The Film Stage - Page 365

Kelvin Harrison Jr. on Cyrano, Singing On Screen, Being The New Guy On Set, and Collaborating with Joe Wright

Kelvin Harrison Jr. feels like one hit film away from being a full-fledged movie star. In Joe Wright’s Cyrano, the young actor shines as Christian, a handsome ...

Berlin Review: Scala is an Incandescent Tribute to a Cinema and its Passing

In the heyday of big-screen entertainment Thailand was home to some 700 standalone single-screen theaters. By 2019 only one of them survived in Bangkok. It was...

Berlin Review: One Year, One Night is a Benign Dramatization of the Bataclan Terror Attacks

It took seven years before any filmmaker dared touch the Utøya massacre; then in 2018, all of a sudden, we had two too many. It probably didn't help that the f...

Berlin Review: Queens of the Qing Dynasty is a Character-Focused Look at Nonconformity

Our introductions to writer/director Ashley McKenzie's leads in Queens of the Qing Dynasty are not to be forgotten. Whether Star's (Sarah Walker) open-mouthed ...

James Mangold to Direct Buster Keaton Biopic

Born over 125 years ago, the legacy of Buster Keaton endures in everything from Jackass to Jackie Chan. The subject of a lauded new book by Dana Stevens has fu...

The 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Animation Affairs of the Art ...

Cyrano Review: A Stand-Out in a New Age of Movie Musicals

There is a moment forty minutes into Joe Wright's Cyrano where everything kicks up a notch. As a military regiment practices their swordcraft on a stunning pie...

Hellbender Review: Metal-Fueled Tale of Witchcraft Proves Less is More

As an accused witch is lifted into the air by rope in the hands of three women, we anticipate the worst. There's no choice when we already know what the latest...

Berlin Review: Super Natural Delivers Beautiful Sentiments with Cyclical Redundancy

Less a film than an experience, Jorge Jácome's Super Natural is the kind of work that only achieves the sort of transcendence it aspires towards if the viewer ...

Dear Mr. Brody Trailer Uncovers the Peculiar Tale of a Hippie Millionaire Who Wanted to Give Back

Not in fact a documentary about one of our most erudite film critics, Dear Mr. Brody uncovers the peculiar true tale of a hippie millionaire who wanted to give...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

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

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

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

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

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

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

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)

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