The Film Stage - Page 58

Familiar Touch Review: Sarah Friedland’s Wonderfully Gentle Debut Heralds a New Voice

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Venice 2024 coverage. Familiar Touch opens in theaters on June 20. In a sunny kitchen in Calif...

The Queen of My Dreams Review: A Time-Hopping Dramedy with Depth

Note: This review was originally published as part of our TIFF 2023 coverage. The Queen of My Dreams opens in theaters on June 20. The apple rarely falls fa...

Wong Kar-wai’s Blossoms Shanghai Finally Gets Distribution Outside China

Update: The Criterion Channel will premiere Blossoms Shanghai, created and directed by Wong Kar Wai, later this year in North America. Wong commented, “I am th...

July on the Criterion Channel Features Miami Vice, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jacques Rozier & More

Our decision to declare Miami Vice this century's greatest action film some eight years ago was neither made lightly nor received unanimously, but fortune favo...

Tribeca Review: Takashi Miike’s Sham is a Clint Eastwood-Esque Courtroom Procedural

A workmanlike procedural that does more to suggest a Clint Eastwood drama than the kind of unhinged thriller one's come to associate with great auteur Takashi ...

Tribeca Review: It’s Dorothy! Documents 125 Years of Joy

Upon hearing the name “Dorothy” I, like most, immediately think of The Wizard of Oz. I remember watching the film when I was a kid, sitting on the couch wi...

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features High and Low, Wes Anderson, and Spinal Tap on 4K

Likely that Criterion were developing their 4K upgrade of High and Low––a film they released so long ago that it was then subject to a "high-definition digital...

“The Film is a Mirror:” Celine Song on Materialists, Divine Love, and Self-Worth

Love is a commodity in Materialists, the second feature from Past Lives writer-director Celine Song. Dakota Johnson plays Lucy, a matchmaker for an elite datin...

Exclusive Trailer for Alexandra Simpson’s No Sleep Till, Picked Up by Factory 25 for July Theatrical Release

Following the theatrical releases of Eephus and Christmas Eve in Miller's Point, the next feature from Omnes Films is coming to U.S. theaters. We're thrilled t...

The Naked Gun Trailer: Akiva Schaffer and Liam Neeson Reboot the Spoof Comedy

In a rather dire year for studio comedies, the one that most has our attention is a new take on The Naked Gun from Akiva Schaffer, the Lonely Island member and...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Jessica Chastain Begins a Dangerous Affair in First Trailer for Michel Franco’s Dreams

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

The 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2026: Part Two

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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