The Film Stage

Family Portrait Trailer: Deragh Campbell is on an Elusive Search in Lucy Kerr’s Locarno Winner

One of our favorites from last year's Locarno Film Festival, where it picked up the Boccalino d’Oro for Best Director, Lucy Kerr's directorial debut Family Por...

Martin Scorsese Exalts the Films of Powell and Pressburger in First Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary

Following the best movie of last year, 2024 brings a lesson in cinema history from Martin Scorsese. He’s narrated a new documentary on two of the greatest...

NYC Weekend Watch: Amnesiascope, Alain Delon, James Dean & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Brooklyn Center for Theatre ResearchThe latest installment of my secret-screening series Am...

Challengers Review: Non-Stop Lurid Entertainment Rides the Charisma of Its Stars

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opens in an intentionally disorienting manner: We are in New Rochelle, New York for a tennis challenger. Wearing cheap shorts tha...

Omen Review: An Assured Debut That Never Falters in Ambition or Surprise

When considering a film, it can be healthy to have some skepticism, no matter what genre or subject matter is at hand. With regards to Omen, we have a Belgian-...

New to Streaming: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Coup de Chance, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Suzume, Ennio & 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...

Rachel Sennott Looks Inward in First Trailer for I Used To Be Funny

While her performance in Bottoms may have gotten the most buzz out of South by Southwest Film Festival last year, Rachel Sennott also brought a dramedy to the ...

Frederick Elmes on John Cassavetes’ Infectious Confidence, Imitating Sven Nykvist, and Ang Lee’s Hulk

Before we can even get on the record, before that most familiar robot warning of “This meeting is being recorded," Frederick Elmes is swapping stories about Al...

Watershed British Feature Pressure Returns In Trailer for New Restoration

The first British feature written and directed by a Black feature did not come, improbably and somehow, until 1976. This alone would make Horace Ove's Pressure...

2024 Cannes Film Festival Lineup Unveiled

Ahead of a festival kicking off in just about a month, Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, have unveiled...

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Trailers

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Reviews

Challengers Review: Non-Stop Lurid Entertainment Rides the Charisma of Its Stars

Omen Review: An Assured Debut That Never Falters in Ambition or Surprise

The People’s Joker Review: Superhero-Skewering Satire is Miraculous in Multiple Ways

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Amnesiascope, Alain Delon, James Dean & More

New to Streaming: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Coup de Chance, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Suzume, Ennio & More

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Interviews

Frederick Elmes on John Cassavetes’ Infectious Confidence, Imitating Sven Nykvist, and Ang Lee’s Hulk

Becoming the Beast: George MacKay on Fighting for Bertrand Bonello’s Film, Learning French, and Modern Incel Culture

“I’m Not an Actor”: Léa Seydoux on Her Creative Self and False Public Perception

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 534 – Monkey Man (with Jenny Nulf)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Larry Fessenden

The Film Stage Show Ep. 533 – Love Lies Bleeding (with Lily Marotta)

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Family Portrait Trailer: Deragh Campbell is on an Elusive Search in Lucy Kerr’s Locarno Winner

Martin Scorsese Exalts the Films of Powell and Pressburger in First Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary

NYC Weekend Watch: Amnesiascope, Alain Delon, James Dean & More

Challengers Review: Non-Stop Lurid Entertainment Rides the Charisma of Its Stars

Omen Review: An Assured Debut That Never Falters in Ambition or Surprise

New to Streaming: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Coup de Chance, Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Suzume, Ennio & More

Rachel Sennott Looks Inward in First Trailer for I Used To Be Funny

Frederick Elmes on John Cassavetes’ Infectious Confidence, Imitating Sven Nykvist, and Ang Lee’s Hulk

Watershed British Feature Pressure Returns In Trailer for New Restoration

2024 Cannes Film Festival Lineup Unveiled