The Film Stage

Death of a Unicorn Trailer: John Carpenter Scores Dark Comedy Starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega

It's not often that the composer of a movie is our key reason to see a film, but such is the case for a new A24 dark comedy featuring a score by none other tha...

The Best Undistributed Films of 2024

After highlighting the 50 best films you may have missed this year and our overall top 50 films of 2024, today we put our spotlight on those that still need a ...

Alessandro Nivola on The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, and the “Total Mayhem” of You Were Never Really Here

While he's been making a strong impression in films from the likes of John Woo and Nicolas Winding Refn for the last three decades, 2024 marks a major year for...

Black Bag Trailer: Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett Play Spy Games for Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh is kicking off 2025 with quite a busy streak. His 2024 Sundance premiere, the ghost story Presence, arrives at the end of January while his n...

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

January 2025 could mark a bleak month for very specific reasons, but in that month one can watch a nicely curated collection of David Bowie's best performances...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Pacino Remembers, Clinical Cronenberg, De Palma on De Palma & More

This is our final round-up before the end of 2024, and it’s a good one. There are plenty of gift ideas lurking here––some choices to enjoy during time off, too...

Enter an Expansive World in Exclusive U.S. Trailer and Poster for Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night

One of the most distinctly directed debut films of was Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel's strange sci-fi wonder Jessica Forever. Six years later, the duo fi...

Warfare Trailer: Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Capture the Horrors of Battle in Real-Time

Earlier this year, Civil War proved Alex Garland wasn't so much interested in the politics of a divided country, rather curious about the questions of morality...

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

In a much-clipped moment from his Criterion Closet video, philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek pulls a DVD copy of Louis Malle’s Murmur of the Heart ...

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

With just a week to go until Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, ranking quite highly on our best films of 2024, arrives in theaters, we're getting new details on wh...

News

Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched and Read in 2024

John Hillcoat Reveals Cormac McCarthy’s “Faustian” Vision for Blood Meridian Film

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

Trailers

Love Me Trailer: Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun Find Romance Across Billions of Years

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Reviews

From Ground Zero Review: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Is a Sobering Anthology Capturing Life During Wartime

Santosh Review: U.K.’s Oscar Entry is a Taut Exploration of Gender Politics and Police Corruption

Laceno D’Oro Review: Pastoral Hybrid Doc Savanna and the Mountain Confronts An Urgent Struggle with Humor and Charm

Features

New to Streaming: It’s Not Me, A Real Pain, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Wicked & More

NYC Weekend Watch: The New World, AI, The Thing & More

John Fink’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

The Brutalist Cinematographer Lol Crawley on VistaVision, the 70mm Experience, and Brady Corbet’s Flexibility

Santosh Director Sandhya Suri on Quiet Characters, Economic Filmmaking, and Emotional Chess

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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