The Film Stage

Sundance Review: Rebuilding is a Somber Reflection on the Importance of Hope

We can all feel lonely. Even if we’re constantly surrounded by people, we can find ourselves detached or isolated––lost in our own minds. For some, that feelin...

MUBI’s February 2025 Lineup Includes Matt and Mara, Eureka, Asako I & II & More

MUBI has unveiled their lineup for next month's streaming offerings, featuring a selection of notable new releases, including Kazik Radwanski's Matt & Mara...

U.S. Trailer for Bruno Dumont’s The Empire Unveils an Idiosyncratic Sci-Fi Epic

A year on from its Berlinale debut, where it picked up the Silver Bear Jury Prize, Bruno Dumont's sci-fi feature The Empire is finally headed stateside. Picked...

Sundance Review: The Perfect Neighbor is a Harrowing Indictment of Stand-Your-Ground Laws

First coming under wider scrutiny in 2005 when passed in Florida, the stand-your-ground law allows property owners to use deadly force to defend their home fro...

Jazzy Trailer: Morrisa Maltz’s The Unknown Country Expansion Arrives in February

Expanding the cinematic universe of her first feature The Unknown Country, Morrisa Maltz’s Jazzy premiered at last year's Tribeca Festival and will now arrive ...

Sundance Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island Strums a Charming Story of Moving On

You know when you hear a song and it transports you back to an era or a memory or a moment? It’s this involuntary mental reflex that can be marvelous, painful,...

Sundance Review: Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Captures a Bittersweet Longing

Filmmaker Sierra Falconer's Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) captures a bittersweet feeling. That feeling of endings and beginnings, happening at th...

Sundance Review: Two Women Flips the Sex Comedy Script with Hilarious, Refreshing Frankness

If, by and large, American cinema has taken a puritanical view on sex, leave it to our neighbors up north to craft a refreshingly frank, hilarious comedy of ma...

Sundance Review: OBEX is an Inventive, Lo-Fi, and Otherworldly Adventure

While the likes of David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and Steven Lisberger’s TRON have examined the thrills and fears of humanity’s relationship with screens since ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another Test Screens, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Vineland

“I need to start figuring out what the f— to say,” Paul Thomas Anderson recently said when it came to his biggest project yet, a $115 million Warner Bros. summ...

News

Isabelle Huppert to Lead Ulrike Ottinger’s Vampire Film The Blood Countess

David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Sets Spring Release as New Teaser Arrives

NYC Weekend Watch: I-Be Area, Frederick Wiseman, Picnic at Hanging Rock & More

Trailers

Compensation Trailer: Zeinabu irene Davis’ Newly Restored Independent Cinema Landmark Arrives This February

Jonathan Majors Goes Psychotic in First Trailer for Magazine Dreams

First Trailer for Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet Updates an Ang Lee Classic

Reviews

Rotterdam Review: Takashi Miike’s Blazing Fists is a Pulpy Sports Crime Movie

Sundance Review: LUZ is an Emotionally Detached Mood Piece Searching for Connection

Sundance Review: Seeds is a Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

Features

11 Films to See in February

New to Streaming: Sundance 2025, Sing Sing, Babygirl, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum on Selling His DVD Collection, Championing Raúl Ruiz, and the Role of a Critic

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

Podcasts

The B-Side – Queen Latifah (with KT)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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