The Film Stage

Magic Farm Trailer: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff & Simon Rex Get Lost in Amalia Ulman’s Comedy

Expanding her scope (and color palette) after her dryly hilarious debut El Planeta, Amalia Ulman is back with Magic Farm. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Simon Rex, Al...

Charting the Conflicts of American Democracy Through Henry Fonda’s Career

Henry Fonda for President envisions American history through the dual lives of Henry Fonda: the movie star and the real man behind him. While it’s the deb...

Eric LaRue Review: Michael Shannon’s Directorial Debut is a Bleak Yet Impressive Showcase for Judy Greer

Michael Shannon set himself up with quite a daunting challenge for his directorial debut: how can one capture oppressively bleak, soul-consuming feelings of gu...

David Fincher and Brad Pitt Will Reunite for Quentin Tarantino-Scripted Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sequel

In towards which nobody could have anything but the most equitable reactions, well, the headline says it all, much as I find the development difficult to 100% ...

13 Films to See in April

While our sprawling summer movie preview will arrive by the end of the month, we'll first take a comprehensive look at the April releases to have on your radar...

Henry Fonda for President Review: The Dying Dream of a Better America

The Academy Awards likely aren’t that important in the grand scheme of film history, but legendary actor Henry Fonda winning his first competitive Oscar merely...

Drowning Dry Director Laurynas Bareiša on Finding Comedy in Tragedy, Nicolas Roeg, and the Things We Can’t Process

Conan O'Brien can be forgiven for quipping "Over to you, Estonia" after Flow won Latvia its first Oscar last month. The concept of a shared Baltic Cinema is st...

Bring Her Back Trailer: Sally Hawkins Leads the Next Horror Feature From Talk to Me Directors

After being one of the biggest Sundance breakout stories in the last few years, Talk to Me filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou quickly embarked on thei...

The Encampments Review: An Inspiring, Essential Portrait of Collective Action

A group of students, primarily led by minority voices, launched encampments in protest of Columbia University’s financial ties to companies with the expres...

13 Films to See at New Directors/New Films 2025

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Christopher Nolan, Spike Lee, Chantal Akerman, Theo Angelopoulos, Lynne Ramsay, Tsai Ming-liang, Michael Haneke, Lee Chang-dong, Terence Dav...

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Trailers

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Reviews

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Features

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Interviews

“I Do This All For Palestine”: The Encampments Director on Mainstream Media’s Pro-Israel Bias and the Corporatization of Universities

Charting the Conflicts of American Democracy Through Henry Fonda’s Career

Drowning Dry Director Laurynas Bareiša on Finding Comedy in Tragedy, Nicolas Roeg, and the Things We Can’t Process

Podcasts

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Remembering Val Kilmer

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Magic Farm Trailer: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff & Simon Rex Get Lost in Amalia Ulman’s Comedy

Charting the Conflicts of American Democracy Through Henry Fonda’s Career

Eric LaRue Review: Michael Shannon’s Directorial Debut is a Bleak Yet Impressive Showcase for Judy Greer

David Fincher and Brad Pitt Will Reunite for Quentin Tarantino-Scripted Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sequel

13 Films to See in April

Henry Fonda for President Review: The Dying Dream of a Better America

Drowning Dry Director Laurynas Bareiša on Finding Comedy in Tragedy, Nicolas Roeg, and the Things We Can’t Process

Bring Her Back Trailer: Sally Hawkins Leads the Next Horror Feature From Talk to Me Directors

The Encampments Review: An Inspiring, Essential Portrait of Collective Action

13 Films to See at New Directors/New Films 2025