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First Trailer for Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me Goes Inside the Mind of a Visionary

Returning to the Cannes Film Festival after Annette, Leos Carax premiered his 40-minute cinematic self-portrait It's Not Me. Thankfully snapped up by Sideshow ...

In a Violent Nature Director Chris Nash on Creating a New Kind of Slasher, Gus Van Sant, and the Best Friday the 13th Movie

Premiering at Sundance to rave reviews earlier this year, In a Violent Nature instantly set itself apart from the glut of recent independent horror films via i...

Cannes Review: Rumours Proves a Funny if Exhausting Exercise for Guy Maddin and the Johnsons

When we say a filmmaker is in another league, we typically mean it in a good way––they’re a cut above the rest. But when we say it about Guy Maddin, it doesn’t...

George Clooney and Brad Pitt Reunite in the First Trailer for Wolfs

While they both provided voices for John Krasinski's If (at least going by IMDb, as I can't imagine ever watching it), we're considering Wolfs to be the true r...

Jesse Plemons Warns of Danger in New Trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness

With Cannes Film Festival wrapped up, one of the first premieres to arrive in theaters is Yorgos Lanthimos' triptych Kinds of Kindness. Starring Cannes Best Ac...

Saved! at 20: Director Brian Dannelly Reflects on His Teenage Christian Comedy and Plans for a Sequel

It might be too on-the-nose to call Saved! a minor miracle of a movie, but how else would you describe Brian Dannelly’s faith-centric satire? Since it was rele...

Exclusive Trailer for Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge’s Don’t You Let Me Go, Premiering at Tribeca 2024

With Cannes now wrapped up, the next film festival on our radar is Tribeca, which runs its 23rd edition from June 5 to 16. One film we're looking forward to is...

Cannes Review: All We Imagine as Light is a Drama of Profound Beauty

“Everyone has at least one person in Mumbai.” “There’s work and money in Mumbai. Who would want to go back?” “You better get used to the impermanence.” Like po...

Watch Two Exclusive Clips from The All Golden, Playing Wednesday at the Roxy Cinema

When friend and Film Stage contributor Ethan Vestby suggested I watch Nate Wilson's The All Golden, I did so with no expectations of what might follow. My enth...

Cannes Review: Misericordia is a Galvanizing Ode to the Power and Subversiveness of Desire

In a career spanning four decades and eight features, Alain Guiraudie has cemented himself as one of our most astute chroniclers of desire. If there’s any leit...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Reviews

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

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

Podcasts

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

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

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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