The Film Stage

Zodiac Killer Project Review: The True Crime Doc to End All True Crime Docs

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Zodiac Killer Project opens in theaters on November 21. What would a f...

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Review: A Feverish, Visceral Assault on the Senses

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Berlinale coverage. Reflection in a Dead Diamond opens in theaters on November 21 and arrives on...

Rental Family Review: Brendan Fraser Shines in Sweet, Slight Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Rental Family opens in theaters on November 21. There is a moment early in Hik...

Mamoru Oshii on Why Angel’s Egg Could Never Be Made Today

For over four decades, Mamoru Oshii has stood as one of the pioneering auteurs of Japanese anime and science fiction cinema, with his cerebral, meditative styl...

Zodiac Killer Project Director Charlie Shackleton on Scrutinizing True Crime and the Uneasy Double Life of Documentaries

You'll never watch a true-crime documentary or series quite the same way after Charlie Shackleton’s Zodiac Killer Project, a fascinating exploration of the dir...

Cutting Through Rocks Review: A Testament to the Moral Universe’s Bend Towards Justice

The documentary Cutting Through Rocks is proof positive of the idiom, "two steps forward, one step back." Directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, thi...

U.S. Trailer for Dardennes’ Cannes Winner Young Mothers, Opening in January

Returning to Cannes Film Festival this year, where they picked up the Best Screenplay prize, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's moving drama Young Mothers was sele...

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

The long-awaited U.S. premiere of Wong Kar Wai's Blossoms Shanghai isn't the only thing coming to the Criterion Channel next month. Along with a spotlight on t...

The Chronology of Water Trailer: Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut Arrives This Winter

After working with Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, Kelly Reichardt, David Cronenberg, and more, Kristen Stewart has helmed one of the most formally impressive ...

A Poet Trailer: Colombia’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Arrives This January

One of the great character studies of the year, Simón Mesa Soto’s Cannes Un Certain Regard winner A Poet follows a down-and-out writer trying to find his way t...

News

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More

Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2025 Includes Afternoons of Solitude, One Battle After Another, and Nouvelle Vague

NYC Weekend Watch: Abel Ferrara’s Cat Chaser

Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Best Documentaries of 2025

Interviews

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Sinners Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Pulling Off the Film’s Most Difficult Shots and Christopher Nolan’s Advice

Left-Handed Girl Director Shih-Ching Tsou on Collaborating with Sean Baker and Seeing the World Through a Child’s Eyes

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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

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