The Film Stage

TIFF Review: Wolfwalkers is a Gorgeous Animated Tale Told with Compassion

The woodsmen are clearing out the forest to expand Kilkenny, Ireland's farmland circa 1650 under orders of Lord Protector Cromwell (Simon McBurney)—an Englishm...

TIFF Review: New Order Offers the Best and Worst of Michel Franco

Michel Franco has made a name for himself over the years with Daniel and Ana, After Lucia, Chronic, and April’s Daughter, all of which can be described as mise...

First Trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7

Following up his directorial debut Molly's Game, Aaron Sorkin is returning to the director's chair with his long-gestating follow-up, The Trial of the Chicago ...

TIFF Review: The Kid Detective Finds Adam Brody On the Beat and Past His Prime

The premise behind Evan Morgan's The Kid Detective definitely hit upon my nostalgia as a big fan of the HBO Encyclopedia Brown series when I was a kid. You do ...

TIFF Review: Summer of 85 is an Enjoyable Stumble from François Ozon

The career of François Ozon is delightfully absurd. For every gem––8 Women, Swimming Pool, Frantz––there is an (often entertaining) stumble. (Meet Ricky.) Yet ...

TIFF Review: Violation Tells a Story of Revenge with Cross-Cutting Precision

We're often told growing up that every story has two sides so that we can learn how to put ourselves into another's shoes and see whether actions we thought we...

TIFF Review: Beans Captures a 78-Day Standoff Between the Mohawk and Québec Government

There's a big difference beyond adaptation and assimilation. One is additive. The other is subtractive. One deals in compromise with two sides adjusting their ...

TIFF Review: Under the Open Sky is a Rich Character Study Led by Kōji Yakusho

“How do you feel about the crime you committed? Remorse for the victim?” This question is posed early in Under the Open Sky to an aging figure named Mikami. He...

TIFF Review: Rosamund Pike is a Charismatically Ruthless Anti-Hero in the Black Comedy I Care A Lot

It's the kind of grift that would make 'Slippin'" Jimmy McGill proud. Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) calls up her friend Dr. Amos (Alicia Witt) to get a line on...

TIFF Review: Shiva Baby Delivers a Hilarious, Awkward, and Unforgettable Blast of Energy

It is apropos that Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby is screening in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery platform. It is a discovery, in every sense: ...

News

The Academy Announces Inclusion Requirements for Best Picture Eligibility

Sacha Baron Cohen Secretly Shot a Sequel to Borat

BFI London Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Trailers

Carrie Coon and Jude Law Face a Faltering Marriage in New Trailer for Sean Durkin’s The Nest

The Father Trailer: Olivia Colman and Imogen Poots Cope with Anthony Hopkins’ Failing Mind

20th Anniversary Restoration Trailer for Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love

Reviews

NYFF Review: Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock is a Jubilant Portrait of Community

The Devil All the Time Review: Antonio Campos Crafts an Amoral, Stagnant Gothic Tale

The Secrets We Keep Review: Noomi Rapace Relives WWII Horrors in Jumbled Exploitation Thriller

Features

New to Streaming: 58th New York Film Festival, Lucrecia Martel, The Devil All the Time & More

New York Film Festival Goes Nationwide: 20 Films to See at the 2020 Edition

New to Streaming: Cuties, Space Dogs, Sibyl, TIFF 2020 & More

Interviews

Antonio Campos on What Makes Him Laugh and Crafting The Devil All the Time

Reinaldo Marcus Green on Good Joe Bell, Mark Wahlberg’s Dedication, and Filmmaking During the COVID-19 Crisis

Space Dogs Directors on Heroic Canines, Ethics, and Making the Anti-“Animal Movie”

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Classic – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (with Dom Sinacola)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 402 – I’m Thinking of Ending Things (with Mary Beth McAndrews)

The Film Stage Show Classic – Days of Heaven (with Scout Tafoya)

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