The Film Stage - Page 34

Locarno Review: Drowning Dry is an Unnerving, Cruelly Funny Lithuanian Drama

Memories can be slippery things. Take what happens around the halfway point of Laurynas Bareiša's beguiling second feature: two women––more specifically Ernest...

Rule of Two Walls Review: Ukrainian Docudrama Chronicles Essential Art During Wartime

How does culture survive in the midst of a war? Rule of Two Walls––written, directed, and edited by David Gutnik––asks the question and attempts to answer it. ...

Locarno Review: Radu Jude Returns with Provocative, Amusing Eight Postcards from Utopia and Sleep #2

A year since Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World amused us so, Radu Jude has now unveiled two new experimental found-footage films in Locarno. And...

Amnesiascope and Rohmer Fits Present a Night of Rare Éric Rohmer Shorts on August 19

Update: with August 19 sold-out, an encore shorts screening has been added for Sunday, September 1. Tickets are here and original story is below. Three cons...

First Teaser Poster for Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, Which Begins Shooting This Week

Update: We've confirmed the English-language title for Park Chan-wook's next film is No Other Choice. Following up his noir melodrama Decision to Leave...

The Monkey Teaser: Longlegs Director Osgood Perkins Returns with Stephen King Adaptation

Just crossing the $90 million mark at the worldwide box office (with over $71 million in the U.S. alone), it's safe to say Osgood Perkins' Longlegs is one of t...

First Trailer for Anna Kendrick’s Directorial Debut Woman of the Hour

One of the most puzzling absences in the release calendar this year is Anna Kendrick's Woman of the Hour, one of a handful of directorial debuts from actors at...

Exclusive Trailer for 2024 Rockaway Film Festival Celebrates Films by Zia Anger, Wim Wenders, Ed Lachman & More

Returning for its seventh edition this year, the 2024 Rockaway Film Festival kicks off next weekend, taking place August 17-25 and featuring a rich lineup of c...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for The Paragon Harnesses Cosmic Power

One of the year's best examples of resourceful filmmaking, Michael Duignan's fantasy comedy The Paragon was shot over just 13 days in Auckland, New Zealand for...

New to Streaming: Open Range, La Chimera, Shinji Sōmai, Banel & Adama, and 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...

News

MUBI’s December 2024 Lineup Includes Dahomey, Bird, The People’s Joker & More

No Other Land Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award

First Images From Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet Remake Starring Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & More

Trailers

DIG! XX Trailer: Ondi Timoner’s Cult Classic Rock Doc Gets Expanded Edition This January

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom Introduces Acclaimed Rom-Com Psychodrama

First Trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope Offers Up Romance in Naples

Reviews

The Black Sea Review: A Dynamic Lead Performance Drives Familiar Fish-Out-of-Water Story

Thessaloniki Review: When the Light Breaks Showcases a Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth

Wicked: Part I Review: Wizard of Oz Prequel Is Stale as Blockbusters Can Be

Features

New to Streaming: Blitz, The Piano Lesson, Flipside, We Live in Time, Alien: Romulus & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Dirty Work, Shelley Duvall, Robert Frank & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Flow Director Gints Zilbalodis on Animating Animals, Allegories, and Cinema vs. Videogames

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

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

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

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

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

Read More