The Film Stage

The Brutalist Cinematographer Lol Crawley on VistaVision, the 70mm Experience, and Brady Corbet’s Flexibility

Perhaps no film this year represents more from a cinematographic standpoint than The Brutalist. A continents- and decades-spanning period piece shot on VistaVi...

Santosh Director Sandhya Suri on Quiet Characters, Economic Filmmaking, and Emotional Chess

Emerging after over a decade of development, Santosh is Sandhya Suri's first narrative feature after a career in documentary. Shortlisted for Best Internationa...

Laceno D’Oro Review: Pastoral Hybrid Doc Savanna and the Mountain Confronts An Urgent Struggle with Humor and Charm

In Savanna and the Mountain, the real villagers of Covas do Barroso in Northern Portugal do battle with Savannah Resources, a real British company looking to t...

NYC Weekend Watch: Minority Report, Mr. Deeds, La Notte & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaMinority Report shows on 35mm Friday; The Beguiled, The Age of Innocen...

Robyn Bahr’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 lists. 2024...

New to Streaming: The Order, Between the Temples, Bird, Gladiator II, Nightbitch & 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...

Laceno D’Oro Review: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari Entrancingly Explores the Histories of Science, Cinema, and War

If you played Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari at 20-times speed it would be like watching complex organisms dissolve into blunter forms of matter. As it moves glaci...

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

Happy Holidays from The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in betwee...

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’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 lists. The ...

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

A benefactor to Adrien Brody’s architect character László Tóth, the patronage of Guy Pearce’s wealthy Harrison Lee Van Buren eventually metastasizes into somet...

News

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Trailers

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

Exclusive Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary In the Shadow of Beirut Captures a Beautiful City in Turmoil

Love Me Trailer: Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Find Romance Across Billions of Years

Reviews

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

Santosh Review: U.K.’s Oscar Entry is a Taut Exploration of Gender Politics and Police Corruption

Laceno D’Oro Review: Pastoral Hybrid Doc Savanna and the Mountain Confronts An Urgent Struggle with Humor and Charm

Features

Oliver Weir’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Jared Mobarak’s Top 10 Films of 2024

New to Streaming: It’s Not Me, A Real Pain, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Wicked & More

Interviews

“It Was Worth the Hassle”: The Brutalist Editor Dávid Jancsó on Deliberate Pacing, Multiple Formats, and Crying at Venice

The Brutalist Cinematographer Lol Crawley on VistaVision, the 70mm Experience, and Brady Corbet’s Flexibility

Santosh Director Sandhya Suri on Quiet Characters, Economic Filmmaking, and Emotional Chess

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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The Brutalist Cinematographer Lol Crawley on VistaVision, the 70mm Experience, and Brady Corbet’s Flexibility

Santosh Director Sandhya Suri on Quiet Characters, Economic Filmmaking, and Emotional Chess

Laceno D’Oro Review: Pastoral Hybrid Doc Savanna and the Mountain Confronts An Urgent Struggle with Humor and Charm

NYC Weekend Watch: Minority Report, Mr. Deeds, La Notte & More

Robyn Bahr’s Top 10 Films of 2024

New to Streaming: The Order, Between the Temples, Bird, Gladiator II, Nightbitch & More

Laceno D’Oro Review: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari Entrancingly Explores the Histories of Science, Cinema, and War

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

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime