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The Cast of Contagion Launch PSAs to Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19

Released in 2011, Steven Soderbergh's Contagion was a well-researched, clear-eyed view at what would happen if the world was faced with a crippling pandemic. N...

Crip Camp Directors on the Need to Rethink Societal Values and Sexual Stigmas in the Disabled Community

Crip Camp emerged from archival material shot by the People’s Video Theater, a group similar to Dziga Vertov Group, who documented movements for social feedbac...

SXSW Review: Shithouse is a Well-Told Tale About Growing Up

Making a movie about the college experience feels both universal and redundant. Haven't we all seen this film before? Haven't we watched this world played out ...

The Film Stage Launches Cinephile Game Nights in Support of COVID-19 Relief Funds

Update: See our summer lineup here. Since we’re all going to be spending a little more time at home for a while, Cinephile and The Film Stage are proud to p...

Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney Get Academically Criminal in New Trailer for Bad Education

Soon after its TIFF premiere, following rave reviews, Bad Education was picked up by HBO, resulting in it skipping a theatrical release and arriving straight t...

George Miller Aims to Shoot Furiosa Spin-Off Next Year with Anya Taylor-Joy Circling

Now that Mad Max: Fury Road and the larger franchise may have predicted our future to a much more real extent than we could have ever imagined, George Miller l...

New to Streaming: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Bacurau, Vitalina Varela, The Way Back & 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 ...

First Trailer for Alan Yang’s Directorial Debut Tigertail Tells a Multi-Generational Tale of Cultural Identity

While the distribution strategies for the majority of film companies were uprooted when it comes to their work in the wake of the coronavirus, one distributor ...

The B-Side in Conversation with Brian Koppelman

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...

TCM is Bringing Their Classic Film Festival to Your Home

With movie theaters having to close their doors to curb the spread of coronavirus, it also meant many previously scheduled festivals had to cancel, postpone, o...

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

Zach Cregger Returns in First Trailer for Resident Evil

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

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

Reviews

The Last One for the Road Review: A Delightful Trip Through Italy

Two Pianos Review: Another Rich, Thoughtful Drama from Arnaud Desplechin

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

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

15 Films to See in May

Interviews

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

“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

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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