The Film Stage

March on the Criterion Channel Includes the Romanian New Wave, Ghost in the Shell, Who Killed Teddy Bear & More

The Criterion Channel's March lineup isn't lacking for director retrospectives, but there's unique pleasure to be found in their themed programming. Constituti...

Exclusive Poster for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, Arriving This March

One of the greatest directors working today, Christian Petzold is returning with another masterfully enigmatic, gripping drama. The Paula Beer-led Miroirs No. ...

The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short no...

The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short no...

The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short no...

Berlinale Review: Queen at Sea Sets Tom Courtenay and Juliette Binoche with a Thorny Moral Dilemma

Eleven years ago, Tom Courtenay arrived at the Berlinale with Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, an exquisitely observed study of emotional dilemma in which the British ...

Watch a 2.5-Hour Conversation with Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Josh Safdie, Guillermo del Toro, and Chloé Zhao

A welcome annual tradition, the Directors Guild of America gathered their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film—Paul Thom...

Berlinale Review: Prosecution is a Propulsive Investigation Into Far-Right Violence

Last week, the jury president of the Berlin Film Festival claimed that this year’s edition would provide an “opposite” to politics. If such a thing exists,...

Frederick Wiseman Dies at 96

Non-fiction cinema is before and after Frederick Wiseman, an indisputable notion that loses no import with the news, made official by his own Zipporah Films, t...

Berlinale Review: An Extraordinary Isabelle Huppert Dwarfs Everyone Else In Ulrike Ottinger’s Campy The Blood Countess

When I think about a quintessential Isabelle Huppert film, I like to defer to a largely forgotten feature that will soon turn ten: Serge Bozon’s 2017 Mrs. Hyde...

News

Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley & Josh O’Connor to Lead Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters

March on the Criterion Channel Includes the Romanian New Wave, Ghost in the Shell, Who Killed Teddy Bear & More

Exclusive Poster for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, Arriving This March

Trailers

First Red Band Trailer for Daniel Goldhaber’s Faces of Death, Arriving in April

First Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers Starring Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen

Sofia Coppola Makes Documentary Debut In Trailer for Marc by Sofia

Reviews

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Ecstatic Tribute to The King

What Does That Nature Say to You Review: Hong Sangsoo’s Meet the Parents

Dreams Review: Michel Franco Spins the Treacherous Dance of Love Across Borders

Features

10 Films to See in March

NYC Weekend Watch: The World of Black Film, Satyajit Ray, The Gambler & More

New to Streaming: Father Mother Sister Brother, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Dead Man’s Wire & More

Interviews

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Alison McAlpine In Conversation With Walter Murch on Her Oscar-Nominated Perfectly a Strangeness

“We Cut 95% of It Out”: Matt Johnson on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Constant Re-Editing, and Season 3

Podcasts

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

The B-Sides of Anthony Hopkins with Brian Raftery

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

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March on the Criterion Channel Includes the Romanian New Wave, Ghost in the Shell, Who Killed Teddy Bear & More

Exclusive Poster for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, Arriving This March

The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films, Reviewed

The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films, Reviewed

The 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films, Reviewed

Berlinale Review: Queen at Sea Sets Tom Courtenay and Juliette Binoche with a Thorny Moral Dilemma

Watch a 2.5-Hour Conversation with Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Josh Safdie, Guillermo del Toro, and Chloé Zhao

Berlinale Review: Prosecution is a Propulsive Investigation Into Far-Right Violence

Frederick Wiseman Dies at 96

Berlinale Review: An Extraordinary Isabelle Huppert Dwarfs Everyone Else In Ulrike Ottinger’s Campy The Blood Countess