The Film Stage - Page 519

Sundance Review: Flee is an Extraordinarily Intimate Animation Capturing the Refugee Experience

There have, of course, been a great many animated films about deeply serious subjects, many in recent years, from Persepolis to Anomalisa to Waltz With Bashir....

New to Streaming: Sion Sono, The Wanting Mare, Dear Comrades!, Little Fish & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Rams Review: Sam Neill Leads a Kind, Safe Remake of Icelandic Drama

There are few more indelible images in film history than Sam Neill’s massacred face at the end of Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon: eyes gouged, skin fillete...

Todd Haynes to Direct Michelle Williams in Peggy Lee Biopic Fever

The world of music has always been a central part of Todd Haynes' filmography, from his early days with Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story to his bold reimag...

Mike Nichols: A Life Remembered

Few directors have made a significant impact in both cinema and the theater; Mike Nichols was one of them. Like Orson Welles before him, Nichols was a triple-t...

Sundance Review: Ma Belle, My Beauty is a Nuanced and Mature Exploration of Polyamory, Desire, and Heartbreak

In some relationships it’s easier to pick up where you left off, even after years of being apart. Others, such as those at the core of Marion Hill’s impressive...

Sundance Review: President is a Disturbing and Essential Look at Democracy in Inaction

As Americans are painfully aware these days, democracy is messy business. Following her fascinating 2014 documentary Democrats, about the work of creating a ne...

Sundance Review: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir Celebrates a Singular Voice

As with many of our seminal writers, those reading this review may feel that they already know Amy Tan a little bit. From her breakout novel The Joy Luck Club ...

John and the Hole Director Pascual Sisto on Crafting a Fable and Being Inspired More by Bresson Than Haneke

John and the Hole is a contemporary fable about out-of-control selfishness in a family. John is at the precarious age of puberty and needs to bond with his fam...

Sundance Review: Censor is a Riveting Horror Feature of Paranoid Delusions

It is hard to think of a recent horror film––or a film of any genre, really––in which the main character is tasked with a job as original and ingenious as Enid...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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