The Film Stage

Alessandro Nivola on The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, and the “Total Mayhem” of You Were Never Really Here

While he's been making a strong impression in films from the likes of John Woo and Nicolas Winding Refn for the last three decades, 2024 marks a major year for...

Black Bag Trailer: Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett Play Spy Games for Steven Soderbergh

Steven Soderbergh is kicking off 2025 with quite a busy streak. His 2024 Sundance premiere, the ghost story Presence, arrives at the end of January while his n...

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

January 2025 could mark a bleak month for very specific reasons, but in that month one can watch a nicely curated collection of David Bowie's best performances...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Pacino Remembers, Clinical Cronenberg, De Palma on De Palma & More

This is our final round-up before the end of 2024, and it’s a good one. There are plenty of gift ideas lurking here––some choices to enjoy during time off, too...

Enter an Expansive World in Exclusive U.S. Trailer and Poster for Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night

One of the most distinctly directed debut films of was Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel's strange sci-fi wonder Jessica Forever. Six years later, the duo fi...

Warfare Trailer: Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Capture the Horrors of Battle in Real-Time

Earlier this year, Civil War proved Alex Garland wasn't so much interested in the politics of a divided country, rather curious about the questions of morality...

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

In a much-clipped moment from his Criterion Closet video, philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek pulls a DVD copy of Louis Malle’s Murmur of the Heart ...

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

With just a week to go until Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, ranking quite highly on our best films of 2024, arrives in theaters, we're getting new details on wh...

The Criterion Collection’s March 2025 Lineup Includes Michael Mann, Alan Rudolph, and The Wages of Fear on 4K

It may have taken a half-century and well after he made films with any consistency, but Alan Rudolph is at last experiencing a verdant season. Just months sinc...

NYC Weekend Watch: Robert Siodmak, Marlon Brando, Tokyo! & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterThe noir titan Robert Siodmak is subject of a new retrospective. F...

News

The Criterion Collection’s April Lineup Includes Anora, Chungking Express, and Ugetsu on 4K

Claire Denis’ The Cry of the Guards Finds New Lead with Mia McKenna-Bruce; Production Begins This Month

Long-Rare Films from John Woo, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark & More Acquired By Shout! Studios

Trailers

Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Horror in First Trailer for The Woman in the Yard

Peter Weir’s Landmark of Australian Cinema Is Salvaged In Trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock‘s 4K Release

Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Wolf Man Review: Leigh Whannell’s Effective Reboot Scares Up Hereditary Horrors

Emmanuelle Review: Audrey Diwan Subverts an Erotic Classic to Compelling, Alienating Effect

Every Little Thing Review: A Sensitive Portrait of a Great Woman’s Dedication to Hummingbirds

Features

Jose Solís’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Luke Hicks’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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