The Film Stage

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

Alex Cox has (reportedly) made his final film: a Western adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s classic novel Dead Souls. The book follows a drifter in Tsarist Russia w...

First Trailer for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf Unleashes the Devil Within

Their record-breaking Obsession isn't the only horror feature on Focus Features' slate this year. Robert Eggers' Werwulf will arrive come Christmas time, the s...

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & 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 Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

As we approach 2026’s halfway point, it’s time to take a temperature of the finest cinema thus far: we’ve rounded up our favorites from the first six months of...

Remake Trailer: Ross McElwee Crafts the Most Heartbreaking Documentary of 2026

Best-known for his landmark reflexive documentary Sherman's March, Ross McElwee has crafted his most aching, personal film yet with Remake. Partially structure...

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMA 35mm-heavy Masahiro Shinoda retrospective continues. Museum of Modern Art...

The Samurai and the Prisoner Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mystery Epic Arrives This July

Apologies in advance to Christopher Nolan, but the ensemble period epic we're most looking forward to in July hails from Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The Samurai and the ...

Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Tussle Over Legacy In Trailer for Kent Jones’ Late Fame

Late Fame finds that not-so-common sweet spot between caustic and elegiac, Willem Dafoe (a vision of resparked enthusiasm) and Greta Lee (a vision of too-spark...

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

The opening credits reveal tragedy as a teenage Emily (Zola Grimmer) drives down a darkened country road only to hit and kill a young girl who ran into traffic...

Ethan Hawke Embarks on a Treacherous Journey in First Trailer for The Weight

One of the highlights to emerge from this year's Sundance Film Festival was Padraic McKinley's The Weight, a period thriller that brings together Ethan Hawke, ...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Trailer for 4K Restoration of Ngozi Onwurah’s Welcome II the Terrordome Presents an Afrofuturist Vision

Reviews

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Remake Review: Ross McElwee’s Introspective Documentary Haunts with Humanity

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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