The Film Stage

Broken Rage Trailer: Takeshi Kitano’s Crime Comedy Comes to Prime Video This February

While we still await a U.S. release for Takeshi Kitano's samurai epic Kubi, his latest film is getting a worldwide release next month. Broken Rage, which premi...

February on the Criterion Channel Includes Argentine Noir, Joan Micklin Silver, Chantal Akerman & More

I consider myself something like a student, autodidact or otherwise, of cinema and––even still, must confess––had not ever grasped the concept of Argentine noi...

NYC Weekend Watch: Fat City, THX 1138, Anthony Mann & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaFat City screens on 35mm this Sunday, as does a 16mm puppets program; resto...

An Expanded Edition of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love with Never-Before-Seen Footage Sets China Premiere

As we ponder if the rest of the world will ever see Wong Kar-wai’s 25-hour project Blossoms Shanghai following its premiere in China about a year ago, those in...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars and movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they mad...

New to Streaming: Queer, Close Your Eyes, A Different Man, Red Rooms & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

David Lynch Has Died at 78

With incomparable sadness we have learned that David Lynch, in his time perhaps the greatest living filmmaker, has died at 78. Few artists have ever contrib...

Amnesiascope Presents Two Films from Japan’s Directors Company on January 30

When Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Sōmai, Gakuryū Ishii, and contemporaries needed to shirk themselves of the responsibilities and strictures driving Japan's studio...

Berlinale 2025 Adds Films by Bong Joon Ho, Ira Sachs, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese & More

Ahead of the Berlinale 2025 taking place February 13-23, they've unveiled their lineups for Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation and Forum sections. Highlig...

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2024

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. By w...

News

Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve Reteam for Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord

Isabelle Huppert to Lead Ulrike Ottinger’s Vampire Film The Blood Countess

David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Sets Spring Release as New Teaser Arrives

Trailers

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Who by Fire Introduces Philippe Lesage’s Lush, Stellar Drama

Compensation Trailer: Zeinabu irene Davis’ Newly Restored Independent Cinema Landmark Arrives This February

Jonathan Majors Goes Psychotic in First Trailer for Magazine Dreams

Reviews

Sundance Review: Atropia is an Anti-War Farce That Can’t Sustain its Satire

Rotterdam Review: Lois Patiño’s Shakespeare Riff Ariel Squanders Its Intriguing Premise

Sundance Review: East of Wall is an Ordinary Tale Featuring Extraordinary Characters

Features

11 Films to See in February

New to Streaming: Sundance 2025, Sing Sing, Babygirl, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum on Selling His DVD Collection, Championing Raúl Ruiz, and the Role of a Critic

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

Podcasts

The B-Side – Queen Latifah (with KT)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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Broken Rage Trailer: Takeshi Kitano’s Crime Comedy Comes to Prime Video This February

February on the Criterion Channel Includes Argentine Noir, Joan Micklin Silver, Chantal Akerman & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Fat City, THX 1138, Anthony Mann & More

An Expanded Edition of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love with Never-Before-Seen Footage Sets China Premiere

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

New to Streaming: Queer, Close Your Eyes, A Different Man, Red Rooms & More

David Lynch Has Died at 78

Amnesiascope Presents Two Films from Japan’s Directors Company on January 30

Berlinale 2025 Adds Films by Bong Joon Ho, Ira Sachs, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese & More

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2024