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The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones t...

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Taking one of the longest breaks of his career, it's been four years since Steven Spielberg's last feature, The Fabelmans, but he's thankfully returning this s...

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on March 13. undertone (stylized all-lowercase)...

Bunnylovr Trailer: Katarina Zhu’s Directorial Debut Captures a Character Study of a Cam Girl

After premiering in competition at the Sundance Film Festival last year, Katarina Zhu’s directorial debut Bunnylovr was picked up Utopia for a theatrical relea...

Lucrecia Martel Returns with Trailer for Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), Arriving This May

It's hard to believe it's already been nearly a decade since the release of Zama, but Lucrecia Martel is finally back with her next feature and first feature-l...

New Directors/New Films 2026 Lineup Unveiled

After showcasing work from the likes of Chantal Akerman, Pedro Almodóvar, Bi Gan, Bong Joon Ho, Charles Burnett, Terence Davies, Guillermo del Toro, Ryûsuke Ha...

Chloë Sevigny Narrates an Incomparable Life In Exclusive Trailer for Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens’ John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

It is not without possibility that John C. Lilly was so strange, complex, and plainly fascinating a figure that it took two of the most adventurous working fil...

News

Exclusive New Stills From Carla Simón’s Romería as Janus Films Sets June Release

MoMI Unveils First Look 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Poster for 2026 Edition of Los Angeles Festival of Movies, Taking Place April 9-12

Trailers

Arnaud Desplechin Finds the Music in U.S. Trailer for Two Pianos

Backrooms Trailer: Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor Discover the Abyss in Kane Parsons’ Debut

Boots Riley Stages Fashion Heists in New Trailer for I Love Boosters

Reviews

Kontinental ’25 Review: Radu Jude Has Nothing Left To Prove

Chime Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mid-Length Chiller Doesn’t Stay Long But Leaves Its Mark

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Review: An Illuminating Work of Cultural Archaeology

Features

New to Streaming: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Sirāt, Send Help, A Poet & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Béla Tarr, Meiko Kaji, Kiyoshi Kurosawa & More

Interviews

The Blue Trail Director Gabriel Mascaro on Coming-of-Age Inversion, Playful Dystopias, and Conservative Awakenings

Sinking into the Abyss: Nadav Lapid on Yes, the Collapse of Morality, and Beauty in Dance

Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Returning to Triplets of Belleville

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

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The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

Bunnylovr Trailer: Katarina Zhu’s Directorial Debut Captures a Character Study of a Cam Girl

Lucrecia Martel Returns with Trailer for Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), Arriving This May

New Directors/New Films 2026 Lineup Unveiled

Chloë Sevigny Narrates an Incomparable Life In Exclusive Trailer for Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens’ John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

New Trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner and Chime / Serpent’s Path Double Feature

Project Hail Mary Review: Sci-Fi Buddy Picture Takes Time to Soar

Mile End Kicks Trailer: Barbie Ferreira Navigates Montreal’s Indie Music Scene in Chandler Levack’s Second Feature