The Film Stage

Sundance Review: Josephine is a Stomach-Churning Portrait of Lost Innocence

Perspective is everything in Beth de Araújo’s Josephine, a stomach-churning drama focused on the loss of innocence and the ill-equipped guidance—both parental ...

The Love That Remains Review: A Cathartic, Impressionistic Portrait of Love and Loss

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 NYFF coverage. The Love That Remains opens in theaters on January 30. Hlynur Pálmason’s f...

A Poet Review: A Darkly Humorous Tale of Failed Creative Pursuits

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. A Poet opens in theaters on January 30. Far removed from the mournful yearni...

Islands Review: Sam Riley-Led Neo Noir Plays It Too Safe

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Berlinale coverage. Islands opens in theaters on January 30. Sam Riley stars as Tom, a washed...

When the Light Breaks Review: A Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Thessaloniki coverage. When the Light Breaks is now available digitally. Watching When the Li...

Sundance Review: The Incomer Offers Plenty of Character, Not Enough Laughs

The extended opening of The Incomer, written and directed by Louis Paxton, is very funny and engaging. That the film never reaches those heights again is somet...

Sundance Review: Undertone is Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

undertone (stylized all-lowercase) writer-director Ian Tuason staged his debut feature entirely in his Toronto childhood home with only two on-screen actors, w...

Sundance Review: Barbara Forever is Much More Than a Celebration of a Great Artist

The best thing about Brydie O’Connor's documentary Barbara Forever is how it functions as an interesting, engaging movie on its own terms. It concerns the ...

The Love That Remains Director Hlynur Pálmason on the Preciousness of Time and Spontaneous Filmmaking

Since taking his debut feature Winter Brothers to the Locarno Film Festival in 2017, Hlynur Pálmason has gradually made his name as one of Europe's most eclect...

Hong Sangsoo Puts Comedy In Focus with U.S. Trailer for What Does That Nature Say to You

Nearly all of Hong Sangsoo's films are funny—Funny Ha Ha does what it says on the tin—but it's been a moment since the man released a proper comedy. This made ...

News

Isabelle Huppert is The Blood Countess in Exclusive Poster for Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlinale Premiere

David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino Unite in First Trailer for The Adventures of Cliff Booth

NYC Weekend Watch: Nadja, Seoul After Dark, Tenement Stories & More

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Michael Glover Smith’s Hekla Captures an Artist’s Day

Tooth Shop Fiasco Exclusive Trailer: Sasquatch Sunset Producer David Harari Makes Directorial Debut

Love Conquers Death in First Trailer for Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover

Reviews

Rotterdam Review: With Tokyo Taxi, Yoji Yamada Cruises Down Well-Traveled Roads

Sundance Review: Wicker Audaciously Contemplates the Self-Destructive Perils of Jealousy

Sundance Review: The Gallerist Is Too Referential to Properly Satirize the Art World

Features

New to Streaming: The Secret Agent, Hamnet, Boys Go to Jupiter, The Plague & More

Posterized February 2026: Wuthering Heights, Pillion, My Father’s Shadow & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“I Don’t Want to Lose the City We Have”: Noah Segan on The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

“I Still Feel Like an Outcast”: Michael Almereyda on Nadja, Peter Fonda, David Lynch’s Fantômas, and Zero K

Pillion Director Harry Lighton on Portraying Realistic Sex and Rethinking Queer Narratives

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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