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Berlin Review: Denis Côté’s That Kind of Summer Shines a Light on Hypersexuality

Denis Côté is a weird kind of humanist, arriving at that angle from an offbeat starting point. Maybe the key to his work thus far is his short, powerful 2012 d...

The Criterion Channel’s March Lineup Includes Sophy Romvari, Pasolini, The Age of Innocence & More

Rarely one finds a friend on the Criterion Channel—discounting the parasitic relationship we form with filmmakers, I mean—but it's great seeing their March lin...

Kyle Buchanan on Documenting the Wild Creation of Mad Max: Fury Road in Blood, Sweat & Chrome

“My name is Max. My world is fire and blood.” So began George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, a modern masterpiece that is as daring, audacious, and immaculately ...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Joe Wright

Hello everyone, welcome to the B-Side Podcast for The Film Stage where we talk about movie stars and filmmakers – not the movies that made them famous or kept ...

U.S. Trailer for Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion Winner Happening

Winner of the Golden Lion at last year's Venice Film Festival, featuring a jury led by Bong Joon-ho, Audrey Diwan's abortion drama Happening is an intense, Dar...

Shane Black and Robert Downey Jr. Set to Bring Back Parker with New Crime Drama

After hanging up his Iron Man armor, it looks like Robert Downey Jr. is, at long last, getting interested in working with talented directors once more. He's cu...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 461 – Top 10 Films of 2021

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham count down their personal top 10 films of 20...

Berlin Review: Carla Simon’s Alcarràs is a Drama of Simplicity and Quiet Expansiveness

Big agriculture and a renewable energy company (of all people) threaten the livelihood of a Catalonian peach farming family in Alcarràs, Carla Simón’s latest s...

Exclusive Trailer for Bulgaria’s Oscar Entry Fear Explores an Outsider’s Perspective with Comedy and Tragedy

Winner of the Best Film award in Tallinn Black Nights festival as well as Bulgaria's official Oscar entry, Ivaylo Hristov’s fourth feature Fear is arriving in ...

MUBI Unveils March 2022 Lineup

Next month's MUBI lineup for the U.S. has been unveiled, with a major highlight being their recent release Lingui, The Sacred Bonds and more films from directo...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

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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