The Film Stage

Michel Gondry’s Pharrell Williams-Inspired Biopic and Ezra Edelman’s Prince Documentary Will Never Be Released

David Zaslav isn't the only one in Hollywood completely scrapping already-shot feature films. This week brings news that a pair of high-profile forthcoming fil...

Exclusive: Yorgos Lanthimos Plans Assassin Thriller Fatale

Though he recently shot Bugonia and has long been attached to adapt perpetual subway read My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Yorgos Lanthimos has kept at least on...

Bill Morrison on His Oscar-Nominated Short Incident and the Systemic Problems of Policing

At the beginning of my review of The Village Detective: A Song Cycle, I wrote: “It is hard to overstate how important Bill Morrison’s work is to the language a...

Posterized February 2025: Armand, Universal Language, The Monkey & More

2025 is in full swing and a majority of America is probably looking for a means of escape from the literal and figurative flames engulfing their nation...

New to Streaming: All We Imagine as Light, Matt and Mara, Suze, Jazzy & 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...

Sundance Review: Kiss of the Spider Woman Finds Jennifer Lopez in Top Form

In their dark, damp prison quarters, Malina (Tonatiuh) and Valentin (Diego Luna) only have each other for company. Valentin is a radical imprisoned for his rev...

Sundance Review: Ricky is a Portrait of a Tender Man in a Harsh World

Ricky (Stephen James) has only been out of prison a few weeks, but the real world has already become too much for him. His parole officer Joanne (Sheryl Lee Ra...

Sundance Review: Middletown Remembers a High School Class That Held Up Truth to Power

In 1991, Middletown High School teacher Fred Isseks started an elective class that every student wanted to take. “Electronic English” introduced teenagers to n...

NYC Weekend Watch: Obayashi, Willem Dafoe, Jean Cocteau, The Magnificent Ambersons & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA six-film Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective, featuring imported 35mm and 16mm p...

Tsui Hark Returns In U.S. Trailer for Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

Though once head-spinningly prolific, Tsui Hark hasn't directed a solo feature since 2018's Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, the time between then and n...

News

Exclusive Poster for Radu Jude’s Berlinale Premiere Kontinental ’25 Pays Homage to Roberto Rossellini

The Friend Trailer: Naomi Watts Inherits Billy Murray’s Best Friend

First Look at Carla Simón’s Alcarràs Follow-Up Romería

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Moi-même Resurrects an Abandoned Film Capturing Revolution in Paris

First Trailer for On Swift Horses Sets Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter & More in ’50s Melodrama

Exclusive Trailer for Berlinale Premiere The Memory of Butterflies Explores Latin American History

Reviews

Berlinale Review: Tom Tykwer’s The Light is a Maximalist Misfire

The 2025 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films, Reviewed

The 2025 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films, Reviewed

Features

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Terrence Malick, Chateau Marmont, Korean Cinema & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Posterized February 2025: Armand, Universal Language, The Monkey & More

Interviews

Charles Burnett on Resurrecting The Annihilation of Fish and a Humanist Approach to Mental Illness

“Institutions Have Collapsed”: Universal Language Team on Iranian Cinema, Individualism, and Canadian History

Bill Morrison on His Oscar-Nominated Short Incident and the Systemic Problems of Policing

Podcasts

The B-Side – Queen Latifah (with KT)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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Michel Gondry’s Pharrell Williams-Inspired Biopic and Ezra Edelman’s Prince Documentary Will Never Be Released

Exclusive: Yorgos Lanthimos Plans Assassin Thriller Fatale

Bill Morrison on His Oscar-Nominated Short Incident and the Systemic Problems of Policing

Posterized February 2025: Armand, Universal Language, The Monkey & More

New to Streaming: All We Imagine as Light, Matt and Mara, Suze, Jazzy & More

Sundance Review: Kiss of the Spider Woman Finds Jennifer Lopez in Top Form

Sundance Review: Ricky is a Portrait of a Tender Man in a Harsh World

Sundance Review: Middletown Remembers a High School Class That Held Up Truth to Power

NYC Weekend Watch: Obayashi, Willem Dafoe, Jean Cocteau, The Magnificent Ambersons & More

Tsui Hark Returns In U.S. Trailer for Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants