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Pig Director Michael Sarnoski on Collaborating with Nicolas Cage and the Importance of Human Connection

Michael Sarnoski’s first time directing gave Nicolas Cage some of the best reviews of his career. The movie is Pig and on the press tour, Nicolas Cage had some...

The Spine of Night Review: A Bone-Shattering, Fractured Animated Epic

One thing is certain about The Spine of Night: this is a labor of bone-shattered, triptacular love. The new rotoscope-animated feature—a clearly adoring h...

John Woo to Direct Wordless Action Movie Silent Night Starring Joel Kinnaman

Update: Production has now begun (via Instagram/Collider). See more info below. As we wait and see if Adam Wingard's sequel Face/Off 2 will actually get mad...

Joy Ride Review: Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould Take On The South in Engaging Stand-Up Documentary

Bobcat Goldthwait has made a career of dissecting what makes tragedy funny. It's an impressive second act for the comedian, who was once known primarily for th...

New to Streaming: Lamb, The Spine of Night, The Sparks Brothers & 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 B-Side – Wes Craven (with Joe Bandelli)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

Attica Review: Stanley Nelson & Traci Curry Examine the Real Perpetrators of the 1971 Prison Uprising

There's a moment towards the end of Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry's documentary Attica where a white state trooper is seen putting his fist in the air while s...

Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir Part II, Meta Filmmaking, and Creating an Atmosphere of Discovery

It’s early morning in LA and Joanna Hogg is looking back. It is a process the filmmaker has grown accustomed to in recent years, not least with her latest film...

Mohammad Reza Aslani on the Miraculous Resurrection of His Long Lost Masterpiece Chess of the Wind

A film’s backstory can be no less fascinating than what's in the film itself. Chess of the Wind has the kind of history they would make movies about. Screened ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Lives of Performers, Chess of the Wind, Poltergeist & More

After a hiatus where New York’s theaters closed during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly round-up of r...

News

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

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

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

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

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Reviews

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

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

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

Features

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Interviews

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

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

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

Podcasts

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

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

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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