The Film Stage - Page 381

Sundance Review: Free Chol Soo Lee is a Gripping Doc on Systemic Injustice

Shedding light on the life of the Korean-American cause cél`èbe, Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s Free Chol Soo Lee captures a unique moment in Asian American history ...

The Criterion Channel’s February Lineup Includes Melvin Van Peebles, Douglas Sirk, Laura Dern & More

Another month, another Criterion Channel lineup. In accordance with Black History Month their selections are especially refreshing: seven by Melvin Van Peebles...

Sundance Review: Lucy and Desi Finds Amy Poehler Crafting a Comprehensive, Reverent Dual Biography

Amy Poehler’s chronological, comprehensive documentary debut Lucy and Desi attempts to give the entire story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Covering the coupl...

Sundance Review: The Territory is a Collaborative Work of Preservation

There are about 180 Uru-eu-wau-wau people left in the Brazilian Amazon. This community lives off the land, protecting the Amazon from deforestation, constant t...

Sundance Review: Florida’s Finest Geriatric Dance Troupe Gets a Playful Spotlight in Calendar Girls

Let’s get one thing straight: no one just casually becomes a member of the Calendar Girls, Southwestern Florida’s premier geriatric dance troupe. As founder an...

Sundance Review: Breaking is a Modest Adaptation of a Veteran’s Real-Life Nightmare

Following on the heels of his impressive turn in Steve McQueen's Red, White and Blue, John Boyega does noble work in Breaking, directed by Abi Damaris Corbin. ...

Sundance Review: With Cha Cha Real Smooth, Cooper Raiff Delivers Another Confident Coming-of-Age Dramedy

It’s not exactly cool to be the nice guy these days, but Cooper Raiff is making a good case for them again. In each of the 24-year-old’s first two movies, his ...

Sundance Review: Resurrection is a Stomach-Churning Psychological Thriller That Turns Silly

Not all is well from the opening scenes of Andrew Semans’ Resurrection, based on his own Black List-charting script, which begins as a chilly, slick workplace ...

Sundance Review: Watcher Centers Maika Monroe Within a Chilling Psycho-Thriller

Ever since It Follows, the 2014 horror movie about a spectral grim reaper stalking a teenage girl, Maika Monroe has become her generation’s avatar of fear and ...

Sundance Review: Happening Demonstrates One Woman’s Struggle For Ownership Over Her Body

The year is 1963. The location is Angoulême, France. The woman is Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei), a bright student faced with the weight of the world when she disc...

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)

Read More