The Film Stage

Rotterdam Review: The Witches of the Orient Subverts the Sports Documentary in Singular Ways

Never doubt a documentary filmmaker's propensity to eke out the narrowest of niches. We've had films on spelling bees and İstanbullu kitties, but the latest co...

First Teaser for Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle Enters a Virtual World

After delivering such acclaimed films as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and most recently, the Oscar-nominated Mirai, d...

Daft Punk Break Up, Release 8-Minute Epilogue Video

R.I.P. Daft Punk (1993-2021) No, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have not passed away, but their legendary, 28-year-long music collaboratio...

Slamdance Review: A Brixton Tale Explores Filmmaking Ethics and Gentrification in Morally Straightforward Ways

For their first feature, A Brixton Tale, filmmaking team Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers set themselves a trap. It’s a film about filmmaking ethics—who g...

Slamdance Review: Me to Play Grapples with Real-Life Mortality Through a Samuel Beckett Play

In 2012, veteran New York actors Chris Jones and Dan Moran staged an off-Broadway production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. The play, a black comedy about two ag...

Tony Leung and Andy Lau Reunite 18 Years After Infernal Affairs Trilogy for Goldfinger

In 2002, Andy Lau and Tony Leung reunited for action crime feature Infernal Affairs, an instant hit which not only spawned two back-to-back sequels the followi...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Steve Zahn

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

Listen to Bong Joon Ho Discuss His Next Projects & Entire Filmography in 90-Minute Talk with Rian Johnson

Even though it feels like we've lived many lifetimes since Bong Joon Ho's Parasite arrived stateside and swept the Oscars, it's in fact only been just over a y...

New to Streaming: To the Wonder, Monster Hunter, Nomadland, Test Pattern & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Shiva Baby Trailer: Emma Seligman’s Festival Favorite Arrives This April

A selection at TIFF and SXSW, Emma Seligman's Shiva Baby was a major hit on the festival circuit last fall as we named it one of our favorite features. Starrin...

News

Neill Blomkamp’s District 10 Moves Forward as First Details Arrive for His Pandemic-Shot Horror Film

The Criterion Channel’s March 2021 Lineup Includes Preston Sturges, Elaine May, Black Westerns & More

Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad Set for May 2021 Release

Trailers

A Masked Avenger Emerges in First Trailer for Tim Sutton’s Funny Face

Zack Snyder Returns to the World of Zombies in First Trailer for Army of the Dead

Trailer for Ephraim Asili’s Godardian Comedy The Inheritance Brings the Revolution Home

Reviews

Erēmīta (Anthologies) Review: Renowned Cinematographers Provide Their Pandemic Visions

My Zoe Review: Julie Delpy Delivers a Sensitive, Thought-Provoking Story of Marriage and Motherhood

Crisis Review: An All-Compassing, Underwhelming Drug Epic

Features

New to Streaming: Minari, Mike Nichols, The Conformist, Audition & More

New to Streaming: To the Wonder, Monster Hunter, Nomadland, Test Pattern & More

What Lies Beneath: The Startling Intensity of a Michelle Pfeiffer Performance

Interviews

Julie Delpy on Inventing Heaven, Existential Fear, and the Making of My Zoe

Pleasure Director Ninja Thyberg on the Evolution of the Porn Industry, Power Structures, and the American Dream

PVT Chat Director Ben Hozie on a Raw Approach to Filming Sex, Male Nudity as Art, and the Poetry of Masturbation

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 421 – Nomadland (with Robyn Bahr)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Steve Zahn

The Film Stage Show Ep. 420 – Judas and the Black Messiah (with Sarah-Tai Black)

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Rotterdam Review: The Witches of the Orient Subverts the Sports Documentary in Singular Ways

First Teaser for Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle Enters a Virtual World

Daft Punk Break Up, Release 8-Minute Epilogue Video

Slamdance Review: A Brixton Tale Explores Filmmaking Ethics and Gentrification in Morally Straightforward Ways

Slamdance Review: Me to Play Grapples with Real-Life Mortality Through a Samuel Beckett Play

Tony Leung and Andy Lau Reunite 18 Years After Infernal Affairs Trilogy for Goldfinger

The B-Side – In Conversation with Steve Zahn

Listen to Bong Joon Ho Discuss His Next Projects & Entire Filmography in 90-Minute Talk with Rian Johnson

New to Streaming: To the Wonder, Monster Hunter, Nomadland, Test Pattern & More

Shiva Baby Trailer: Emma Seligman’s Festival Favorite Arrives This April