The Film Stage

Amrum Trailer: Fatih Akin Reteams with Diane Kruger in WWII-Set Cannes Selection

Reuniting after 2017's In the Fade, Fatih Akin and Diane Kruger's WWII-set drama Amrum premiered to acclaim at last year's Cannes Film Festival and will now be...

SXSW Review: The Last Critic Hails the Great Music Scribe Robert Christgau

In 2022, Charli XCX emblazoned "they don’t build statues of critics” on a custom t-shirt––a little nudge and provocation rather than a knock-down to a great tr...

SXSW Review: Pizza Movie Is a Strange Dumb Trip That Understands the Assignment

As far as dumb comedies go, Pizza Movie is a masterclass in throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. It doesn’t always land, but when it does, it re...

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Trailer: Sho Miyake’s Golden Leopard Winner Arrives This April

One of the great films of the year, Sho Miyake's gorgeous, tranquil Two Seasons, Two Strangers picked up the Golden Leopard at Locarno last summer and will now...

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Features John Waters, Jafar Panahi, Lav Diaz, Med Hondo, and More

Representing their busiest month in recent memory, June offers nine releases and eleven titles from the Criterion Collection. Perhaps of greatest note are two ...

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

Take one step into the world of festivals and you'll understand that making a movie isn't just "making a movie." Even if one has the fortune to get some money ...

“It Scared a Lot of People”: Jane Alexander on Testament, Nuclear Threats, and Her Accomplished Career

Jane Alexander has one of those careers that seems impossible. Four Academy Award nominations in fourteen years. A Tony Award in 1969 for the Howard Sackler pl...

NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA major Agnès Varda retrospective begins; Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the F...

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

A parody of dialectical materialism (you’ll understand what this means when you see the film), superficial economies, and the cult of fast fashion, I Love Boos...

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

News

Exclusive New Stills From Carla Simón’s Romería as Janus Films Sets June Release

MoMI Unveils First Look 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Poster for 2026 Edition of Los Angeles Festival of Movies, Taking Place April 9-12

Trailers

Arnaud Desplechin Finds the Music in U.S. Trailer for Two Pianos

Backrooms Trailer: Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor Discover the Abyss in Kane Parsons’ Debut

Boots Riley Stages Fashion Heists in New Trailer for I Love Boosters

Reviews

Kontinental ’25 Review: Radu Jude Has Nothing Left To Prove

Chime Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mid-Length Chiller Doesn’t Stay Long But Leaves Its Mark

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Review: An Illuminating Work of Cultural Archaeology

Features

New to Streaming: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Sirāt, Send Help, A Poet & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Béla Tarr, Meiko Kaji, Kiyoshi Kurosawa & More

Interviews

The Blue Trail Director Gabriel Mascaro on Coming-of-Age Inversion, Playful Dystopias, and Conservative Awakenings

Sinking into the Abyss: Nadav Lapid on Yes, the Collapse of Morality, and Beauty in Dance

Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Returning to Triplets of Belleville

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

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Amrum Trailer: Fatih Akin Reteams with Diane Kruger in WWII-Set Cannes Selection

SXSW Review: The Last Critic Hails the Great Music Scribe Robert Christgau

SXSW Review: Pizza Movie Is a Strange Dumb Trip That Understands the Assignment

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Trailer: Sho Miyake’s Golden Leopard Winner Arrives This April

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Features John Waters, Jafar Panahi, Lav Diaz, Med Hondo, and More

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

“It Scared a Lot of People”: Jane Alexander on Testament, Nuclear Threats, and Her Accomplished Career

NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & More