The Film Stage

Cannes Review: Low Expectations Is an Accomplished and Bittersweet Debut

From A Star is Born to Vox Lux to Inside Llewyn Davis, cinema abounds with stories of jaded musicians who either burned too bright or never quite reached the h...

NYC Weekend Watch: Kim Ki-young, Popeye, A New Leaf & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA series of rare Korean cinema is on display in Celluloid Fever,...

Cannes Review: Steven Soderbergh’s John Lennon: The Last Interview Is a Breezy, Inessential Documentary

“We feel like this is just the start now, you see? I feel like nothing happened before today.” –– John Lennon It’s strange that Yoko Ono isn’t mentioned in ...

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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

New to Streaming: Miroirs No. 3, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Mother Mary, Palestine 36 & 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...

Tuner Review: An Entertaining, Conveniently Scripted Caper

Oscar-winning director Daniel Roher says he lost his artistic inspiration after Navalny's victory. I don't think that's necessarily a surprise, to hit peak suc...

Cannes Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur Is a Fascinatingly Lopsided Drama

The parting image in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless was a woman in a tracksuit with the word "RUSSIA" printed over it running on a treadmill—a pointed metaphor ...

Cannes Review: Victorian Psycho Is Gothic Horror with Confidence and Verve

In 1858, pre-Freud times, a castle in the Yorkshire moors of Northern England by the name of Ensor House becomes the new dwelling place for young governess Win...

I Love Boosters Review: Boots Riley Again Takes Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 SXSW coverage. The film opens in theaters on May 22. A parody of dialectical materialism (you...

Stolen Kingdom Review: A Light but Entertaining Look at Disney Obsessives

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Slamdance coverage. The film is now on the Letterboxd Video Store, opens in theaters on May 21, ...

News

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

David Fincher’s The Adventures of Cliff Booth Sets Global IMAX Release This November

Leos Carax’s Annette Follow-Up Lily May B to Shoot Next Year with Jenna Ortega

Trailers

Fatherland Trailer: Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes Winner Arrives This Fall

New Trailer for Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Deconstructs the Slasher

Robert Pattinson Is Chris Hansen in First Teaser for Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime

Reviews

Forastera Review: Captivating Drama Explores Preciousness of Life

With Hasan in Gaza Review: Confronting Israeli Aggression with Grace and Memory

Time and Water Review: Mourning The Death of Iceland’s Glaciers and Much, Much More

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Best Films of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

NYC Weekend Watch: Kim Ki-young, Popeye, A New Leaf & More

Interviews

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

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Cannes Review: Low Expectations Is an Accomplished and Bittersweet Debut

NYC Weekend Watch: Kim Ki-young, Popeye, A New Leaf & More

Cannes Review: Steven Soderbergh’s John Lennon: The Last Interview Is a Breezy, Inessential Documentary

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

New to Streaming: Miroirs No. 3, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Mother Mary, Palestine 36 & More

Tuner Review: An Entertaining, Conveniently Scripted Caper

Cannes Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur Is a Fascinatingly Lopsided Drama

Cannes Review: Victorian Psycho Is Gothic Horror with Confidence and Verve

I Love Boosters Review: Boots Riley Again Takes Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

Stolen Kingdom Review: A Light but Entertaining Look at Disney Obsessives