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Exclusive: MoMI’s First Look 2023 Features Tori and Lokita, Fremont, Mami Wata, Rodeo, The Eight Mountains & More

One of the best showcases of international cinema every year, the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look festival is now in its 12th edition and we're pleased...

Kristen Stewart Will Play Susan Sontag in Kirsten Johnson’s Next Film

On the heels of collaborating with David Cronenberg and Olivier Assayas last year, Kristen Stewart has found a new project. It's quite an enticing amalgamation...

The B-Side – Cameron Diaz (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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 they made in...

New to Streaming: Saint Omer, All That Breathes, Corsage, Expedition Content & 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...

The Outwaters Review: Found-Footage Horror Takes Slow Journey to Gonzo Finale

We’re less than a quarter into 2023 and independent horror appears to be having a moment. Technically it started several months ago when Kyle Edward Ball’s “li...

Consecration Review: Christopher Smith’s Horror Feature Gets Lost in Its Own Design

Christopher Smith’s films have often been obsessed, in one way or another, with time. From the recursive looping of his breakout Triangle to the branching narr...

Rotterdam Review: An Ode to Boston’s Oldest Gay Bar, Playland is a Boisterous, Magic Seance

The only exterior shot Playland shows of the iconic Boston gay dive that lends the film its name is a black-and-white photograph slotted seconds before the end...

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Attempt to Sign Michael Jordan in First Trailer for AIR

Returning to the director's chair for the first time in seven years, following 2016's Live by Night, Ben Affleck's latest feature is immersed in the world of s...

Cinema Sabaya Review: Israel’s Oscar Entry Shows the Communal Power of Filmmaking to Break Barriers

If 2022 was the year of self-reflexive explorations of harnessing cinematic tools to varying means––the likes of Steven Spielberg, James Gray, Alejandro Gonzál...

Chocolat Trailer: Claire Denis’ Debut Returns in a New 4K Restoration

Slowly but surely the earlier work of Claire Denis is getting restorations and re-releases, from Beau Travail to L'intrus to No Fear No Die. While we hope Frid...

News

The Criterion Collection’s April Lineup Includes Anora, Chungking Express, and Ugetsu on 4K

Claire Denis’ The Cry of the Guards Finds New Lead with Mia McKenna-Bruce; Production Begins This Month

Long-Rare Films from John Woo, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark & More Acquired By Shout! Studios

Trailers

Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Horror in First Trailer for The Woman in the Yard

Peter Weir’s Landmark of Australian Cinema Is Salvaged In Trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock‘s 4K Release

Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Wolf Man Review: Leigh Whannell’s Effective Reboot Scares Up Hereditary Horrors

Emmanuelle Review: Audrey Diwan Subverts an Erotic Classic to Compelling, Alienating Effect

Every Little Thing Review: A Sensitive Portrait of a Great Woman’s Dedication to Hummingbirds

Features

Jose Solís’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Luke Hicks’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

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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