The Film Stage

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

With just three features to his name, Tyler Taormina has cemented himself as one of the most perceptive chroniclers of small-town America. His 2019 debut, Ham ...

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

It’s a shame Toxic wasn’t around for the recent excretions of body-horror discourse. Saulė Bliuvaitė's debut feature, winner of the Golden Leopard at this year...

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

If you're looking for a distraction from the hellscape of American politics, look no further than the first trailer for a forthcoming biopic of one of our most...

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

In All We Imagine as Light, a nurse in a Mumbai hospital is confronted by the emptiness in her life when she helps a friend move to a seaside village. Set near...

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

After crafting the best film of 2023 (and 2024, depending on your release calendar) with The Beast, Bertrand Bonello is prepping his next feature. While he was...

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Tim Fehlbaum's September 5 stars John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Leonie Benesch, and Ben Chaplin as ABC sports journalists unexpectedly put in the position of na...

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

We could tie ourselves in knots, draw party lines, and make blood oaths declaring cinema's greatest-evers: directors, actors, screenwriters, even studios or en...

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

A decade after his staggering documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer has now returned, but this time with a narrative fea...

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Vermiglio is set in the eponymous alpine village during the waning days of WWII. Maura Delpero’s film, gorgeously shot by Leviathan cinematographer Mikhail Kri...

Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

It’s hard to overstate just how ubiquitous the Paddington films––particularly the 2017 sequel––have been in the British cultural consciousness over the last de...

News

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Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom Introduces Acclaimed Rom-Com Psychodrama

First Trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope Offers Up Romance in Naples

Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott Clash in First Teaser for Bring Them Down

Reviews

Wicked: Part I Review: Wizard of Oz Prequel Is Stale as Blockbusters Can Be

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Appreciating a Pioneer: Pittsburgh Celebrates Queer Local Filmmaker Roger Jacoby with World Premiere Restorations

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Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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