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Nunsploitation Reigns in New Trailers for Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta and Mickey Reece’s Agnes

If one is looking for their nunsploitation fix this December, a pair of acclaimed films should satisfy all holy cinematic urges. Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta, wh...

Antlers Review: Scott Cooper Melds Brooding Blue-Collar Drama with Chilling Horror

Scott Cooper is comfortable in the mud. The American director routinely finds himself in the confines of the lowdown and dirty, in gritty landscapes with worki...

13 Minutes Review: A Disaster of a Movie Flaunts Hot Button Issues with No Insight

I'm not entirely sure what the message is at the center of Lindsay Gossling's 13 Minutes. In fact, I'm pretty sure there isn't one. A line of text runs before ...

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two Greenlit for October 2023 Theatrical-Only Release

Denis Villeneuve's next film has been confirmed, and despite fans from all corners of the world clamoring for Enemy II, it will in fact be Dune: Part Two. Thou...

Procession Trailer: Robert Greene’s Latest Documentary Pursues a Haunted Past

As longtime fans of Robert Greene we're delighted by the success of Procession, which was acquired by Netflix for an awards push this fall. His latest document...

Watch Visual Effects Breakdowns for David Lowery’s The Green Knight

While the reaction to David Lowery's The Green Knight has run the gamut here at The Film Stage, we can all agree on one thing: its use of visual effects is amo...

The Criterion Channel’s November 2021 Lineup Includes Hamaguchi, Fourteen, Garrett Bradley & More

As 2021 mercifully winds down, the Criterion Channel have a (November) lineup that marks one of their most diverse selections in some time—films by the new mas...

Oliver Stone Returns to the Past in First Trailer for JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Returning to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy thirty years after his narrative feature JFK, Oliver Stone's latest work is a documentary taking a ...

Denis Villeneuve & Christopher Nolan Discuss Dune and Big Screen Cinema in 30-Minute Conversation

As Christopher Nolan prepares to shoot his next film Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt, he found time to show his support for another direct...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 448 – Titane (with Peg Aloi)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Peg Aloi to discuss Julia Duco...

News

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

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

Trailers

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

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Reviews

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

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

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

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

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

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

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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