The Film Stage

The Stranger Trailer: François Ozon’s Acclaimed Albert Camus Adaptation Arrives in April

Following in the footsteps of Luchino Visconti, François Ozon has delivered a new update on the classic Albert Camus novel The Stranger. Delivering one of his ...

Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux Tend to Nature in U.S. Trailer for Silent Friend, Arriving This May

In quite the match-up, Ildikó Enyedi has brought together Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux for Silent Friend, which tells three stories connected to a tree over a pe...

Two Women Trailer: Charming Canadian Sex Comedy Arrives This April

One of the more delightful Sundance premieres I saw last year was Canadian director Chloé Robichaud’s sex comedy Two Women, following two mothers who deal with...

Read This: Hollywood’s Kings, the Fast Family, Tilda on Tilda, and the Life of John Williams

It's time for our first column of 2026, recommending the best in new filmmaking books, and there is no better way to begin than with a new book exploring the h...

10 Films to See in March

The exhaustively extended awards season finally being over isn't the only reason to celebrate this month. Led by my current frontrunner for the best film of 20...

Werner Herzog on Dreams, Defeats, Ghost Elephants, and Why He’s Not a Workaholic

Few subjects constitute a better benchmark than Werner Herzog, who quite literally needs no introduction and to whom I will, accordingly, not grant such. He...

Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley & Josh O’Connor to Lead Alice Rohrwacher’s Three Incestuous Sisters

Following up the wonderful Happy as Lazzaro and La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher has assembled quite the ensemble for her next feature. Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ron...

NYC Weekend Watch: The World of Black Film, Satyajit Ray, The Gambler & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMThe World of Black Film features Malcolm X, Daughters of the Dust, Set It Off, Black Orp...

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Ecstatic Tribute to The King

“Between 1969 and 1977, Elvis played 1,100 shows, sometimes 3 times a day.” The postscript of Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert—the extravag...

The B-Sides of Anthony Hopkins with Brian Raftery

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. ...

News

Exclusive New Stills From Carla Simón’s Romería as Janus Films Sets June Release

MoMI Unveils First Look 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Poster for 2026 Edition of Los Angeles Festival of Movies, Taking Place April 9-12

Trailers

First Teaser for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto

Arnaud Desplechin Finds the Music in U.S. Trailer for Two Pianos

Backrooms Trailer: Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor Discover the Abyss in Kane Parsons’ Debut

Reviews

The Stranger Review: François Ozon Finally Gives Albert Camus’ Novel Its Cinematic Due

The Blue Trail Review: A Lively Journey Down the Amazon River

Kontinental ’25 Review: Radu Jude Has Nothing Left To Prove

Features

15 Films to See in April

New to Streaming: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Sirāt, Send Help, A Poet & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

The Blue Trail Director Gabriel Mascaro on Coming-of-Age Inversion, Playful Dystopias, and Conservative Awakenings

Sinking into the Abyss: Nadav Lapid on Yes, the Collapse of Morality, and Beauty in Dance

Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Returning to Triplets of Belleville

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

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