The Film Stage - Page 48

The Imaginary Review: Studio Ponoc’s New Animation Lacks an Imaginative Vision

Adapted by director Yoshiyuki Momose (a former animator at Studio Ghibli) and screenwriter Yoshiaki Nishimura (a former producer at Studio Ghibli) from a popul...

Lynne Ramsay Will Begin Shooting Die, My Love Starring Jennifer Lawrence Next Month

Considering she's only directed four features in the last quarter-century, any new film from Lynne Ramsay comes with quite the anticipation. Following 2017's Y...

13 Films to See in July

As you catch up on our list of the best 20 films from the first half of the year, it's also time to look at what the latter half brings. While July may be a bi...

Noémie Merlant Seeks Pleasure in First Trailer for Audrey Diwan’s Emmanuelle

This spring we learned that, rather surprisingly, Audrey Diwan’s follow-up to her Golden Lion-winning Happening, won't be at Venice, Telluride, or TIFF either ...

Amnesiascope Presents The Green Ray at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research July 15-17

My screening series Amnesiascope returns to the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research on July 15, 16, and 17 with Éric Rohmer's The Green Ray, co-presented by T...

First Trailer for the New 7-Hour Version of Abel Gance’s Restored Napoleon

When it comes to summer blockbusters, it doesn't get much more epic than a film that first premiered nearly a century ago. For nearly two decades work has been...

Mia Hansen-Løve Reveals New Feature If Love Should Die, Shooting Next Year

Few directors capture modern life so vividly as Mia Hansen-Løve, and only in some cases does she show it in English-language contexts. Suggesting something of ...

Harley Chamandy on Allen Sunshine, Shooting on 16mm, and Finding Inspiration Outside of Cinema

At a lakeside cottage, Allen Sunshine (Vincent Leclerc) keeps to himself. He goes out on his boat, walks his dog, and wanders the surrounding forest with a tap...

First Look at Steve McQueen’s Blitz, Arriving This November

Following up last year's epic documentary Occupied City, Steve McQueen has returned to the WWII era with a narrative feature. Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and...

Mother, Couch Review: Ewan McGregor Leads a Strange, Pervasive Familial Phantasmagoria

"I've been bleeding my whole life." Mother, Couch is a boiling point of a picture. Written and directed by Niclas Larsson (and based on Jerker Virdborg's n...

News

Trailer for Palestine’s Oscar Entry From Ground Zero + Exclusive Poster Giveaway

MUBI’s December 2024 Lineup Includes Dahomey, Bird, The People’s Joker & More

No Other Land Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award

Trailers

Jacques Demy’s Masterpiece The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Gets New Trailer for 4K Restoration

DIG! XX Trailer: Ondi Timoner’s Cult Classic Rock Doc Gets Expanded Edition This January

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

Reviews

The Black Sea Review: A Dynamic Lead Performance Drives Familiar Fish-Out-of-Water Story

Thessaloniki Review: When the Light Breaks Showcases a Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth

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

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: Blitz, The Piano Lesson, Flipside, We Live in Time, Alien: Romulus & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Dirty Work, Shelley Duvall, Robert Frank & More

Interviews

Rodrigo Prieto on His Directorial Debut, Martin Scorsese’s Snubs, and Taylor Swift’s Feature Debut

Flow Director Gints Zilbalodis on Animating Animals, Allegories, and Cinema vs. Videogames

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

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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