The Film Stage

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

A benefactor to Adrien Brody’s architect character László Tóth, the patronage of Guy Pearce’s wealthy Harrison Lee Van Buren eventually metastasizes into somet...

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. It i...

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. As t...

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

Remakes, reboots, and sequels are all the rage in Hollywood these days. Studios hand them out like candy to proven and unproven talent alike, but very few dire...

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Each...

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

As the most-anticipated film of his career began playing to critics and faced down the circus of press junkets and awards screenings, Jarin Blaschke was in Tor...

NYC Weekend Watch: Meet Me In St. Louis, Raúl Ruiz, Chantal Akerman & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageSee It Big! Let It Snow brings 35mm prints of All That ...

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Is t...

New to Streaming: Anora, Small Things Like These, Juror #2, Cuckoo & 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...

The 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2025: Part Two

Following part one of our 2025 movie preview, we’re counting down our 50 most-anticipated films of the year. 50. 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle; June 20) ...

News

Radu Jude Reveals First Look at Next Two Features Dracula and Continental ’25

Exclusive: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Unraveling in New Artwork for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths

Exclusive: Cannes and ND/NF Selection Lost Country Acquired by Altered Innocence

Trailers

The Greatest Film of All-Time Returns to Theaters with 50th Anniversary Trailer for Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman

Renate Reinsve Enters a Tangled Web In Trailer for Norway’s Oscar Entry Armand

Vulgar Auteurism Lives with Trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s George R.R. Martin Adaptation In the Lost Lands

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Blake Simons’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Joshua Bogatin’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

Adrien Brody on Pulling Personal History into The Brutalist, Overlooked Performances, and Acting with Beyoncé

“It Was Worth the Hassle”: The Brutalist Editor Dávid Jancsó on Deliberate Pacing, Multiple Formats, and Crying at Venice

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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