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Benny Safdie Lands Major Role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Film

When it was announced Paul Thomas Anderson was making a high school movie, one may have conjured ideas of his take on The Breakfast Club, Dazed and Confused, F...

Apples Trailer: Yorgos Lanthimos Collaborator Christos Nikou Makes His Directorial Debut with Venice Premiere

After collaborating with Yorgos Lanthimos on Dogtooth as a second assistant director and script supervisor, Christos Nikou has made a career the last decade wo...

Fantasia Review: The Dark and the Wicked Finds Bryan Bertino Delivering Unexplainable Horrors

No matter how staunch your atheism, there still exists a surefire way to get you believing in God. It's not hearing His voice or seeing His work, though. Those...

The B-Side – Toshirô Mifune

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the...

First Clips from New Films by Pedro Almodóvar & Orson Welles, Coming to Venice and NYFF

Yes, that headline is correct. Orson Welles, who passed away 35 years ago this fall, has a newly completed film and it's coming to fall festivals. Hopper/ Well...

New to Streaming: Femme Fatale, Stephen Cone, Lingua Franca, Matthias & Maxime & 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 ...

Fantasia Review: Johnnie To Concocts a Hilarious Genre Mash-Up in Chasing Dream

We live in an era where celebrity has become more about fame than talent as those wishing for adulation do what they can to mimic the greats that came before t...

Fantasia Review: A Mermaid in Paris Washes Up a Fantastical Lark

Gaspard (Nicolas Duvauchelle) has lived his entire life in pursuit of fulfilling a promise from his grandmother that he's never quite understood. She was the m...

Epicentro Review: Portrait of Cuba Offers a Provocative Swirl of Contradictions

“This is utopia, bright and burning.” So narrates Hubert Sauper at the end of Epicentro, but the question at this point isn’t whether this utopia is real. It’s...

I’m Thinking of Ending Things Review: Charlie Kaufman Opens a Puzzle Box of Existential Dread

From his screenplays for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to his directorial efforts Synecdoche, New York and Anomalisa, audienc...

News

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Jackass: Best and Last Trailer: Get Ready for One Final Ride

First Trailer for Kogonada’s Zi Conjures a Poetic City Symphony

Reviews

Deep Water Review: Renny Harlin Goes Back to Basics in Airplane Disaster Movie Meets Shark Thriller

Hokum Review: Adam Scott Gets Trapped in Underwhelming Horror Feature

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Review: Golden Leopard Winner is Breathtakingly Gorgeous

Features

Prismatic Ground 2026 Forges a Vibrant, Accessible Path for Film Festivals

NYC Weekend Watch: Maurice Pialat, Jane Fonda, Tarsem, Casablanca & More

New to Streaming: Marty Supreme, Sound of Falling, No Other Choice, Late Shift & More

Interviews

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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

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