The Film Stage

Jeff Nichols to Direct Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer & Austin Butler in The Bikeriders

After a prolific streak with Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, and Loving, we haven't seen a new directorial feature from Jeff Nichols in six long years. It...

Posterized August 2022: Funny Pages, El Gran Movimiento, Free Chol Soo Lee & More

It's a quiet month for studio blockbusters. Sony has Bullet Train (August 5) and The Invitation (August 26); Universal has Beast (August 19). Not to sp...

NYC Weekend Watch: King Vidor, Warhol, Cold Water, 70mm & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln Center As a restoration of Three Colors: White begins its run, a massive...

The Banshees of Inisherin Trailer: Martin McDonagh Reunites with Colin Farrell & Brendan Gleeson

After Seven Psychopaths and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri brought him to America to a divisive reaction, British-Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh re...

Vicky Krieps is on the Run in U.S. Trailer for Mathieu Amalric’s Hold Me Tight

Now seemingly a regular fixture at the Cannes Film Festival, before this year's Corsage and More Than Ever, Vicky Krieps debuted Bergman Island and Hold Me Tig...

Fantasia Review: Next Sohee Handles a Heavy Subject with a Steady Hand

And here I thought capitalism's hold on the American education system by way of unpaid internships was bad. As documented in July Jung's extern drama Next Sohe...

Prey Review: A Ruthlessly Efficient Prequel That Lives Up to the Original

The Predator franchise has been a remarkable exercise in longevity despite diminishing returns for 35 years. As such, a scaled-down and retitled prequel reduce...

Fantasia Review: What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? is a Decent Skit Stretched Beyond its Elasticity

The easiest way to describe the tone of Satoshi Miki's realization of an objectively ingenious concept (What happens to the rotting carcass of a defeated kaiju...

Chaos Reigns in Trailer for 4K Restoration of Daisies

Few movies loom like Daisies, as beloved among first-year film students as it is revered by experts of the Czech New Wave. But being both introduction and figu...

10 Films to See in August

Closing out the summer movie season, August probably won't repeat last year when it comes to including the release of the eventual Best Picture. But there are ...

News

Ethan Coen Sets Margaret Qualley & Geraldine Viswanathan for Lesbian Road Trip Comedy

60th New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate

Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Selected as Centerpiece of 60th New York Film Festival

Trailers

First Teaser for Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All Takes a Romantic Bite

Earth’s Ecosystem Collapses in New Trailer for Vesper

U.S. Trailer for Senegalese Thriller Saloum Tracks an Elite Group of Mercenaries

Reviews

Locarno Review: Astrakan is a Gripping, Impressionist Rendering of the Raw Precariousness of Youth

Rogue Agent Review: Riveting Spy Thriller Plays the Long Con

Locarno Review: The Adventures of Gigi the Law Blends Procedural and Fairytale to Find Wonders in Small-Town Life

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Alain Resnais, Intimate Epics, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Licorice Pizza on 70mm & More

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Michael Mann Returns to Heat, Long Live Cronenberg, Exploring Fire Walk With Me & More

New to Streaming: Prey, Resurrection, Licorice Pizza, Blue Island & More

Interviews

U.S. Trailer for Senegalese Thriller Saloum Tracks an Elite Group of Mercenaries

Lena Dunham on Surprising Herself with Sharp Stick and the Legacy of Girls

A Love Song Director Max Walker-Silverman on Connecting with Nature, the Beauty of Rebirth, and Poetry in Cinema

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 480 – Prey (with DezBaa’)

Intermission Ep. 13 – The Vanishing (with Susannah Gruder)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 479 – Nope (with Richard Newby)

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