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Renate Reinsve on the Existential Experience of Becoming The Worst Person in the World

The “star is born” performance is spoken of often but only truly comes around once in a blue moon. It’s not something you can predict, but when it happens you ...

Exclusive Trailer for Film Forum’s Toshirō Mifune Retrospective Celebrates an Acting Legend

“I am a person rarely impressed by actors… but in the case of Mifune I was completely overwhelmed. The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to g...

Rotterdam Review: The Plains is an Astonishingly Touching Road Trip and Terrific Debut

It’s 5 p.m. and the day tumbles white with clouds. A car sneaks out of a parking lot and into traffic. The man at the wheel is alone. He turns off the radio an...

New to Streaming: Nightmare Alley, Air Doll, House of Gucci, Poly Styrene & 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...

The B-Side – Paul Newman (with Roxana Hadadi)

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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Solaris, John M. Stahl, Lina Wertmüller & More

After a hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our...

Joachim Trier on Falling in Love and the Chaotic Impulsivity of The Worst Person in the World

With The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier completes his loose Oslo trilogy, a collection of films set in his childhood hometown focused, generally, on ...

Air Doll Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Achingly Human Sex Doll Fable Finally Receives a U.S. Release

Despite coming from one of international cinema’s foremost working filmmakers, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2009 film Air Doll had never seen a release in the U.S. Adap...

Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern on the Magic of NYC, the Indie Music Landscape, and Making Meet Me in the Bathroom

Adapting Lizzy Goodman's novel of the same name, Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern’s Meet Me in the Bathroom captures the essence of late-90s, early-2000s New Y...

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on Seven Favorite Films

The Chad-born, France-based Mahamat-Saleh Haroun debuted his latest drama, Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. A ...

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

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

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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