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The Best Undistributed Films of 2021

After highlighting the most overlooked films of 2021, today we put our spotlight on those that need a home in the first place: movies we loved on the festival ...

First Trailer for Zhang Yimou’s Sharpshooter Takes Aim

Last year finally saw the premiere of Zhang Yimou's drama One Second and the release of his spy thriller Cliff Walkers. While we're still awaiting the release ...

Christopher Schobert’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. As 2...

Apichatpong Weerasethakul on the Journey of Memoria, Tilda Swinton’s Devotion, and the Collective Theatrical Experience

Whether shooting in the enspirited jungles of his native Thailand or the mystical rainforests of Colombia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul has a sleeping problem. Hi...

The Best Movie Posters of 2021

If my shortlist for this piece is any indication, Hollywood adjusted to COVID just fine. I've put aside an average of 60-70 posters every year since I've been ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 457 – The Matrix Resurrections (with Esther Rosenfield)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, we change things up for our final episode of the year as The Film Stage Show's Bill ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Goodbye, Dragon Inn, I Know Where I’m Going! & 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...

New to Streaming: Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Mass, The Lost Daughter, and 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...

Michael Bauman on Lighting Licorice Pizza and Bringing Paul Thomas Anderson’s Vision to Life

Training Day, Iron Man, The Master, Munich, Ford v Ferrari, The Bling Ring, Nightcrawler, Ray, Birds of Prey, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Syriana, The Conju...

The B-Side – New Year’s Eve 2021 Spectacular

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

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

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

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

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

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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