The Film Stage

Alison McAlpine In Conversation With Walter Murch on Her Oscar-Nominated Perfectly a Strangeness

Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards, perfectly a strangeness marks the first short from Canadian filmmaker Alison McAlpine, di...

Berlinale Review: Foreign Travel is a Rousing Ode to the Transformative Powers of Reading

No one moves abroad in Ted Fendt’s Foreign Travel; people walk plenty—mostly around Kreuzberg, Berlin—but the kind of wandering this erudite film is concer...

Berlinale Review: Yellow Letters Targets Authoritarianism with Timidity

Shortly before the 2025 edition of the Berlinale, incoming festival head Tricia Tuttle was outspoken about filmmakers shunning the event over fears they would ...

Berlinale Review: My Wife Cries Is Another Poetic Tapestry From Angela Schanelec

Deep into the second week of another tumultuous (and freezing cold) year at the Berlin Film Festival, Angela Schanelec arrives with a welcome reminder of what ...

Berlinale Review: Home Stories Tells an Ambitious If Uneven Intergenerational Tale

In Home Stories, a young woman from the town of Griez in East Germany is selected to compete on a TV talent show—an opportunity that will require her family to...

Berlinale Review: Trial of Hein Is a Rigorous Debut Feature Questioning Identity and Memory

From Biblical tales of the prodigal son to Zach Braff’s Garden State, stories of returning home after an extended absence are ripe territory to explore reconci...

Revelations of Divine Love Trailer: Caroline Golum’s Acclaimed Medieval Tale Arrives This March

Premiering to acclaim at the 2025 FIDMarseille, Caroline Golum's second feature Revelations of Divine Love was acquired by Several Futures, who ...

Berlinale Review: Crocodile is a Choppy Yet Inspiring Portrait of Resourceful Filmmaking

The ever-increasing accessibility of filmmaking means that anyone with basic technology can shoot and edit a film. However, only those with a story worth telli...

Berlinale Review: The Day She Returns Is One of Hong Sangsoo’s Most Elemental and Revelatory Gems

Sooner or later, conversations around the ever-growing oeuvre of Hong Sangsoo all land on the same word: repetition. That's kind of inevitable: few could e...

New to Streaming: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, No Other Choice, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple & 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...

News

Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley & Josh O’Connor to Lead Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters

March on the Criterion Channel Includes the Romanian New Wave, Ghost in the Shell, Who Killed Teddy Bear & More

Exclusive Poster for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, Arriving This March

Trailers

The Stranger Trailer: François Ozon’s Acclaimed Albert Camus Adaptation Arrives in April

Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux Tend to Nature in U.S. Trailer for Silent Friend, Arriving This May

Two Women Trailer: Charming Canadian Sex Comedy Arrives This April

Reviews

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Ecstatic Tribute to The King

What Does That Nature Say to You Review: Hong Sangsoo’s Meet the Parents

Dreams Review: Michel Franco Spins the Treacherous Dance of Love Across Borders

Features

Read This: Hollywood’s Kings, the Fast Family, Tilda on Tilda, and the Life of John Williams

10 Films to See in March

NYC Weekend Watch: The World of Black Film, Satyajit Ray, The Gambler & More

Interviews

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Alison McAlpine In Conversation With Walter Murch on Her Oscar-Nominated Perfectly a Strangeness

“We Cut 95% of It Out”: Matt Johnson on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Constant Re-Editing, and Season 3

Podcasts

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

The B-Sides of Anthony Hopkins with Brian Raftery

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

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Alison McAlpine In Conversation With Walter Murch on Her Oscar-Nominated Perfectly a Strangeness

Berlinale Review: Foreign Travel is a Rousing Ode to the Transformative Powers of Reading

Berlinale Review: Yellow Letters Targets Authoritarianism with Timidity

Berlinale Review: My Wife Cries Is Another Poetic Tapestry From Angela Schanelec

Berlinale Review: Home Stories Tells an Ambitious If Uneven Intergenerational Tale

Berlinale Review: Trial of Hein Is a Rigorous Debut Feature Questioning Identity and Memory

Revelations of Divine Love Trailer: Caroline Golum’s Acclaimed Medieval Tale Arrives This March

Berlinale Review: Crocodile is a Choppy Yet Inspiring Portrait of Resourceful Filmmaking

Berlinale Review: The Day She Returns Is One of Hong Sangsoo’s Most Elemental and Revelatory Gems

New to Streaming: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, No Other Choice, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple & More