The Film Stage

Watch Martin Scorsese and Willem Dafoe Discuss The Last Temptation of Christ in a New Conversation

Anthology's recent Willem Dafoe retrospective received a major boon when their Last Temptation of Christ screening included a Q&A between the actor and Mar...

April Trailer: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Mesmerizing Venice Winner Arrives, Of Course, in April

Following up her visually staggering debut Beginning, Dea Kulumbegashvili returned last year with her second feature April, which picked up the Special Jury Pr...

Callie Hernandez Plumbs a Secret Life In Trailer for Courtney Stephens’ Acclaimed Invention

Last year I was fortunate to see a rough cut of Invention, a new film by Courtney Stephens (Terra Femme, The American Sector) that toes the documentary-fiction...

Henry Fonda for President Trailer Charts America’s History Through a Legendary Career

One of the most thought-provoking, densely assembled documentaries of the year is just a week away from release. Alexander Horwath's Henry Fonda for President,...

Việt and Nam Review: A Swooning, Stirring Slow Cinema Romance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 New York Film Festival coverage. Việt and Nam opens in theaters on March 28 from Strand Releasin...

The Friend Review: Naomi Watts Amply Portrays Grief with Admirable Performance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 New York Film Festival coverage. The Friend opens in theaters on March 28 from Bleecker Street. ...

A.I. and Archival Meet at the 2025 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

The drive from Thessaloniki's airport into the city begins like any other: car dealerships and furniture stores that give way to bustling street life. Home to ...

Grand Tour Review: An Enchanting Return for Miguel Gomes

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. Grand Tour opens in theaters on March 28 from MUBI. If Chris Marker and ...

Death of a Unicorn Review: A Mythical, Predictable Genre Mash-Up

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 SXSW coverage. Death of a Unicorn opens in theaters on March 28 from A24. A film with a few s...

Emulsion Episode Two: Alan Rudolph on Choose Me

This week consecrates a major turn in the 50-year career of Alan Rudolph, which began as an assistant to and screenwriter for Robert Altman before transitionin...

News

Woody Allen’s Debut Novel What’s with Baum? Arrives In September

NYC Weekend Watch: Spike Lee, Tsai Ming-liang, The French Connection & More

Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and Blue Moon Set Fall Releases

Trailers

A Surreal Journey Begins in Exclusive Trailer for Augusto Sandino’s A Vanishing Fog

The Naked Gun Teaser: Akiva Schaffer and Liam Neeson Reboot the Spoof Comedy

An Eerie Story Unfolds in Exclusive Trailer for The Gullspång Miracle

Reviews

Warfare Review: An Odd Beast of a Combat Procedural

Gazer Review: A Hypnotic, Distinct Directorial Debut

Freaky Tales Review: A Violent Intersection of ‘80s Oakland Underdogs Lacking Bite

Features

Posterized April 2025: April, The Ugly Stepsister, Emergent City & More

New to Streaming: Black Bag, The Actor, The Monkey, Jacques Rivette & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Charting the Conflicts of American Democracy Through Henry Fonda’s Career

Drowning Dry Director Laurynas Bareiša on Finding Comedy in Tragedy, Nicolas Roeg, and the Things We Can’t Process

“Cinema, for Me, Is Like a Big Adventure”: Miguel Gomes on Grand Tour, Cigarettes, and Sunglasses

Podcasts

Emulsion Episode Three: Cinema Guild’s Edward McCarry on Shinji Somai and Love Hotel

Remembering Val Kilmer

The B-Side Ep. 158 – Powell and Pressburger (with Katie Walsh)

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