The Film Stage

DOC NYC Review: South to Black Power Explores Abstract Politics Through Personal Stories of Change

Starting with a modest proposal framing Black power as the erasure of systemic white supremacy, Sam Pollard and Llewellyn M. Smith's South to Black Power, writ...

Memory Trailer: Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Search for Connection in Michel Franco’s Drama

Every year there's at least one film that premieres at the fall festival circuit without distribution and then does a last-minute jump into the impending award...

World Premiere of 4K Restoration of Edward Yang’s Mahjong Set for December’s Film at Lincoln Center Retrospective

A holy grail of restorations is premiering soon. As part of Film at Lincoln Center's Desire/Expectations: The Films of Edward Yang (running December 22, 2023 t...

New About Dry Grasses Trailer Brings Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Winner Stateside

Returning to Cannes with his first film in five years, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses earned a Best Actress prize for Merve Dizdar. (At 3 hours and 17 m...

Thessaloniki Review: Suspense Beats Solemnity in Jordan’s Oscar Entry Inshallah a Boy

In Inshallah a Boy, a new film from Jordan, a young mother faces some grueling events. It's set around the bustling capitol, Amman, a place where temperatures ...

Exclusive Trailer for Mitch Blummer & Christopher Jason Bell’s Failed State, Premiering at Torino Film Festival

Now underway in northern Italy, the Torino Film Festival is one of the most well-curated international events on the cinematic calendar and one world premiere ...

Exclusive Trailer for the Museum of the Moving Image’s Todd Haynes Retrospective

Todd Haynes season is in full swing. As May December's (too-short) theatrical run winds into a perpetual Netflix future this Friday, New York's Museum of the M...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 521 – The Holdovers (with Gerald Peary)

Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! On a new episode, Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by special guest Gerald Peary to discuss Alexander Payn...

Tony Leung and Andy Lau Square Off In New, English-Subtitled Trailer for The Goldfinger

It's been a long wait for The Goldfinger, which reunites Infernal Affairs stars Tony Leung and Andy Lau with writer-director Felix Chong: production began in F...

Rodrigo Prieto on Martin Scorsese’s Method and Formatting Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie for IMAX

It's often the case that cinematographers are worth an interview no matter their film or director. Rodrigo Prieto, on the other hand, presents a larger canvas....

News

Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2023 Includes Trenque Lauquen, Fallen Leaves, and Anatomy of a Fall

Elizabeth Olsen to Lead Todd Solondz’s Love Child, Shooting This Spring

MUBI’s December 2023 Lineup Features The Delinquents, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Luc Godard, Takeshi Kitano & More

Trailers

Furiosa Trailer: George Miller Brings Us Back to the Apocalypse

First Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast Puts Léa Seydoux and George MacKay In a Centuries-Spanning Sci-Fi Tragedy

The End We Start From Trailer: Jodie Comer Tries to Find Her Way Home in a Submerged London

Reviews

La Syndicaliste Review: Isabelle Huppert-Led Procedural Works as Companion Piece to Elle

Shayda Review: Australia’s Oscar Entry is a Well-Realized Debut Touching on a Raw Nerve of Trauma

Godzilla Minus One Review: A Sentimental, Scale-Shifting Kaiju Blockbuster

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Kijū Yoshida, Matthew Modine, Todd Haynes, Ennio Morricone & More

New to Streaming: May December, The Holdovers, What Happens Later, Beyond Utopia, and More

14 Films to See in December

Interviews

Matthew Modine Reflects on Abel Ferrara, Stanley Kubrick, Renny Harlin, Alan Rudolph, and His Feature-Directing Debut

Sean Price Williams on Rejecting Cynicism with The Sweet East and Making Nick Pinkerton Laugh

Isabelle Huppert on How Every Performance Is Like Acting for the First Time

Podcasts

The B-Side – In Conversation with The Fugitive Director Andrew Davis

The Film Stage Show Ep. 521 – The Holdovers (with Gerald Peary)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 520 – The Killer (with Noah Gittell)

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DOC NYC Review: South to Black Power Explores Abstract Politics Through Personal Stories of Change

Memory Trailer: Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard Search for Connection in Michel Franco’s Drama

World Premiere of 4K Restoration of Edward Yang’s Mahjong Set for December’s Film at Lincoln Center Retrospective

New About Dry Grasses Trailer Brings Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Winner Stateside

Thessaloniki Review: Suspense Beats Solemnity in Jordan’s Oscar Entry Inshallah a Boy

Exclusive Trailer for Mitch Blummer & Christopher Jason Bell’s Failed State, Premiering at Torino Film Festival

Exclusive Trailer for the Museum of the Moving Image’s Todd Haynes Retrospective

The Film Stage Show Ep. 521 – The Holdovers (with Gerald Peary)

Tony Leung and Andy Lau Square Off In New, English-Subtitled Trailer for The Goldfinger

Rodrigo Prieto on Martin Scorsese’s Method and Formatting Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie for IMAX