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Ticket to Paradise Review: George Clooney and Julia Roberts Coast in Lazy Rom-Com

2022 has been the year of the big-screen romantic comedy resurgence. But while audiences may have been reminded of the joys of the high-concept, star-driven ge...

TIFF Review: Raymond & Ray Finds Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor Stuck in Bland Dramedy

There are types all over Rodrigo García’s Raymond & Ray. There’s Raymond (Ewan McGregor), the more stuck-up type who only wears business-casual. There’s Ra...

TIFF Review: John Hyams Delivers the First Good Pandemic Horror Movie with Sick

Horror movies, like documentaries, have a knack for rolling the cameras whenever tragedy strikes. It didn’t come as much of a surprise when, mere months after ...

RaMell Ross to Direct Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys for MGM and Plan B

After crafting one of the most remarkable documentaries of the last few years with the Apichatpong Weerasethakul-backed, Sundance-winning, and Oscar-nominated ...

San Sebastian Review: Thunder is a Sensually Thrilling Debut Feature

If your thirst for movies about the sexual awakening of French-speaking nuns wasn’t quenched by Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, take a look at Thunder, a gorgeousl...

Saoirse Ronan to Lead Steve McQueen’s Blitz, Babak Anvari Lands Next Cloverfield Film & More

Earlier this year we learned that following up his five-film anthology Small Axe, Steve McQueen's next narrative feature is Blitz, which will tell the story of...

New to Streaming: Athena, New York Film Festival Favorites, Kino Lorber on YouTube, 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...

A New Cinema Dedicated to Documentary Films Opens in NYC Today – See the Exclusive Bumper

In a marvelous development for cinephiles in and around NYC, as well as the lifeblood of documentary filmmaking itself, a new home dedicated to non-fiction cin...

Take a Herzogian Expedition in Exclusive Trailer for Long-Lost, Newly Restored SEPA: Nuestro Señor de los Milagros

A long-lost piece of film history has been uncovered. Walter Saxer, who produced such Werner Herzog classics as Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, and No...

The B-Side – Tom Cruise: Part II (with Ritchie Filippi)

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...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

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

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

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

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

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

Features

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

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

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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