The Film Stage - Page 25

October on the Criterion Channel Includes John Carpenter, Body Horror, Edward Yang, Hong Kong & More

Having progressed from the '70s through the '90s, the Criterion Channel can only make the logical next step in October programming with "2000s Horror," which c...

Watch Francis Ford Coppola and Shia LaBeouf Quarrel on the Set of Megalopolis

Is Shia LaBeouf a better director than Francis Ford Coppola? It's a question perhaps only considered in the mind of the former, at least evidenced in an exclus...

Predators Director David Osit on Subverting the True Crime Genre, Verité Filmmaking, and Diverse Reactions

David Osit’s Predators makes supremely challenging viewing. In a world of snap judgments, the film, which premiered at Sundance this January and open...

MEGADOC Review: Behind the Scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s Legendary Big Swing

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. MEGADOC opens in theaters on September 19. A risky filmmaking project with F...

Predators Reviewing: Unpacking the Moral Complexities of a Hit Reality Show

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Predators opens in theaters on September 19. Filmmaker David Osit gives vi...

Plainclothes Review: A Riveting Paranoia Thriller About Coming Out

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Plainclothes opens in theaters on September 19. Set years before George Mi...

The Summer Book Review: A Clunky Drama Connecting Landscape and Soul

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 BFI London coverage. The Summer Book opens in theaters on September 19. In Charlie McDowell’s...

Beautiful, Melancholic, Philosophical: Mike Figgis on Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis, and MEGADOC

Reflecting on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis a year later, after all the memes, hyperbolic hitpieces, and even some admiring reviews, it’s likely public op...

Watch: Scarlett Johansson Finds Rituals in Yorgos Lanthimos-Directed Prada Ad

If one finds it a bit hard to endure feature-length works by Yorgos Lanthimos these days, he may have found his ideal mode of expression in (certainly well-pay...

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review: Kogonada Crafts a Lovely Adventure with Trademark Empathy

If there’s a thread running through Kogonada’s films to date, it’s his distinct fascination with spare, deeply human character studies unfolding within meticul...

News

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

Trailers

The Drama Trailer: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya’s Relationship Gets Rocky

Sound of Falling Trailer: Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Winner Arrives This January

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Read This: Making Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Roger Deakins Reflections & More

The Best Cinematography of 2025

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Interviews

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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