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Don’t Call it Body Horror: David Cronenberg on the Prescient Vision of Crimes of the Future

It’s mid-May at the Cannes Film Festival and David Cronenberg is relaxing on the roof of the J.W. Marriot Hotel. Two days earlier, his latest film enjoyed a ra...

The B-Side – Val Kilmer (with Katie Walsh)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

Posterized June 2022: Watcher, Neptune Frost, Apples & More

Summer blockbusters are here with the likes of Jurassic World: Dominion (June 10), Lightyear (June 17, bucking the Disney+ only trend for Pixar films),...

New Irma Vep Trailer Digs Deeper Into Life Imitating Art

Secret's out: the new Irma Vep is great. So says Managing Editor and (granted) Olivier Assayas superfan Nick Newman, though general consensus runs likewise—tha...

New to Streaming: Terence Davies, Miami Vice, Fire Island, Freddy Got Fingered & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

Hustle Review: Adam Sandler Brings Low Wattage to Middling Basketball Drama

One, perhaps foolishly, comes to a new Adam Sandler picture in the post-Uncut Gems phase of his career with at least some expectations. And one would think his...

Cannes Review: Tori and Lokita is Another Compassionate Morality Play from the Dardenne Brothers

Tori and Lokita, the latest from the eerily consistent Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, pulls you in opposite directions when assessing it. It is as consummately ...

Fire Island Review: Andrew Ahn’s Joyful Queer Retelling of Pride and Prejudice

Over the last few years Andrew Ahn has cemented himself as one of the most promising talents in American independent cinema. His first feature, the underrated ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Montgomery Clift, Miami Vice, Ozu x2 & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film Forum As new 35mm print of Brooke Adams-starrer Vengeance Is Mine screens...

Terence Davies on Benediction, the Poetry of Cinema, and Life’s Regrets

His second consecutive drama about an iconic poet with a life of inner turmoil, Terence Davies' Benediction affords the filmmaker canvas to explore queerness m...

News

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Interviews

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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