The Film Stage

Direct Action Review: A Rousing, Immersive Study of Communal Living

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Berlinale coverage. Direct Action opens in theaters on April 11. There’s a stretch of lan...

The Kingdom Trailer: Acclaimed Coming-of-Age Cannes Selection Arrives This May

Coming to theaters a year after its praised debut at Cannes Film Festival in its Un Certain Regard section, Julien Colonna’s first feature The Kingdom is a gri...

Ponyboi Trailer: River Gallo is On the Run From Dylan O’Brien

After premiering at last year's edition of Sundance Film Festival, Esteban Arango's Ponyboi will finally be coming to theaters this summer. Led by River Gallo ...

Johnnie To Confirms Two New Features and Offers Update on Election 3

The film world was set alight when learning Johnnie To and Tony Leung would reteam for a Japan-shot gangster feature. (That collection of words sort of speaks ...

Tom Cruise Faces His Destiny In Trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

After back-to-back Mission: Impossible sequels were announced all the way back in 2019, the culmination of Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise’s ambitious pro...

First Trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Tells the Story of a Family Business

This summer marks the return of Wes Anderson, now with an Oscar in-hand for his quartet of Roald Dahl adaptations. The Phoenician Scheme tells the story of a f...

Woody Allen’s Debut Novel What’s with Baum? Arrives In September

If Woody Allen never makes another film (whatever the recent rumors about a Barcelona project) Coup de Chance hits a passable, albeit minor final note that, in...

NYC Weekend Watch: Spike Lee, Tsai Ming-liang, The French Connection & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film ArchivesA series on sex workers includes Spike Lee's Girl 6, Working Girls, ...

Posterized April 2025: April, The Ugly Stepsister, Emergent City & More

It’s a month full of “operatives” (see Freaky Tales on April 4, The Amateur on April 11, Warfare on April 11, and The Accountant 2 on April 25) and eac...

A Surreal Journey Begins in Exclusive Trailer for Augusto Sandino’s A Vanishing Fog

A winner at SXSW for its striking cinematography and world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, where it premiered in its main competition, Augusto ...

News

Dag Johan Haugerud’s Oslo Trilogy, Including Golden Bear Winner Dreams, Set Summer Releases

Exclusive: The Quay Brothers’ Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Acquired by KimStim

David Cronenberg Hints at Retirement: “The World Does Not Need My Next Movie”

Trailers

No Other Land Now Available to Watch at Home for a Limited Time in Support of Masafer Yatta Communities

Caught by the Tides Trailer: Jia Zhangke’s Decades-in-the-Making Masterpiece Opens This May

28 Years Later Trailer: Danny Boyle and Alex Garland Bring a New Era of Zombies

Reviews

The Legend of Ochi Review: A Simple Fantasy with Incredible Craftsmanship and Performances

The Wedding Banquet Review: Andrew Ahn Crafts an Endearing, Funny Remake

Dead Mail Review: A New Twist on the Slasher Flick

Features

New to Streaming: Eephus, Grand Tour, The Woman in the Yard, Youth Trilogy & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Salò, Greed, Jerry Lewis, & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“All Grief is Unique”: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds, Life Beyond Story, and Making iPhones Cinematic

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

“I Like Chaos”: Tim Roth on Collaborating with David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Mike Leigh, and Michael Haneke

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 159 – The Coen Brothers (with Stephen Sajdak)

Emulsion Episode Four: Zach Lewis on Henry Fonda for President

Emulsion Episode Three: Cinema Guild’s Edward McCarry on Shinji Somai and Love Hotel

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