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The B-Side – 50th Episode Celebration

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...

Tribeca Review: Asia is a Poetic Debut Feature With a Pair of Unforgettable Performances

Avoiding the trappings of other melodramas about the short lives of terminally ill teens, Asia is a restrained and nuanced exploration of the relationship betw...

Tribeca Review: 12 Hour Shift is a Dark Comedy Set in the Company of Psychopaths

Any professional dealing with routine levels of stress and trauma is bound to develop a morbid sense of humor–and the funny horror-comedy 12 Hour Shift might b...

Babyteeth Trailer: Eliza Scanlen Leads a Raw, Emotional Look at Growing Up

The last film I saw in theaters before New York City quickly shut down was a New Directors/New Films press screening of Babyteeth, a vibrant, impressive direct...

Tribeca Review: 499 is an Immersive, Evocative Exploration of Violence and Migration

Before a screening of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendour a few years ago at the New York Film Festival, programmer Dennis Lim read a note from t...

Roger Deakins Launches Filmmaking Podcast

With those in the film industry having more time on their hands due to productions being suspended, a handful of people are not simply just binging The Criteri...

Clementine Review: Jealousy, Lust, and Manipulation Fuel a Quiet Relationship Drama

We're introduced to Karen (Otmara Marrero) in bed as her older girlfriend D. (Sonya Walger) wakes her. While the former wants to sleep in, the latter seeks ins...

Rewind Review: A Filmmaker Takes a Personal Look into His Painful Past

When films like Rewind are presented as exercises to reconstruct circumstances surrounding the sexual abuse its filmmaker endured, you can assume the journey w...

Trailer for Dan Sallitt’s Acclaimed Drama Fourteen Shows a Decade of Friendship

We've been big on Dan Sallitt's Fourteen since its premiere at last year's Berlinale, calling it "an acutely observed and quietly expansive little film" about ...

Tom Cruise Plotting Space-Set Action Blockbuster with Elon Musk and NASA

During the press tour for Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, a journalist asked the director what it was like to film in space, prompting a humorous reply. In the years...

News

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Tony Leung Finds Earthly Connection in Exclusive Poster for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Trailers

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

Romería Trailer: Carla Simón’s Cannes and NYFF Highlight Arrives This June

Carolina Caroline Trailer: A Crime Romance from Dinner in America and Snack Shack Director Adam Carter Rehmeier

Reviews

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

Two Women Review: Sex Comedy Flips the Script with Hilarious, Refreshing Frankness

Omaha Review: A Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip

Features

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

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

40 Films to See This Summer

Interviews

“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

“You Can’t Recreate a Reality”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

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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