The Film Stage

Capturing Life Under Genocide: Sepideh Farsi on Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

One of the most heartbreaking documentaries of the year, Sepideh Farsi's Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk premiered at Cannes just weeks after the Israeli o...

Paul Schrader on Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters‘ 40-Years-Late Japanese Premiere

Japan is hardly known for placing limits on cinema; one might posit that young cinephiles largely enter the nation’s incomprehensibly dense corpus through its ...

Wong Kar Wai’s Blossoms Shanghai Sets Criterion Channel Release Beginning This Month

Two years after Wong Kar Wai's Blossoms Shanghai premiered in China, the long-awaited series will now be coming to America. Beginning on November 24, the Crite...

15 Films to See in November

As the year nears its conclusion, November brings another incredible slate of films, including a few that'll certainly be among my top ten of 2025 list. While ...

Jeff Nichols Sets Next Feature King Snake Starring Margaret Qualley, Michael Shannon, and Drew Starkey

In the couple of years since The Bikeriders premiered, we've been wondering when Jeff Nichols would be up to next. Last year, news came he was embarking on the...

New to Streaming: The History of Sound, Sorry, Baby, Ballad of a Small Player, Hedda, and 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Napoleon, God’s Wedding, The Tree of Life & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA highlight of Kevin Brownlow’s work brings numerous silent films, including the ...

One Battle After Another: Pop Culture Glossary

Breaking down the film’s inspirations, influences, and pop culture references—from Steely Dan to Star Wars. Like all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films, hi...

The B-Side Ep. 170 – David Cronenberg (with Veronica Fitzpatrack)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.&nb...

U.S. Trailer for Hlynur Pálmason’s The Love That Remains, Iceland’s Oscar Entry

Carving out a rather immaculate body of work that continues to go in different directions, Hlynur Pálmason returned this year with The Love That Remains, which...

News

Richard Linklater and Lynne Ramsay Update on Next Projects

Jeff Nichols Sets Next Feature King Snake Starring Margaret Qualley, Michael Shannon, and Drew Starkey

One Battle After Another Sweeps 2025 Gotham Award Nominations

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Peaches Goes Bananas Celebrates a Trailblazing Queer Icon

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Trailer: Quentin Tarantino’s Uncut Epic Comes to Theaters Next Month

U.S. Trailer for Bi Gan’s Resurrection Introduces a Dizzyingly Ambitious Feat of Cinema

Reviews

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Review: A Child’s Wonder Brushed in Pastel Animation

Christy Review: A Shamelessly Generic Oscar Grab for Sydney Sweeney

Sentimental Value Review: A Lived-In, Sincere Family Drama

Features

Posterized November 2025: Rebuilding, Peter Hujar’s Day, Sentimental Value & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Hollis Frampton, Sofia Coppola, Bo Widerberg & More

New to Streaming: Frankenstein, The Smashing Machine, The Sparrow in the Chimney, Boys Go to Jupiter & More

Interviews

Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day, the Loneliness of the Artist, and a Lost New York

“I Want Somebody to Surprise Me”: Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay’s Confidence, and the Directors She’d Love to Work With

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

Podcasts

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

The B-Side Ep. 170 – David Cronenberg (with Veronica Fitzpatrack)

Emulsion Ep. 17 – Stephanie LaCava on Nymph, Chantal Akerman, and Abel Ferrara

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Capturing Life Under Genocide: Sepideh Farsi on Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Paul Schrader on Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters‘ 40-Years-Late Japanese Premiere

Wong Kar Wai’s Blossoms Shanghai Sets Criterion Channel Release Beginning This Month

15 Films to See in November

Jeff Nichols Sets Next Feature King Snake Starring Margaret Qualley, Michael Shannon, and Drew Starkey

New to Streaming: The History of Sound, Sorry, Baby, Ballad of a Small Player, Hedda, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: Napoleon, God’s Wedding, The Tree of Life & More

One Battle After Another: Pop Culture Glossary

The B-Side Ep. 170 – David Cronenberg (with Veronica Fitzpatrack)

U.S. Trailer for Hlynur Pálmason’s The Love That Remains, Iceland’s Oscar Entry