Huppert is The Blood Countess in Exclusive Poster for Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlinale Premiere

A pair of legends are uniting for a Berlinale 2026 premiere. Isabelle Huppert stars in the first narrative feature in quite some time from German director Ulri...

David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino Unite in First Trailer for The Adventures of Cliff Booth

While the Super Bowl is no stranger to teasers for the major sequels of the year, one we didn't expect to drop is the 2026 follow-up we're most curious about. ...

“I Still Feel Like an Outcast”: Michael Almereyda on Nadja, Peter Fonda, David Lynch’s Fantômas, and Zero K

Could a director be best-known for what's hardly been seen in 30-plus years? Notwithstanding the superb, modernized Hamlet—itself in less-than-prime circulatio...

New to Streaming: The Secret Agent, Hamnet, Boys Go to Jupiter, The Plague & 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...

Pillion Director Harry Lighton on Portraying Realistic Sex and Rethinking Queer Narratives

Harry Lighton’s Pillion was one of the highlights of last year’s Un Certain Regard at Cannes, garnering wide acclaim and a fair amount of titters for its frank...

Posterized February 2026: Wuthering Heights, Pillion, My Father’s Shadow & More

The new year is in full swing with its January doldrums making way for another February chock full of Oscar-qualifying films receiving their limited an...

News

The Criterion Collection’s May Lineup Includes Akira Kurosawa, Bob Fosse, and Joachim Trier on 4K

First Look at Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Set for August Release

Isabelle Huppert is The Blood Countess in Exclusive Poster for Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlinale Premiere

Trailers

Legendary Director Haile Gerima Returns in Exclusive Trailer for Black Lions – Roman Wolves, Premiering at Berlinale

Two Prosecutors Trailer: Sergei Loznitsa Captures a Quest for Justice

Omaha Trailer: John Magaro Takes a Heartbreaking Road Trip

Reviews

Rotterdam Review: First Light is a Calm, Confident Debut

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Review: Gore Verbinski Finally Returns with Refreshingly Madcap Adventure

My Father’s Shadow Review: A Lovely Tale of Familial Bonding That Plays Things Safe

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Diane Keaton, The Brown Bunny, 2001 In Cinema & More

New to Streaming: Marty Supreme, Is This Thing On?, The Librarians, Happyend & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“We Cut 95% of It Out”: Matt Johnson on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Constant Re-Editing, and Season 3

Cashiers Du Cinéma Editors on Programming Their BAM Series and Celebrating Cinema Workers

Sam Rockwell on His Most Overlooked Films and Working with Gore Verbinski

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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Rotterdam Review: The Misconceived is an Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Exclusive Trailer for Micro Budget Finds Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, Jon Gabrus & More Making a Disaster

“I Don’t Want to Lose the City We Have”: Noah Segan on The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Exclusive Trailer for Michael Glover Smith’s Hekla Captures an Artist’s Day

Isabelle Huppert is The Blood Countess in Exclusive Poster for Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlinale Premiere

David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino Unite in First Trailer for The Adventures of Cliff Booth

“I Still Feel Like an Outcast”: Michael Almereyda on Nadja, Peter Fonda, David Lynch’s Fantômas, and Zero K

New to Streaming: The Secret Agent, Hamnet, Boys Go to Jupiter, The Plague & More

Pillion Director Harry Lighton on Portraying Realistic Sex and Rethinking Queer Narratives

Posterized February 2026: Wuthering Heights, Pillion, My Father’s Shadow & More