The Film Stage

The Teacher Review: A Tragic Yet Hopeful Look at Living in a State of Oppression

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 TIFF coverage. The Teacher opens in theaters on April 11 from Watermelon Pictures. Writer-dir...

A New Novel by Thomas Pynchon Will Arrive as Paul Thomas Anderson’s Vineland Adaptation Hits Theaters

While Warner Bros. has yet to officially confirm themselves, thanks to a since-deleted WGA filing, reports from test screenings, and clues that can be deduced ...

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

An essential document of a moment in time for a story very much still unfolding, The Encampments is a thorough, engrossing portrait of the Gaza Solid...

Direct Action Review: A Rousing, Immersive Study of Communal Living

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Berlinale coverage. Direct Action opens in theaters on April 11. There’s a stretch of lan...

The Kingdom Trailer: Acclaimed Coming-of-Age Cannes Selection Arrives This May

Coming to theaters a year after its praised debut at Cannes Film Festival in its Un Certain Regard section, Julien Colonna’s first feature The Kingdom is a gri...

Ponyboi Trailer: River Gallo is On the Run From Dylan O’Brien

After premiering at last year's edition of Sundance Film Festival, Esteban Arango's Ponyboi will finally be coming to theaters this summer. Led by River Gallo ...

Johnnie To Confirms Two New Features and Offers Update on Election 3

The film world was set alight when learning Johnnie To and Tony Leung would reteam for a Japan-shot gangster feature. (That collection of words sort of speaks ...

Tom Cruise Faces His Destiny In Trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

After back-to-back Mission: Impossible sequels were announced all the way back in 2019, the culmination of Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise’s ambitious pro...

First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Tells the Story of a Family Business

This summer marks the return of Wes Anderson, now with an Oscar in-hand for his quartet of Roald Dahl adaptations. The Phoenician Scheme tells the story of a f...

Woody Allen’s Debut Novel What’s with Baum? Arrives In September

If Woody Allen never makes another film (whatever the recent rumors about a Barcelona project) Coup de Chance hits a passable, albeit minor final note that, in...

News

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Trailers

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Reviews

Invention Review: Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez’s Drama Holds a Seductive Power

One to One: John & Yoko Review: A Riveting, Soul-Rattling Time Capsule

Sinners Review: Ryan Coogler Breathes Life Into Richly Told, Carnal Vampire Tale

Features

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Interviews

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

“I Like Chaos”: Tim Roth on Collaborating with David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Mike Leigh, and Michael Haneke

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

Podcasts

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The Teacher Review: A Tragic Yet Hopeful Look at Living in a State of Oppression

A New Novel by Thomas Pynchon Will Arrive as Paul Thomas Anderson’s Vineland Adaptation Hits Theaters

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

Direct Action Review: A Rousing, Immersive Study of Communal Living

The Kingdom Trailer: Acclaimed Coming-of-Age Cannes Selection Arrives This May

Ponyboi Trailer: River Gallo is On the Run From Dylan O’Brien

Johnnie To Confirms Two New Features and Offers Update on Election 3

Tom Cruise Faces His Destiny In Trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Tells the Story of a Family Business

Woody Allen’s Debut Novel What’s with Baum? Arrives In September