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Minyan Review: An Affecting, Lovely Brighton Beach Memoir

The year is 1986, the setting is New York City, and the AIDS epidemic is running rampant. Our hero David (Samuel H. Levine) is a teenager living in Brighton Be...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Alessandro Nivola Part II

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 that they ma...

The Lost Daughter Trailer: Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson & Jessie Buckley Lead Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Directorial Debut

Arriving at the tail end of this year is a film with quite some pedigree. For her directorial debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal has adapted one of the most acclaimed wr...

BFI London Review: Mark Rylance is the World’s Worst Golfer in Craig Roberts’ Sweet-Natured The Phantom of the Open

Perhaps the biggest cultural difference between the U.K. and U.S. is the way success is viewed. While America tends to celebrate those who make it, British cul...

BFI London Review: Ron’s Gone Wrong is Soulless, Algorithmic Filmmaking

For fledgling animation studios, the first impression is always the most important. Pixar managed to cement their brand of heartfelt, pop culture-inflected sto...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Joe Odagiri’s They Say Nothing Stays the Same, Shot by Christopher Doyle

Japanese actor Joe Odagiri (I Wish, Air Doll) has made his directorial debut with They Say Nothing Stays the Same, a drama that premiered at the Venice Film Fe...

Halloween Kills Review: David Gordon Green’s Sequel Fails Its Audience

Where does one even begin with Halloween Kills? Is it paramount to speak of its content, which achieves the impossible of being so stretched out that it couldn...

I Was a Simple Man Trailer Introduces Christopher Makoto Yogi’s Serene Hawaiian Ghost Story

Following up his lovely, meditative debut feature August at Akiko's, Christopher Makoto Yogi returned this year with I Was a Simple Man, a serene ghost story s...

Watch: Terrence Malick Has Directed a Ford Commercial Narrated by Don Cheadle

It looks like Sonic Drive-In will not be the last American brand that Terrence Malick captures on film. As the director continues to toil away in the editing r...

Criterion’s January Lineup Includes Time, Dick Johnson is Dead, the Beatles in 4K & More

2022 (Christ, 2022?) is on the horizon, and rest assured: Criterion continues. Their new year starts auspiciously with a mix of old and new, first-timers and r...

News

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

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

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

Reviews

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

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

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Interviews

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

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

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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