The Film Stage - Page 77

Exclusive: New Trailer Celebrates 15 Years of the Lower East Side Film Festival, Kicking Off Thursday

Celebrating the independent filmmaking spirit of NYC, the Lower East Side Film Festival returns this Thursday as the 15th edition runs through May 5. Featuring...

The Surfer Review: Exploitation Thriller Knows Exactly What to Do with Nicolas Cage

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. The Surfer opens in theaters on May 2. In The Surfer, an exploitation film s...

Exclusive Restoration Trailer for Northern Lights Reintroduces Powerful Cannes Winner

One of the most remarkable discoveries I witnessed at last year's New York Film Festival was the Revivals selection Northern Lights. John Hanson and Rob Nilsso...

Emulsion Episode Five: Chloë Sevigny and Amalia Ulman on Magic Farm

Amalia Ulman has followed El Planeta, one of this decade's most auspicious debuts, with the equal-parts caustic and sincere Magic Farm. With its limited releas...

New to Streaming: No Other Land, Havoc, The Room Next Door, Conclave, Tendaberry & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Tom Gunning, Josef von Sternberg, L.A. Rebellion & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageTom Gunning is celebrated in a weekend-long series featuring M on...

The Damned Trailer: Roberto Minervini Heads West in Cannes Winner Arriving This May

A filmmaker whose work always renders as thrillingly intimate and alive, Roberto Minervini (Stop the Pounding Heart, What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire...

Havoc Review: Gareth Evans Retreads The Raid in Bone-Crunching, Familiar Actioner

Tom Hardy simultaneously fights corrupt cops and the Triad from the director of The Raid is, on paper, a pretty amazing pitch. Marrying Hardy’s gruff pivot bac...

Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel & More to Star in Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales

While Asghar Farhadi's first ventures working internationally with the French-set The Past, starring Bérénice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, and the Spanish-language dr...

Exclusive: Virginie Efira Wants to Save Her Family in U.S. Trailer for All to Play For

Before Virginie Efira can be seen reteaming with her Other People's Children director Rebecca Zlotowski in the Cannes-bound Vie privée, one of the actor's prev...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Catch Me If You Can, The Lost Weekend, The Spirit of the Beehive & More

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

The Best Movie Posters of 2025

Oliver Weir’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Film Stage’s Most-Read Posts of 2025

Interviews

Jack Fisk on Creating an Authentic 1950s New York for Marty Supreme and Josh Safdie’s Drive

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

Read More