The Film Stage

Two Prosecutors Review: Sergei Loznitsa’s Drama Feels Eerily Attuned to Our Post-Truth World

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The film opens in theaters on March 20. When Donbass arrived in 2018, sandwi...

Marc by Sofia Review: An Agreeable Documentary Portrait Lacking Intimacy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. The film opens in theaters on March 20. Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, and 30 y...

Palestine 36 Review: Period Epic Offers Great Breadth of Knowledge and History

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens in theaters on March 20. You almost believe Amir (Dhafer L'Abid...

Mad Bills to Pay Trailer: Joel Alfonso Vargas’ Sundance, Berlinale, and ND/NF Selection Opens in April

An impressive directorial debut and true New York tale, Joel Alfonso Vargas' Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) was a selection at Sundance, B...

Amnesiascope Presents Films by Raúl Ruiz and Dominik Graf on March 30 and 31

If on sabbatical, return with the undeniable. Such was the thinking in programming films by two masters to mark the return of my screening series Amnesiascope,...

April on the Criterion Channel Includes Out-of-Print Editions, Jacques Tourneur, Mary Bronstein, Trans Filmmakers & More

Criterion's history is longer and more complicated than anybody quite realizes, leaving some of their earliest (or even recent-ish) titles in a strange, semi-c...

“I Want to Capture Miracles”: Alexandre Koberidze on Dry Leaf and Shooting on a Sony Ericsson

“Someone at Sony Ericsson did a very good job!” Shielded from Locarno’s scorching heat inside the air-conditioned lobby of the Kursaal theater, Alexandre Kober...

First Poster for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, Primed for Cannes Debut

Following up Evil Does Not Exist and Gift, Ryusuke Hamaguchi is returning this year with All of a Sudden. The French production, starring Virginie Efira and Ta...

SXSW Review: Their Town Is a Smart, Tender, and Somber Look at Teenhood

Thornton Wilder’s meta-play Our Town, a staple of high school productions and English-class readings, has been used countless times onscreen—from its own adapt...

Dune: Part Three Trailer: Denis Villeneuve Concludes His Sci-Fi Trilogy

Before he heads off to embark on his James Bond film, Denis Villeneuve is concluding the saga that has taken up much of the last decade. Going by the more mark...

News

Watch: Brady Corbet Directs Robert Pattinson in 1664 Commercial, Shot by Lol Crawley

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

MoMI Unveils First Look 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Blue Film Trailer: Controversial Camboy Thriller Arrives This May

First Teaser for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto

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

Reviews

The Drama Review: Kristoffer Borgli’s Provocations Mask Greater Ignorance

The Stranger Review: François Ozon Finally Gives Albert Camus’ Novel Its Cinematic Due

The Blue Trail Review: A Lively Journey Down the Amazon River

Features

Posterized April 2026: Blue Heron, The Christophers, Exit 8 & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Tsai Ming-liang, Ken Jacobs, Gender Transgression & More

New to Streaming: My Undesirable Friends, Pillion, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wuthering Heights & More

Interviews

François Ozon on the Existentialism of The Stranger, Arab Representation, and Bressonian Acting

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

Podcasts

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

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