The Film Stage

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review: Stripped-Down Sequel Still Infects Charm

I’ll admit: when this writer reviewed 28 Years Later all the way back in June 2025, he didn’t have knowledge of disgraced British personality Jimmy Saville, wh...

Slamdance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

A festival with a true independent spirit, Slamdance Film Festival has recently found a new home in Los Angeles, where it will return next month. Running in-pe...

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. On C...

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

On a special 2025 wrap-up podcast, The Film Stage co-founder and editor-in-chief Jordan Raup is joined by managing editor and Emulsion host Nick Newman and The...

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2025

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. 10. ...

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. My i...

Michael Frank’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. I’ve...

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

Few films of late have better pitched themselves than Palestine 36, which assumes the form of a respectable historic drama—international co-funding, some notab...

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Shortlisted as one of fifteen films vying for the Best Documentary Short Film at the 98th Academy Awards, perfectly a strangeness marks the first short film fr...

NYC Weekend Watch: To Save and Project, The Secret Agent Network, Port of Shadows & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA yearly highlight of New York's repertory programming, To Save and Pro...

News

The Criterion Channel’s February Programming Features Stunts, Yearning, Black History, and the Oslo Trilogy

Berlinale 2026 Competition Lineup Includes Angela Shanelec, Alain Gomis, Karim Aïnouz, Lance Hammer & More

The Criterion Collection’s April Lineup Features Point Blank, Monty Python, and John Singleton on 4K

Trailers

Michael Almereyda’s Nadja Rises from the Grave In Trailer for New Restoration

A NYC-Set Gem is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Henry Jaglom’s Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

A Landmark of Brazilian Cinema is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Carlos Diegues’ Bye Bye Brazil

Reviews

All You Need Is Kill Review: Time-Loop Anime is a Visual Treat That Embraces Videogame Structure

Sound of Falling Review: A Pyschosexual Fever Dream of Epic Scope

A Useful Ghost Review: A Peculiar, Humorous Paranormal Tale

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Cockfighter, Last Days, Kevin Jerome Everson & More

New to Streaming: Rebuilding, The Rip, Licorice Pizza, Twinless & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“You’re Leaning Into the Ugliness”: Michael Bauman on Shooting One Battle After Another for Paul Thomas Anderson

“How Do I Keep Leonardo DiCaprio Safe?”: Breaking Down the Stunts of One Battle After Another

“I’m Not Seeing America Doing the Best Films”: Rodrigo Teixeira on Supporting Brian De Palma, James Gray, and Contemporary World Cinema

Podcasts

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review: Stripped-Down Sequel Still Infects Charm

Slamdance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2025

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Michael Frank’s Top 10 Films of 2025

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

NYC Weekend Watch: To Save and Project, The Secret Agent Network, Port of Shadows & More