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Vote in The B-Side’s 2025 Audience Choice Polls!

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

Emulsion Ep. 14 – Filipe Furtado on Movie Dementia, Carlos Reichenbach, and Brazilian Cinema

With exposure to Brazilian cinema being so pitiful, I thought it would be past due to host both an episode and screening that put a bit of spotlight on their r...

New to Streaming: Familiar Touch, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, F1 & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: M. Night Shyamalan, Bullet in the Head, Kill Bill, A Brighter Summer Day & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. This week's edition of NYC Weekend Watch is sponsored by The Balconettes, opening today at ...

Splitsville Review: A Resuscitation of the Rom-Com

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Splitsville opens in theaters on August 22. Michael Angelo Covino and Ky...

Daniel Day-Lewis Returns in First Trailer for Ronan Day-Lewis’ Anemone

Casting news rarely (never?) resounds like word of Daniel Day-Lewis' return. Eight years since an ostensible retirement with Phantom Thread, he's both reemerge...

First Trailer for Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind Finds Josh O’Connor Orchestrating a Heist

One of four (!) Josh O'Connor films arriving this fall, Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind is certainly our most-anticipated of the bunch. Also starring Alana Ha...

Lurker Review: A Cat-and-Mouse Psychological Thriller Without Bite

If your psychological thriller is centered around a man obsessed with a pop star on the cusp of superstardom, then the music itself had better sound believable...

Desire and Expectations in Edward Yang’s A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong

Note: This feature was originally published in 2023 as part of Film at Lincoln Center's Edward Yang retrospective. A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong are now av...

Orwell: 2+2=5 Trailer: Raoul Peck Unpacks the Prophecy of the 1984 and Animal Farm Author

Premiering at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Orwell: 2+2=5 marks the latest documentary from I Am Not Your Negro and Exterminate All the Brutes direct...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

Interviews

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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