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Oliver Laxe on Fire Will Come, Finding the Essence of Cinema, and Leonard Cohen

Oliver Laxe’s spellbinding third film Fire Will Come opens and closes with grand, almost mythic natural phenomena involving the eucalyptus trees in t...

Exclusive: Cinema Guild Acquires Joshua Bonnetta’s The Two Sights, Making U.S. Premiere at Art of the Real

Following its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, Cinema Guild has acquired all North American distribution rights to Joshua ...

David Bowie Originates Ziggy Stardust in First Trailer for Stardust

If the large-scale Hollywood productions Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman came across feeling a little too slick and manufactured to appeal to the largest audie...

Intermission Ep. 10 – Christine (with Cody Corrall)

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

The Criterion Channel’s November 2020 Lineup Features Claire Denis, The Film Foundation, The Elephant Man & More

The November 2020 lineup for The Criterion Channel has been unveiled, toplined by a Claire Denis retrospective, including the brand-new restoration of Beau tra...

Adam Sandler Set to Lead Sci-Fi Drama The Spaceman of Bohemia

Update: Carey Mulligan has joined the film (now simply titled The Spaceman), playing the wife of Sandler's character, Deadline reports. It's a new era for ...

The Midnight Sky Trailer: George Clooney Attempts to Prevent the End of Humankind

George Clooney's directorial career as of late hasn't quite had the success of his acting roles, but now he's back with perhaps his most ambitious project yet....

The Film Stage Show Ep. 405 – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (with Allison Shoemaker)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Allison Shoemaker to discu...

The Giant Trailer: Odessa Young Reunites with a Dangerous Past in Mystery Drama

On the night of her graduation, a young woman comes face to face with some very grim circumstances. That’s the central plot of the new drama The Giant, directe...

Watch: Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley Get Intimate in NSFW Music Video Shot by Natasha Braier

Two of our most interesting young stars have come together to make us cry, and show some skin. Shia LaBeouf and Margaret Qualley have teamed for the new music ...

News

John Sayles Sets Directing Return With I Passed This Way Starring Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper

KimStim Acquires Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path Remake for Summer Release

Nathan Silver Sets A Poet Remake as Next Feature

Trailers

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Reviews

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Magic Hour Review: Katie Aselton and Daveed Diggs Work Through Complex Emotions

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

Interviews

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

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Podcasts

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

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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