The Film Stage

Red Rooms Review: Nihilistic Thriller and Stealth Satire is an Unsettling Examination of True-Crime Obsession

Killers of the Flower Moon's epilogue felt like the last word on true crime: a director with several based-on-a-true-story tales to his name emerging from behi...

Venice Review: Justin Kurzel’s Crime Thriller The Order Is Aswim with Cliché But Nails Emotional Beats

It’s fall 1983 in the Pacific Northwest, a historical hotbed for white poverty and white-power mobilization. Flannels flow like wine, backcountry bowl cut-adja...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jen Johans to discuss Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga – Chap...

Venice Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door Faces Death with a Light, Succinct Touch

In life and in cinema, Pedro Almodóvar likes to talk about death. When people aren't losing their faculties in his films––like going blind (Folle... folle... f...

Venice Review: Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Shows a Blissful Family Fractured Under Brazilian Dictatorship

The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles developed I’m Still Here for seven years before it premiered as part of Venice's Main Competition this year. That...

11 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2024

With the Toronto International Film Festival starting, there’s plenty to look forward to on the feature front. There’s also much room for discovery among Short...

Venice Review: No Sleep Till Takes an Existential Look Inside Florida’s Hurricane Season

A hurricane is coming and Atlantic Beach, Florida is directly in its path. The tourists have already left. Most residents remain. Why? Because this is hurrican...

Venice Review: Wolfs Makes Little of a Reunion for George Clooney and Brad Pitt

It’s been nine years since Jon Watts made a feature film that wasn’t about Spider-Man––long enough that for the past three years his MCU entries have outnumber...

Venice Review: Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is an Ecstatic Reminder of What Cinema Does Best

When The Childhood of a Leader premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, you had to wonder where Brady Corbet could possibly go next. There was just somethin...

Venice Review: Cloud Finds Kiyoshi Kurosawa in Unstoppable Shape

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is having quite the year. Chime, a mid-length chiller, was a standout at the Berlinale. A French-language remake of his own Serpent’s Path wil...

News

New Image from Bi Gan’s Sci-Fi Detective Feature Resurrection

Nicolas Winding Refn to Shoot New Feature In Japan

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Trailers

Nickel Boys Trailer: RaMell Ross’ Stunning, Radical Colson Whitehead Adaptation Arrives in October

New Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Arrives Ahead of IMAX Preview

First Trailer for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths Finds Marianne Jean-Baptiste Searching for Happiness

Reviews

TIFF Review: The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos Captures a David vs. Goliath Fight

TIFF Review: Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck is a Childish Take on Universal Experience

TIFF Review: Joshua Oppenheimer’s Bunker-Set Musical The End Offers Earnest Look at Redemption

Features

Posterized September 2024: Eureka, Red Rooms, Matt and Mara & More

New to Streaming: Rebel Ridge, My First Film, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Dìdi (弟弟) & More

NYC Weekend Watch: L.C. Barreto Productions, Andy Warhol, Another Woman & More

Interviews

Look Into My Eyes Director Lana Wilson on Psychic Tradition vs. Therapy, the Loneliness of NYC, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life

Jeremy Saulnier on Rebel Ridge, the Power of Information Deprivation, and Staying Energized Through Production Delays

Lee Daniels on The Deliverance, Shifting Culture, Douglas Sirk, and That Glenn Close Performance

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (January 14, 2005)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 546 – Trap (with Dan Mecca)

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Red Rooms Review: Nihilistic Thriller and Stealth Satire is an Unsettling Examination of True-Crime Obsession

Venice Review: Justin Kurzel’s Crime Thriller The Order Is Aswim with Cliché But Nails Emotional Beats

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

Venice Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door Faces Death with a Light, Succinct Touch

Venice Review: Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Shows a Blissful Family Fractured Under Brazilian Dictatorship

11 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2024

Venice Review: No Sleep Till Takes an Existential Look Inside Florida’s Hurricane Season

Venice Review: Wolfs Makes Little of a Reunion for George Clooney and Brad Pitt

Venice Review: Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is an Ecstatic Reminder of What Cinema Does Best