The Film Stage

Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux Tend to Nature in U.S. Trailer for Silent Friend, Arriving This May

In quite the match-up, Ildikó Enyedi has brought together Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux for Silent Friend, which tells three stories connected to a tree over a pe...

Two Women Trailer: Charming Canadian Sex Comedy Arrives This April

One of the more delightful Sundance premieres I saw last year was Canadian director Chloé Robichaud’s sex comedy Two Women, following two mothers who deal with...

Read This: Hollywood’s Kings, the Fast Family, Tilda on Tilda, and the Life of John Williams

It's time for our first column of 2026, recommending the best in new filmmaking books, and there is no better way to begin than with a new book exploring the h...

10 Films to See in March

The exhaustively extended awards season finally being over isn't the only reason to celebrate this month. Led by my current frontrunner for the best film of 20...

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Few subjects constitute a better benchmark than Werner Herzog, who quite literally needs no introduction and to whom I will, accordingly, not grant such. He...

Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley & Josh O’Connor to Lead Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters

Following up the wonderful Happy as Lazzaro and La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher has assembled quite the ensemble for her next feature. Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ron...

NYC Weekend Watch: The World of Black Film, Satyajit Ray, The Gambler & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMThe World of Black Film features Malcolm X, Daughters of the Dust, Set It Off, Black Orp...

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Ecstatic Tribute to The King

“Between 1969 and 1977, Elvis played 1,100 shows, sometimes 3 times a day.” The postscript of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert—the extravag...

The B-Sides of Anthony Hopkins with Brian Raftery

Welcome to 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 between. ...

New to Streaming: Father Mother Sister Brother, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Dead Man’s Wire & 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...

News

New Directors/New Films 2026 Lineup Unveiled

Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley & Josh O’Connor to Lead Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters

March on the Criterion Channel Includes the Romanian New Wave, Ghost in the Shell, Who Killed Teddy Bear & More

Trailers

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Bunnylovr Trailer: Katarina Zhu’s Directorial Debut Captures a Character Study of a Cam Girl

Lucrecia Martel Returns with Trailer for Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), Arriving This May

Reviews

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

Project Hail Mary Review: Sci-Fi Buddy Picture Takes Time to Soar

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“It Scared a Lot of People”: Jane Alexander on Testament, Nuclear Threats, and Her Accomplished Career

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Alison McAlpine In Conversation With Walter Murch on Her Oscar-Nominated Perfectly a Strangeness

Podcasts

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Remembering Tom Noonan with Keith Uhlich

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Read More

Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux Tend to Nature in U.S. Trailer for Silent Friend, Arriving This May

Two Women Trailer: Charming Canadian Sex Comedy Arrives This April

Read This: Hollywood’s Kings, the Fast Family, Tilda on Tilda, and the Life of John Williams

10 Films to See in March

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley & Josh O’Connor to Lead Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters

NYC Weekend Watch: The World of Black Film, Satyajit Ray, The Gambler & More

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Ecstatic Tribute to The King

The B-Sides of Anthony Hopkins with Brian Raftery

New to Streaming: Father Mother Sister Brother, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Dead Man’s Wire & More