The Film Stage

Watch David Lynch’s Music Video for “Sublime Eternal Love” Ahead of New Album Cellophane Memories

God bless everyone who truly thought David Lynch announcing "something for you to see and hear" portended a fourth season of Twin Peaks or new feature. I long ...

Tuesday Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Brilliant in Flawed, Effective Fairy Tale About Death

If you're quirk-averse, you might be immediately put off by a cursory description of Daina Oniunas-Pusić's debut feature, Tuesday, in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus...

The Small Back Room Restoration Trailer: An Underseen Powell & Pressburger Gem Returns to Theaters

It's been decades since they've passed, but this summer is shaping up to be the season of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Alongside MoMA's massive retro...

Japan Cuts 2024 Includes Films by Hideaki Anno, Takeshi Kitano, Shinya Tsukamoto, Shinji Somai & More

Comprising international premieres, short programs, and some of the country's finest-ever films in new restorations, 2024's Japan Cuts––running July 10-21 at N...

Exclusive Trailer Debut for America: Everything You’ve Ever Dreamed Of Introduces the Films of Rhody Streeter and Tony Ganz

Continuing their streak of restorations seemingly nobody would even think to undertake, The Film Desk will soon premiere a program of ten shorts directed by Rh...

The Devil’s Bath Trailer: Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge Directors Return with Harrowing Tale

Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are back with another harrowing tale, but this time hewing closer to real life than pr...

Vicky Krieps on Isolated Characters, Being Directed by Viggo Mortensen, and Subverting the Western

Back in March, Vicky Krieps returned to her hometown to serve as jury president at the 14th edition of the Luxembourg City Film Festival. "I did one in Deauvil...

Banel & Adama Review: Ramata-Toulaye Sy Crafts an Intoxicating, Bold Directorial Debut

A directorial debut programmed into the main Cannes competition is typically viewed with suspicion, if not overlooked altogether. Very rare is that lightning-i...

Viggo Mortensen on the Subtle Power of Vicky Krieps and the History of Western Cinema

In the heart of Western Europe, above the gorge of the Alzette river, sits Luxembourg City, a trash-free Eurotopia where the trams are free and the streets are...

Elaine May Finally Gets the Biography She Deserves

Before now there has never been a full-length biography of Elaine May, the icon known for being one-half of Nichols and May and the director of A New Leaf, The...

News

Benicio del Toro Reteams with Paul Thomas Anderson For Next Feature

July on the Criterion Channel Includes Shakespeare, Glauber Rocha, Gregg Araki, Godzilla & More

Todd Haynes Sets Trust with Kate Winslet and HBO; First Logline for Joaquin Phoenix Film Arrives

Trailers

Exclusive U.S. Trailer and Poster for Wei Shujun’s Neo-Noir Only the River Flows

Kneecap Trailer: Real-Life Hip-Hop Trio Fights For their Native Irish Language

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck Return to the Heist in First Trailer for Doug Liman’s The Instigators

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Emergent City Tells a Resonate Tale of Brooklyn Community Fighting for Their Home

Treasure Review: Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham Work Out Familial Differences Against the Backdrop of Auschwitz

Inside Out 2 Review: Pixar’s Lightly Entertaining Sequel Gets More Emotional

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Fire Walk with Me, Annie Baker, Aki Kaurismäki & More

New to Streaming: I Saw the TV Glow, Tarnation, John Woo & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry on Treasure, a Producer’s Dream, and Capturing Poland

Summer Solstice Director Noah Schamus on Inviting Audiences to Reconsider Transness on Screen

Richard Linklater on Sex, Murder, Hit Man, and the Infantilization of Culture

Podcasts

The B-Side – Bruce Willis (with Jen Johans)

The B-Side – Martin Scorsese (with Jake Kring-Schreifels)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 539 – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (with Sam Cohen)

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