The Film Stage - Page 369

35 Armadillos, Singing on the Curbside: An Interview with John Lurie

In 1984 John Lurie had three films at Cannes but couldn’t afford a plane ticket. For a few indelible moments in Wim Wender’s Paris, Texas, as a high-end pimp h...

Juliette Binoche & Vincent Lindon Heat Up in Trio of Clips from Claire Denis’ Fire

While we're hopeful that 2022 may see the premiere of two new Claire Denis films, the first one has now seen the light of day. Fire (aka Both Sides of the Blad...

Berlin Review: The City and the City Weaves the Past and Present to Tell the Untold Story of Thessaloniki

Directors Christos Passalis and Syllas Tzoumerkas describe their film The City and the City as the untold story of Thessaloniki, Greece. It isn't that because ...

FRESH Trailer: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan Take a Bite into the Rom-Com

One of the more divisive films coming out of Sundance Film Festival last month was Mimi Cave's FRESH, which provides a dark twist on the rom-com. Now set for a...

Berlin Review: Dario Argento Returns with Bizarre, Bloody Dark Glasses

As you watch Dark Glasses, Dario Argento’s first film in a decade, it’s nice to think back on his recent performance as the aging film critic in Gaspar Noé’s V...

Dominik Graf on Telling a Timeless Tale with Fabian: Going to the Dogs

Dominik Graf has been busy turning out termite art for decades. Finding a home on German TV shows like Tatort and Police Call 310, which air feature-length epi...

Berlin Review: Bertrand Bonello’s Coma is an Eclectic, Esoteric Lockdown Study

A contemporary cliché that weakly attempts to diagnose what ails us in modern life is the idea of being addled by technology––of our minds and attention spans ...

Berlin Review: Kamila Andini’s Before, Now & Then is a Well-Mannered Tale of Longing

In Before, Now & Then the social and political upheavals of 1960s Indonesia provide a hardened backbone to what is otherwise a tale of longing and simmerin...

Ana de Armas Lends Ben Affleck a Hand in First Teaser for Adrian Lyne’s Deep Water

For the ideal Valentine's Day treat, our first look at Adrian Lyne's long-awaited erotic thriller Deep Water has arrived. Starring former significant others Be...

Five Underseen Toshiro Mifune Films to Watch at Film Forum’s Retrospective

When an actor appears in many films of a particular director it becomes a sort of short-hand subject to define either's work. Sometimes it feels as if one infl...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

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

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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