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Martin Scorsese & Paul Schrader Developing Three-Year Series Exploring the Origins of Christianity

While Martin Scorsese recently embarked on Killers of the Flower Moon and Paul Schrader is putting the finishing touches on his Oscar Isaac-led The Card Counte...

New to Streaming: Memories of Murder, Isabel Sandoval, Synchronic, and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Mortal Kombat Review: A Flawless Victory for Lifeless Corporate Cinema

Goro, Liu-Kang, Scorpion… the gang’s all here to help revitalize the Mortal Kombat brand, which—depending on your age—might be primarily associated with the no...

Siberia Trailer: Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe’s Latest Collaboration Arrives This June

After delivering one of the best performances of last year with his recent Abel Ferrara collaboration Tommaso, Willem Dafoe has once again reteamed with the di...

Ben Wheatley on Processing the Pandemic Through In the Earth and the Singular Cinema of John Carpenter

Ben Wheatley released his most recent film, Rebecca, only six months ago on Netflix. He’s already back with his second film to arrive during the pandemic: a ho...

Intermission Ep. 12 – Two Shots Fired (with Ben Sachs)

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, I invite a guest to discuss an arthouse, foreign...

U.S. Trailer for Michel Franco’s New Order Depicts a Violent Class Divide

Igniting controversy upon its festival run at Venice and TIFF last fall, followed by its release in Mexico, Michel Franco's New Order was criticized for its ra...

U.S. Trailer for Suzanne Lindon’s Acclaimed Directorial Debut Spring Blossom

Directed when she was just 19 years old, based on a screenplay when she wrote when she was 15, Suzanne Lindon's acclaimed debut Spring Blossom was an official ...

Mélanie Laurent is Losing Oxygen in New Trailer for Alexandre Aja’s Thriller

As Hollywood begins to roll out their fastest and most furious films to provide a much-needed adrenaline shot to the theater exhibition market, we do have to a...

Where to Stream the Films of Monte Hellman

Influential instead of famous, brilliant in a way for which his medium has little remaining use, Monte Hellman died yesterday at 91. It was heartening, if not ...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

I Want Your Sex Teaser: Gregg Araki Returns with Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman

Whalefall Trailer: Austin Abrams Gets Trapped In the Belly of the Beast

Once Upon a Time in Harlem Teaser: The Documentary of The Year (and 1972) Arrives This October

Reviews

Disclosure Day Review: A Soul-Searching, Spine-Tingling Blockbuster Triumph

Tribeca Review: Ponderosa Takes Enigmatic, Comic Aim at America’s National Myths

Tribeca Review: The Revisionist Is a Comedy of Manners That Turns Convoluted

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

New to Streaming: Pillion, Is God Is, Erupcja, Omaha & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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