The Film Stage

How to Make a Killing Trailer: Glen Powell Leads Kind Hearts and Coronets Update

After making a splash with Emily the Criminal, John Patton Ford has followed it up with a new take on the British dark comedy classic Kind Hearts and Coronets....

The Voice of Hind Rajab Trailer: Venice Winner and Tunisia’s Oscar Entry Opens This December

Winner of the Silver Lion at Venice Film Festival and Tunisia's Oscar entry, Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab has been devastating audiences on the...

Brady Corbet’s Next Film Will Be X-Rated, Shot Entirely on 70mm, and Span Three Centuries

Following up last year’s acclaimed drama The Brutalist, Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet returned this year with The Testament of Ann Lee, this time with the for...

The Film Stage Presents Ultra-Rare Director’s Cut of Abel Ferrara’s Cat Chaser at the Roxy Cinema on November 30

Most filmmakers see piracy as a scourge on their livelihood. Abel Ferrara has what one might call a more pluralistic mindset: "The only thing you need to see t...

Train Dreams Production Designer Alexandra Schaller on Finding Beauty in the Land and Making Small Films Feel Big

One of the many special things in Train Dreams, directed by Clint Bentley, is the production design. Nearly every element of each setting feels like it was jus...

Dead Man’s Wire Trailer: Gus Van Sant Tells a True Kidnapping Story

Returning with his first feature in seven years, Gus Van Sant premiered Dead Man's Wire at Venice Film Festival and it'll now arrive before the end of the year...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Johnny Ma’s The Mother and the Bear, Backed by Pablo LarraÍn

World premiering in the Centrepiece Section at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Johnny Ma's comedic drama The Mother and the Bear stars Kim Ho-...

Mamoru Oshii’s Live-Action Debut The Red Spectacles is a Discombobulating Sci-Fi Experiment

When he’s not acting as pure imagemaker, Mamoru Oshii is, before anything else, a worldbuilder. One of Japan’s premier multimedia genre auteurs, his “worldview...

Train Dreams Director Clint Bentley on Natural Light, Shaping Narration, and Real-Life Inspiration

Through the eyes of itinerant logger Robert Granier (Joel Edgerton), Train Dreams traces America’s transition from a pioneer land firmly into an industrialized...

Costume Designer Catherine George on Working With Lynne Ramsay, Jim Jarmusch, and Bong Joon Ho

A couple of weeks ago, just moments after delivering a career-spanning masterclass at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, Catherine George sat down to talk to us o...

News

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Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

Interviews

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Podcasts

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

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

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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