The Film Stage

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow Announced as Winner of the 2025 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award

Each year at the Indie Film Site Network (IFSN), we’re honored to highlight independent films that illuminate a humanitarian issue with a singular artistic vis...

Gore Verbinski Returns with First Trailer for Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

After last directing a feature with 2016's A Cure for Wellness, Gore Verbinski finally returned to the director's chair nearly a decade later with Good Luck, H...

The Running Man Review: Edgar Wright’s First Pure Action Vehicle is a Partial Victory

Edgar Wright has mostly stayed in the pocket of action cinema since Hot Fuzz paid loving homage to the bombastic genre in 2007. But because subsequent projects...

Timothée Chalamet Aims for Greatness in New Trailer for Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme

One of the most electric viewing experiences of the year was seeing Josh Safdie unveil his long-awaited return to directing, Marty Supreme, as the secret scree...

“Not Everybody Has to Be Likable”: Stellan Skarsgård on Sentimental Value and Suffering

On my last night at the Morelia International Film Festival, dinner took place at Lu, a restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine. Over rollos de jicama and...

The Last One for the Road Review: A Delightful Trip Through Italy

It doesn’t take long to work out where you are in The Last One for the Road––for the backroads of Veneto, Italy, Francesco Sossai’s delightful new movie has th...

“Let the Location Speak to You”: Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love, Shooting Academy Ratio, and Adapting Impossible Novels

Scottish writer-director Lynne Ramsay returns to feature filmmaking with Die My Love, eight years after You Were Never Really Here. The psycho-drama stars Jenn...

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Review: A Devastatingly Immersive Portrait of Palestinian Suffering

On October 7, 2024, Israel’s occupation of Gaza took new shape as a publicly declared war. At the time, Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi was traveling aroun...

The Plague Trailer: Cannes Breakout Targets the Effects of Bullying

With Train Dreams arriving this month, it's not the only film featuring Joel Edgerton getting a release this season. He also has a strong supporting turn in Ch...

Posterized November 2025: Rebuilding, Peter Hujar’s Day, Sentimental Value & More

November has sequels (Wicked for Good on November 21), festival fare (Die My Love on November 7), international Oscar submissions (Sirât, limited on No...

News

Brady Corbet’s Next Film Will Be X-Rated, Shot Entirely on 70mm, and Span Three Centuries

The Film Stage Presents Ultra-Rare Director’s Cut of Abel Ferrara’s Cat Chaser at the Roxy Cinema on November 30

The Criterion Channel’s December Lineup Features Julianne Moore, Wong Kar Wai, Joachim Trier & More

Trailers

How to Make a Killing Trailer: Glen Powell Leads Kind Hearts and Coronets Update

The Voice of Hind Rajab Trailer: Venice Winner and Tunisia’s Oscar Entry Opens This December

Dead Man’s Wire Trailer: Gus Van Sant Tells a True Kidnapping Story

Reviews

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Review: A Poetic Celebration of the Past, Present, and Future of Black Culture

The Secret Agent Review: A Rousing, Unsettling Thriller from Kleber Mendonça Filho

Hamnet Review: Chloé Zhao Reminds Us Why Art Matters

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Mamoru Oshii’s Live-Action Debut The Red Spectacles is a Discombobulating Sci-Fi Experiment

NYC Weekend Watch: The Straight Story, Strange Days, Le Heist Français & More

Interviews

Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent, Confronting Brazil’s Past, and Breaking Screenwriting Rules

Train Dreams Production Designer Alexandra Schaller on Finding Beauty in the Land and Making Small Films Feel Big

Train Dreams Director Clint Bentley on Natural Light, Shaping Narration, and Real-Life Inspiration

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

The B-Side Ep. 170 – David Cronenberg (with Veronica Fitzpatrack)

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