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ND/NF Review: Wood and Water Finds a Spiritual Connection Between Germany and Hong Kong

Germany’s mountainous Black Forest region and Hong Kong Island couldn’t be more dissimilar in terms of terrain. Yet, Jonas Bak’s debut film Wood and Water spir...

Georgetown Trailer: Christoph Waltz Deceives Vanessa Redgrave and Annette Bening in His Directorial Debut

Making his directorial debut, Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz is both behind and in front of the camera for Georgetown, a real-life story of secrets and s...

Cliff Walkers Review: Zhang Yimou Weaves an Intricate Cat and Mouse Spy Thriller

The mission: parachute into Manchukuo (an area of China under the unofficial control of Japan during the 1930s), find escaped comrade Wang, and escort him to f...

Alice Rohrwacher Sets Next Film with La Chimera

Following her Cannes-winning third narrative feature Happy as Lazzaro in 2018, we've been awaiting news on what Italian director Alice Rohrwacher would helm ne...

Roman Polanski to Direct Next Film The Palace This Fall

It's rare that news involves a film one will likely never be able to legally see in the United States. While even Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York eventua...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini

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...

Port Authority Trailer: Martin Scorsese-Backed, Cannes-Selected Drama Finds Romance in NYC

Premiering back at Cannes Film Festival in 2019, Danielle Lessovitz's drama Port Authority will finally be arriving this summer. Executive produced by Martin S...

ND/NF Review: Short Vacation is a Lovely Portrait of Quiet Solace

Four middle school students are asked by their photography club adviser to document the “end of the world” with disposable cameras, which might as well be alie...

First Look at Julia Ducournau’s Raw Follow-Up Titane

After impressing with her debut theatrical feature Raw––which depicted a vegetarian's first week at veterinary school, when they soon develop a taste for meat ...

Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse Review: Michael B. Jordan-Led Adaptation Scratches ’90s Action Cinema Itch

Hollywood’s big budget adaptations of Tom Clancy’s literary thrillers range in quality and style. But the one thing they’ve all had in common is the character ...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

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

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

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

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

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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