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Posterized May 2021: Swimming Out, Spiral, Spring Blossom & More

There are a lot fewer ampersands this month as more theaters open and smaller studios decide to go back to their theatrical only rollouts with VOD arri...

African Cinema and Colonial History Collide in Férid Boughedir’s Newly Restored Camera d’Afrique

African cinema may, for most, be top of the blindspot list. The history of filmmaking, distribution, and access to cinema in African countries is contentious: ...

The Amusement Park Trailer: George A. Romero’s Long-Lost Film Comes to Shudder in June

Just a few days ago we learned that George A. Romero's planned final entry into his zombie universe, Twilight of the Dead, will come to life under a new direct...

ND/NF Review: Liborio Tells a Mesmerizing Tale of a Dominican Folk Hero

Depending on the storyteller, the early 20th century folk hero Olivorio Mateo (the Papá Liborio of the title), was a Creole saint or a dangerous cult leader. H...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Bill Morrison

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

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Berlinale Winner Bad Tales Examines the Illusions of Family

After landing on our radars as part of the writing team behind Matteo Garrone's Dogman, brothers Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo helmed their debut fea...

The Paper Tigers Team on Hong Kong vs. American Filmmaking, Sculpting a Fight Scene, and Kindness in Cinema

There is a scene in The Paper Tigers in which Hing (Ron Yuan) details how one can tell a certain kick is special. Not the technique or style, but the sound. At...

The Columnist Review: Entertaining Satire Targets Internet Trolls

Never read the comments—a universal rule for all writers who publish, share, or create on the internet. No matter what you say or how you say it, there will al...

ND/NF Review: Destello Bravío is a Surrealist Portrait of a Ghost Town and its Phantoms

In the arid, lunar landscape of Ainhoa Rodríguez’s Destello Bravío, a whole village waits for things to fall apart. We’re in the rural outskirts of Spain’s Ext...

U.S. Trailer for Fabrice Du Welz’s Adoration Finds Lovers on the Run

After directing Chadwick Boseman in the revenge thriller Message from the King, Fabrice Du Welz returned to Belgian for another thriller. Adoration, which prem...

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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