The Film Stage

“There’s No Villains in This Film”: Joshua Oppenheimer on The End and Value of Self-Deception

After fearlessly interrogating man’s capacity for evil in Oscar-nominated documentaries The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheim...

The 50 Best 2024 Films You Might Have Missed

With an awards season and year-end lists that tend to favor films that have been released in the last few months, there's many films that can go overlooked. Fo...

The Best Documentaries of 2024

The fight for Palestinian livelihood, repatriation, the Argentine gaucho community, a pair of England's greatest directors, Chinese textile mills, a legendary ...

Paul Schrader on Mortality, Prayer, and Turning Down Bruce Springsteen

Fifty years after his screenwriting debut via Sydney Pollack’s The Yakuza and a mere forty-six since his directorial debut with Blue Collar, Paul Schrader is s...

Ma Mère Exclusive Restoration Trailer: Isabelle Huppert and Louis Garrel Enter a World of Hedonism

Christophe Honoré fans have much to celebrate this January. Ahead of his latest feature, the meta Chiara Mastroianni-led Cannes selection Marcello Mio, arrivin...

Download the 2024 Awards Season Screenplays

One of the few benefits of the awards race is Hollywood’s outpouring of materials associated with the contenders. Perhaps the biggest perk is the release of fu...

Paul Schrader Details Failed Leonardo DiCaprio-Shah Rukh Khan Film Xtreme City

My friends at Pod Casty for Me––a show that began as a look at the films of Clint Eastwood before transitioning to a series on Paul Schrader––spoke to the latt...

The Best Directorial Debuts of 2024

Though we aim to discuss a wide breadth of films each year, few things give us more pleasure than the arrival of bold new voices. It's why we venture to festiv...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Oceans Are the Real Continents Tells a Trio of Stories in Cuba

A premiere at Venice Film Festival last year, Tommaso Santambrogio's Oceans Are the Real Continents tells a trio of stories of migration, exile, and memory in ...

Exclusive: Roman Coppola Backs Full Short, a New Initiative to Empower Ukrainian Filmmakers

We're excited to exclusively announce a new initiative empowering Ukrainian filmmakers and amplifying their voices on the global stage. Roman Coppola's Decentr...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

A Complete Unknown Review: James Mangold’s Biopic Falls Short of Bob Dylan’s Genius

Features

Jordan Raup’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2024

NYC Weekend Watch: Meet Me In St. Louis, Raúl Ruiz, Chantal Akerman & More

Interviews

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

Alessandro Nivola on The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, and the “Total Mayhem” of You Were Never Really Here

Podcasts

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

The B-Side – Ridley Scott (with Maria Lewis)

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