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Liam Neeson is Philip Marlowe in First Trailer for Neil Jordan’s William Monahan-Scripted Noir Thriller

After being portrayed by the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Elliott Gould, James Garner, and Robert Montgomery, the Raymond Chandler creation Philip...

Shin Ultraman Review: A Propulsive, Philosophical Superhero Extravaganza

Four decades ago—before he worked with Hayao Miyazaki, before the young artists’ collective he co-founded changed their name from “Daicon Films” to “Studio Gai...

Plane Review: Gerard Butler Pilots a Refreshingly Regressive Potboiler

Nowadays it’s rare to see a multiplex movie with so little affect. And arriving in the second week of January as one of the few dumping-ground action programme...

Skinamarink Director Kyle Edward Ball on Finding Terror in the Experimental and YouTube’s Avant-Garde Revolution

For five years, Canadian filmmaker Kyle Edward Ball’s YouTube channel “Bite-Sized Nightmares” has been showcasing shorts full of fuzzy video, distorted sound, ...

New to Streaming: Maya, 2nd Chance, Sick, Devotion & 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...

John Fink’s Top 10 Films of 2022

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2022, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Perh...

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Trailer: The Edge of Seventeen Director Kelly Fremon Craig Adapts Judy Blume

After crafting not only one of the best coming-of-age films of recent years but directorial debuts as well with The Edge of Seventeen, director Kelly Fremon Cr...

NYC Weekend Watch: To Save and Project, Daddy Longlegs, Fred Ward & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtAlways a highlight of the repertory year, To Save and Project highlight...

Exclusive Trailer for The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic Follows an Impaired Movie Lover’s Suspenseful Adventure

A week before James Cameron's 1997 box-office behemoth returns to theaters, we'll see the release of an acclaimed festival favorite in which his Best Picture w...

Skinamarink Review: Impressionistic Indie Spooker Seeks Nostalgia, Finds Monotony

“1995” declares a 1970s-style title card in the opening minutes of Kyle Edward Ball’s Skinamarink, a film presented in fake grain filters meant to suggest the ...

News

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Yokohama BJ Blues Makes U.S. Theatrical Premiere on November 11 from Amnesiascope

Trailers

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

Raoul Peck Investigates a Photographer Pioneer in First Trailer for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

Features

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

New to Streaming: Trap, One False Move, Rap World, Daaaaaalí!, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Candy Mountain, Chantal Akerman, Azazel Jacobs & More

Interviews

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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