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The Painter and the Thief Trailer Uncovers a Peculiar Relationship

When someone gets something stolen from them, there's the inherent assumption you may never get it back, much less have any reasonable communication with the p...

We Are Little Zombies Trailer: Tragedy, Comedy, and Music Join Forces in Kinetic Sundance Winner

One of the notable films just about to announce its theatrical release plans before COVID-19 arrived was We Are Little Zombies, a Sundance hit last year where ...

Lana Wachowski is Directing All the Action Scenes in The Matrix 4 Herself

One highly anticipated film that had to postpone due to the COVID-19 outbreak was the fourth entry into The Matrix franchise. In a Marvelized world where actio...

Arkansas Review: Clark Duke’s Directorial Debut is an Entertaining Backwoods Black Comedy

As Kyle (Liam Hemsworth) shares during an early voiceover, organized crime in the backwoods of southern America isn't very organized. This is good since few of...

Tribeca Review: Call Your Mother is a Sweet-Natured Tribute to the Moms of Comedy Legends

Exploring the relationships between comedians and the women that made them funny, Call Your Mother is a fun and sincere ode to the creative process. Directed b...

Tribeca Review: Through the Night is an Intimate Portrait of Daycare Work

There’s something wonderful about a childhood experience like those chronicled in Through the Night, a film that mostly looks at the hardships of motherhood bu...

Albert Serra on the Utopia of Liberté and Pushing the Mental Borders of His Audience

The New York Film Festival’s Dennis Lim delivered director Albert Serra to me in the lobby of the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center during the 57th edition of th...

Introducing Intermission, a New Arthouse-Focused Podcast

Hi there! Welcome to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a ple...

Caleb Landry Jones Makes His Album Debut With the Baroque Anti-Pop Freakout The Mother Stone

Sometime during the mid-2000s, in a Buffalo, New York Circuit City, I came across a dog-eared book of music-industry advice from the 1980s. I didn’t buy it, an...

Exclusive: Hong Sangsoo’s Hill of Freedom & Newly Restored Woman on the Beach Coming This Summer from Grasshopper Film

Get ready for a Hong summer. On the heels of the announcement that Hong Sangsoo’s Yourself and Yours will finally get a U.S. release this summer, two more favo...

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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