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Past Lives Director Celine Song on Choosing Your Home and the Contradictions of Time

Past Lives is a human story. The debut from playwright-turned-director Celine Song, the drama encompasses 24 years of a relationship between Nora (Greta Lee) a...

15 Films to See in June

Following a number of disappointing blockbusters in May, there are a few promising ones this month (as glimpsed in our honorable mentions below), but it feels ...

The B-Side – Tilda Swinton (with Dan Walber)

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

New to Streaming: BlackBerry, Padre Pio, Pride Month, Sátántangó, Reality, and 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...

Watch: Hannah Ha Ha Director Jordan Tetewsky Helms Music Video for Matthew Danger Lippman as New Album Arrives

All of New York's asking one question: will success spoil Matthew Danger Lippman? Blame for his crash and burn can be placed on The Film Stage. Four months aft...

NYC Weekend Watch: Asteroid City Influences, Juliet Berto, Goodfellas & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageAn Asteroid City-themed series programmed by Wes Anderson and Jak...

Posterized June 2023: Asteroid City, Past Lives, Falcon Lake & More

It's sequels galore this summer, from alien robots to comic book heroes new and old. Five June Fridays are thus necessary––nothing else would be able t...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review: A Web of Formal Inventiveness and Narrative Exhaustion

So it’s come to this: Spider-Man 10, technically. The future prophesied by many Hollywood alarmists, but now with more madness in the multi-verse (I cringe eve...

You Can’t Meditate High: Abel Ferrara on Spiritual Transformation, the State of Humanity, and Padre Pio

Even having interviewed Abel Ferrara a decade ago on the occasion of Ms. 45's re-release, an opportunity to speak with the legend still felt exciting, and bord...

Unpacking David Lynch’s Life-Long Obsession with The Wizard of Oz

"The Wizard of Oz is a film with very great power... And it’s to be expected that it has stayed with us for the past several years and that we find its echoes ...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Laceno D’Oro Review: Pastoral Hybrid Doc Savanna and the Mountain Confronts An Urgent Struggle with Humor and Charm

Laceno D’Oro Review: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari Entrancingly Explores the Histories of Science, Cinema, and War

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Minority Report, Mr. Deeds, La Notte & More

Robyn Bahr’s Top 10 Films of 2024

New to Streaming: The Order, Between the Temples, Bird, Gladiator II, Nightbitch & More

Interviews

The Brutalist Cinematographer Lol Crawley on VistaVision, the 70mm Experience, and Brady Corbet’s Flexibility

Santosh Director Sandhya Suri on Quiet Characters, Economic Filmmaking, and Emotional Chess

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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