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First Trailer for Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Falling

After carving out an impressive, varied career in front of the camera (as well as a wealth of other artistic endeavors), Viggo Mortensen recently embarked on h...

Beau Travail Trailer: Claire Denis’ Masterpiece Gets a New 4K Restoration

There was recently a Twitter thread going around asking which director has never made a bad film. Among my picks was Claire Denis, and one of the highlights in...

The Best Films About Mortality

One day, you will die. It may not be tomorrow––as the characters in Amy Seimetz's vivid, unsettling new feature She Dies Tomorrow believe––but it's a universal...

Spree Review: Joe Keery Steers a Terrifying, Thrilling Social Media Satire

If you go on Kurt Kunkle’s Instagram, you will find stories filled with “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” American happy talk. Kurt leans in, and mostly fa...

New to Streaming: Boys State, Spree, Mia Hansen-Løve, An Easy Girl & 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 ...

The B-Side – Bill Murray

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...

Boys State Directors on Documentary Casting, Competing Masculinities, and Conservative Spaces

Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine have a unique niche among documentarians: their work, together or apart, often involves liberal people in conservative...

The History Behind Jazz on a Summer’s Day, a Landmark Concert Film

The first feature-length concert film with live sound, Jazz on a Summer's Day paved the way for movies like Monterey Pop and Woodstock. Photographing the 1958 ...

First Look at Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks Starring Bill Murray & Rashida Jones

Sofia Coppola is reteaming with her Lost in Translation muse Bill Murray for her latest picture. Swapping the bright lights of Tokyo for New York City, On The ...

An Undocumented Filipino Transwoman Searches for Love in First Trailer for Lingua Franca

An official selection at Venice, BFI London, Busan, AFI Fest, and more, Isabel Sandoval’s third feature Lingua Franca is now arriving this month, thanks to Av...

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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