The Film Stage

The Fishbowl Review: Part Eco-Thriller, Part Cancer Drama is an Incendiary, Uneven Homecoming

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2023 coverage. The Fishbowl is now playing in theaters from ...

Together Teaser: Alison Brie and Dave Franco are Inseparable in Body Horror Feature

One of the highlights from the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Together, the latest collaboration between Alison Brie and Dave Franco. Marking the...

Misericordia Review: A Galvanizing Ode to the Power and Subversiveness of Desire

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cannes 2024 coverage. Misericordia will be released in theaters on March 21 from Janus Films/Sideshow...

The Assessment Review: Alicia Vikander Steals the Show in Sci-Fi Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our TIFF 2024 coverage. The Assessment will be released in theaters on March 21 from Magnolia Pictures. ...

Magazine Dreams Review: Jonathan Majors Delivers Powerhouse Showcase in Repetitively Nihilistic Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Sundance 2023 coverage. Magazine Dreams will be released in theaters on March 21 from Briarcliff Ente...

Mirror of Life, a Ten-Film Manoel de Oliveira Retrospective, Comes to BAM on March 28

98% of interviews follow the same pleasantries-exchange / question-and-answer / pleasantries-exchange format, yet there are those rare times an incredible oppo...

Alain Guiraudie on Misericordia, Desiring His Actors, and Praise from Godard and Bret Easton Ellis

If Alain Guiraudie has still not quite transcended festival obscurity to become an American art-house staple, all the more credit to the films––they’ve never a...

Materialists Trailer: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal Lead Celine Song’s Rom-Com

Quickly following the success of her Best Picture-nominated directorial debut Past Lives, writer-director Celine Song embarked on production on her follow-up l...

SXSW Review: Andrew Patterson’s The Rivals of Amziah King is a Gleeful Genre Mash-Up

Like the Church potluck to which Amziah King introduces his one-time foster daughter Kateri, The Rivals of Amziah King is a gleeful mashup of genres and t...

The Ugly Stepsister Trailer: Cinderella Gets a Sinister Twist in Sundance and Berlinale Selection

If you are looking for a bit more bite in your fairy tale adaptations, a few weeks after Disney's Snow White sputters to theaters, the Sundance and Berlinale s...

News

Harmony Korine Details New Animated Features The Trap and Twinkle Twinkle

Andrey Zvyagintsev Sets Next Feature with Minotaur

David Lynch Spoke to Naomi Watts and Laura Dern About New Project Last Fall: “He Was Not, In Any Way, Done”

Trailers

Pavements Trailer: Alex Ross Perry’s Ambitious Hybrid Feature Pays Tribute to an Iconic Indie Band

Dangerous Animals Teaser: The Loved Ones & The Devil’s Candy Director Sean Byrne Returns with Shark Thriller

Together Teaser: Alison Brie and Dave Franco are Inseparable in Body Horror Feature

Reviews

The Ballad of Wallis Island Reviw: Comedy Strums a Charming Story of Moving On

Secret Mall Apartment Review: Artists Make a Home in the Belly of the Gentrification Beast

SXSW Review: Fucktoys is a Timely Critique of Capitalism with a Grindhouse Spirit

Features

New to Streaming: Anora, Armand, Sing Sing, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Baby Invasion & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: I’m Still Here, All We Imagine as Light, Trap, Every Little Thing & More

Interviews

Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen on The Assessment, Food Fights, and How Sci-Fi Reflects the Present

Alain Guiraudie on Misericordia, Desiring His Actors, and Praise from Godard and Bret Easton Ellis

Duke Johnson on Charlie Kaufman’s Advice and the Philosophies of Identity That Guide The Actor

Podcasts

Emulsion Episode Two – Alan Rudolph on Choose Me

The B-Side – Amy Irving and Peter Riegert on Crossing Delancey

The Film Stage Presents Emulsion: Episode One

Read More

The Fishbowl Review: Part Eco-Thriller, Part Cancer Drama is an Incendiary, Uneven Homecoming

Together Teaser: Alison Brie and Dave Franco are Inseparable in Body Horror Feature

Misericordia Review: A Galvanizing Ode to the Power and Subversiveness of Desire

The Assessment Review: Alicia Vikander Steals the Show in Sci-Fi Drama

Magazine Dreams Review: Jonathan Majors Delivers Powerhouse Showcase in Repetitively Nihilistic Drama

Mirror of Life, a Ten-Film Manoel de Oliveira Retrospective, Comes to BAM on March 28

Alain Guiraudie on Misericordia, Desiring His Actors, and Praise from Godard and Bret Easton Ellis

Materialists Trailer: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal Lead Celine Song’s Rom-Com

SXSW Review: Andrew Patterson’s The Rivals of Amziah King is a Gleeful Genre Mash-Up

The Ugly Stepsister Trailer: Cinderella Gets a Sinister Twist in Sundance and Berlinale Selection