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NYFF Review: Green Border is Agnieszka Holland’s Triumphant Stand Against Polish Corruption

Before the New York Film Festival premiere of her latest opus, Green Border, legendary director Agnieszka Holland wished everyone a good screening: “I would te...

Hamburg Review: City of Wind is a Positively Healing Coming-of-Age Tale

Don’t have a favorite Mongolian film yet? Worry no more. City of Wind, writer-director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir’s feature debut, is here to expand your cinemat...

The B-Side – The First Frame Vol. I (with Andrew Adams)

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...

Stream John Carpenter’s New Album Anthology II (Movie Themes 1976-1988)

It's been great having a spree of new John Carpenter albums over the last decade; we might also acknowledge that roughly half of them were tied to projects few...

First Trailer for Frederick Wiseman’s Culinary Delight Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

Four hours of Frederick Wiseman capturing the inner workings of a three-star Michelin restaurant in France is as glorious as that logline sounds. The delightfu...

Youth (Spring) Trailer: Wang Bing’s First in His New Trilogy Arrives November 10

Wang Bing might not have released any new films in the last half-decade, but that is only because he's been hard at work shooting his new trilogy. Captured bet...

The Exorcist: Believer Review: A New Low in Intellectual Property Cynicism

In July 2021, it was announced that Universal Pictures had spent $400 million to acquire rights to The Exorcist. Planning a trilogy, with two sequels that woul...

New to Streaming: Passages, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Fair Play, October Horror & 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...

First Teaser For Kevin Costner’s Two-Part Epic Horizon: An American Saga, Arriving Summer 2024

After owning television screens for the past few years, Kevin Costner is making his major return to the big screen as a director with his first film in over tw...

NYC Weekend Watch: NYFF Revivals, The Deep Blue Sea, The Double Life of Veronique & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Lincoln CenterNYFF Revivals continues with Abraham's Valley, The Dupes, Household Saints, U...

News

Exclusive Clip and Poster for Ramzi Bashour’s Sundance Premiere Hot Water Introduces Mother-Son Road Comedy

Sinners and One Battle After Another Lead 2026 Oscar Nominations

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

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Removal of the Eye Finds Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan Building a Family

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Spins a Feudal Mystery In First Teaser for Kokurojo

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

Reviews

Sundance Review: John Wilson’s The History of Concrete is an Idiosyncratic, Joyous Feature Debut

Sundance Review: The Lake Captures a Thrilling, Terrifying Mission to Defuse an Environmental Nuclear Bomb

Arco Review: A Thought-Provoking Twist on the Solarpunk Genre

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Godard and Griffith, Gerry, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie & More

New to Streaming: James Bond, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, The Smashing Machine & More

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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