The Film Stage - Page 30

Happyend Review: Neo Sora Poignantly Explores our Responses to an Impending Future

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Venice coverage. Happyend opens in theaters on September 12. “Something big is about to chang...

Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Review: Directorial Debut Captures Bittersweet Longing

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) opens in theaters on September 12...

Rabbit Trap Review: Dev Patel Leads Wholly Immersive Horror Story

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Rabbit Trap opens in theaters on September 12. It’s always thrilling when ...

TIFF Review: Claire Denis’ The Fence Takes an Unnerving Stare Into Darkness

Is the idea of a Claire Denis film changing? There was likely an image one formed in their head when that name emerged: elliptical, sexy, avant-garde. Yet rece...

Urchin Trailer: Harris Dickinson’s Riveting Directorial Debut Arrives This October

While the only thing more hit-or-miss than directorial debuts are directorial debuts from actors, one of the more accomplished in recent memory is Harris Dicki...

Where to Land Review: Hal Hartley Returns with Shaggy and Spellbinding Drama

“I’m done being a superhero.” An international movie star who’s become synonymous with her intergalactic onscreen persona in a wildly successful television...

“I Like Films That Are Quieter in Their Execution”: Sierra Falconer on Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is the kind of small film you hope to discover at a festival. Written and directed by Sierra Falconer in her featur...

Mark Ruffalo to Star in Bertrand Bonello’s Next Feature

Update: Variety confirms Bonello will direct Ruffalo in Santo Subito!, which concerns Father Joseph Murolo, an American priest dispatched to the Vatican to act...

TIFF Review: Normal Gives Ben Wheatley and Bob Odenkirk a Suitable John Wick Spin

You might wonder if you're watching the wrong movie during the prologue to Ben Wheatley's Normal. The setting is Japan, three Yakuza are being reprimanded by t...

U.S. Trailer for Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower Obsesses Over Marion Cotillard

This being such a busy year for premieres, one is liable to forget the seven-months-gone debut of The Ice Tower. We nevertheless found it one of 2025's more no...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Reviews

The Voice of Hind Rajab Review: Kaouther Ben Hania Brings Questionable Palatability to the Genocide in Gaza

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

Features

The Best 2026 Films We’ve Already Seen

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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