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ND/NF Review: Madalena Hauntingly Explores the Aftermath of a Trans Woman’s Death

Madalena is never just a name in Madalena, Madiano Marcheti’s haunting debut film about the murder of a trans woman set in rural Brazil. For some she’s a sourc...

ND/NF Review: Wood and Water Finds a Spiritual Connection Between Germany and Hong Kong

Germany’s mountainous Black Forest region and Hong Kong Island couldn’t be more dissimilar in terms of terrain. Yet, Jonas Bak’s debut film Wood and Water spir...

Georgetown Trailer: Christoph Waltz Deceives Vanessa Redgrave and Annette Bening in His Directorial Debut

Making his directorial debut, Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz is both behind and in front of the camera for Georgetown, a real-life story of secrets and s...

Cliff Walkers Review: Zhang Yimou Weaves an Intricate Cat and Mouse Spy Thriller

The mission: parachute into Manchukuo (an area of China under the unofficial control of Japan during the 1930s), find escaped comrade Wang, and escort him to f...

Alice Rohrwacher Sets Next Film with La Chimera

Following her Cannes-winning third narrative feature Happy as Lazzaro in 2018, we've been awaiting news on what Italian director Alice Rohrwacher would helm ne...

Roman Polanski to Direct Next Film The Palace This Fall

It's rare that news involves a film one will likely never be able to legally see in the United States. While even Woody Allen's A Rainy Day in New York eventua...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about filmmakers! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they mad...

Port Authority Trailer: Martin Scorsese-Backed, Cannes-Selected Drama Finds Romance in NYC

Premiering back at Cannes Film Festival in 2019, Danielle Lessovitz's drama Port Authority will finally be arriving this summer. Executive produced by Martin S...

ND/NF Review: Short Vacation is a Lovely Portrait of Quiet Solace

Four middle school students are asked by their photography club adviser to document the “end of the world” with disposable cameras, which might as well be alie...

First Look at Julia Ducournau’s Raw Follow-Up Titane

After impressing with her debut theatrical feature Raw––which depicted a vegetarian's first week at veterinary school, when they soon develop a taste for meat ...

News

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Tony Leung Finds Earthly Connection in Exclusive Poster for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Trailers

Idiots Red Band Trailer: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Lead Macon Blair’s Comedy

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Chie Hayakawa’s Cannes Selection Renoir, Opening This May

First Trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars Puts Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin & Margaret Qualley in the Apocalypse

Reviews

Erupcja Review: A Fateful Romantic Timebomb Erupts

Blue Heron Review: An Astonishing Seance of Self and Film

Mile End Kicks Review: A Canadian Music Critic Finds Herself

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Tina Aumont, Terry Zwigoff, Pauline at the Beach & More

New to Streaming: The Love That Remains, Magellan, Undertone, The Chronology of Water & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Faith in the Process: Pete Ohs on Erupcja, Charli XCX, and New Methods

“You Can’t Recreate a Reality”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

David Lowery on Mother Mary, Beyoncé, and Transposing His Concerns Onto a Pop Icon

Podcasts

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

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