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Criterion’s April Lineup Includes The Girl Can’t Help It, Alex Cox, and For All Mankind in 4K

2022 is, I guess, in something like swing, and if there's any bit of normalcy we're glad to retain it's the monthly Criterion announcements. On the disc side o...

Listen to Tindersticks’ New Song from Claire Denis’ Both Sides of the Blade

One of the most fruitful collaborations in cinema history has been between Claire Denis and Stuart Staples' band Tindersticks. After working together on a numb...

Definition Please Review: Sujata Day’s Directorial Debut Examines the Scars of Childhood with Honesty and Humor

Monica Chowdry (Sujata Day) was everything her Indian immigrant parents could have hoped from a child. Not only did she win the national Scribbs Spelling Bee, ...

U.S. Trailer for Dominik Graf’s Fabian: Going to the Dogs Introduces a Berlinale Favorite

One of the major films premiering at last year's Berlin International Film Festival, Dominik Graf's Fabian: Going to the Dogs, is now finally getting a release...

Bigbug Trailer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Stages a Robot Revolt in Sci-Fi Comedy

After earning much acclaim for his early features Delicatessen, Amélie, and The City of Lost Children, it's now been nearly a decade since the last fully-fledg...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 458 – Licorice Pizza (with Allyson Johnson)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by special guest Allyson Johnson to discuss Pau...

New to Streaming: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Miklós Jancsó, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Italian Studies & 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...

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2021

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2021, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Afte...

Adam Leon on the Experiment of Italian Studies, New York as a Community, and Generational Similarities

Adam Leon’s films look at New York City with a street-side view. His characters, through his first three features, wander the neighborhoods of the Lower East S...

Scream Review: Slasher Franchise Returns with Daring Yet Dispiriting Sequel

There’s something dispiriting about the latest Scream. It’s an uncanny sort, though, the kind that makes its outcome even harder to swallow. The film's shortco...

News

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

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

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

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

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

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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