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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 ...

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

With a sprawling 215 minutes and VistaVision footage, not to mention a variety of other formats––including 8mm, 16mm, Super 16mm, 35mm (two-perf, three–perf, f...

Jared Mobarak’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...

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

After working on the Sundance Film Festival selection Gaza, director Garry Keane teamed with Stephen Gerard Kelly to turn their eye to another troubled place i...

Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched and Read in 2024

It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, m...

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

NYC Weekend Watch: The New World, AI, The Thing & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaThe New World shows on 35mm this Sunday. Film ForumAI: From Metropolis to Ex ...

John Fink’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. No m...

The Best Movie Posters of 2024

Sorry, Hollywood. Indie studios have officially taken over the poster game. Of the 25 films listed below, I can count the number of legacy studios on one hand ...

News

Annie Baker, Lee Chang-dong, Danny Boyle & More Plot New Features

Radu Jude Reveals First Look at Next Two Features Dracula and Continental ’25

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

Trailers

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

The Quiet Ones Trailer Captures the Largest Heist in Danish History

The Greatest Film of All-Time Returns to Theaters with 50th Anniversary Trailer for Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman

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

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

Caleb Hammond’s Top 10 Films of 2024

New to Streaming: Flow, The End, Pepe, Black Box Diaries & More

Interviews

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

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

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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