The Film Stage

BFI London Review: The Brothers Quay Find Stunning Textures In Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Timothy and Stephen Quay have developed an entirely unique style in the world of stop-motion animation: vigorously kinetic yet meticulously controlled; balleti...

First Trailer for Andrea Arnold’s Bird Starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski

Returning to Cannes Film Festival with her first narrative feature in eight years, Andrea Arnold's coming-of-age fable Bird brought together Barry Keoghan, Fra...

NYFF Review: The Damned Flirts With Documentary and Reenactment in a Frigid Civil War Sojourn

Robert Minervini’s The Damned begins with two wolves tearing into a elk carcass, ripping off its fur and chewing its intestines. This isn’t a nature ...

Hamburg Review: Love Conjures a Truthful, Soothing Nordic Take on Romance

It takes confidence to name your film––simply and so very unspecifically––Love. Michael Haneke could get away with it for giving us the classic that is Amour. ...

NYFF Review: TWST / Things We Said Today Captures Beatlemania in Unexpected Ways

Romanian filmmaker Andrei Ujică’s TWST / Things We Said Today exists in the world of Beatlemania. It uses archival footage from the lead-up to the Beatles conc...

BFI London Review: Eat the Night Mixes Compelling Teenage Malaise With Conventional Crime Drama

Jane Schoenbrun didn’t invent movies exploring teenage malaise and identity through the lens of pop culture, but in the opening moments of Caroline Poggi and J...

David Lowery Tells An Almost Christmas Story in First Trailer for Alfonso Cuarón-Backed Short

It wouldn't be the Christmas season without an Alfonso Cuarón-backed holiday short film directed by a prominent director arriving on Disney+. Following Alice R...

Watch: Luca Guadagnino Directs Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in New Chanel Short Film

In between releasing two new features this year (Challengers and Queer), along with shooting another (After the Hunt), Luca Guadagnino has found time to team w...

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

For the 550th episode of The Film Stage Show, Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr have a major announcement: after over 12 years, hundreds and hundreds of guests, and th...

NYC Weekend Watch: A Tale of Autumn, Tetro, Brad Dourif, Guy Maddin & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Brooklyn Center for Theatre ResearchÉric Rohmer's A Tale of Autumn screens on Sunday courte...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

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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BFI London Review: The Brothers Quay Find Stunning Textures In Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

First Trailer for Andrea Arnold’s Bird Starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski

NYFF Review: The Damned Flirts With Documentary and Reenactment in a Frigid Civil War Sojourn

Hamburg Review: Love Conjures a Truthful, Soothing Nordic Take on Romance

NYFF Review: TWST / Things We Said Today Captures Beatlemania in Unexpected Ways

BFI London Review: Eat the Night Mixes Compelling Teenage Malaise With Conventional Crime Drama

David Lowery Tells An Almost Christmas Story in First Trailer for Alfonso Cuarón-Backed Short

Watch: Luca Guadagnino Directs Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in New Chanel Short Film

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

NYC Weekend Watch: A Tale of Autumn, Tetro, Brad Dourif, Guy Maddin & More