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Two Seasons, Two Strangers Trailer: Sho Miyake’s Golden Leopard Winner Arrives This April

One of the great films of the year, Sho Miyake's gorgeous, tranquil Two Seasons, Two Strangers picked up the Golden Leopard at Locarno last summer and will now...

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Features John Waters, Jafar Panahi, Lav Diaz, Med Hondo, and More

Representing their busiest month in recent memory, June offers nine releases and eleven titles from the Criterion Collection. Perhaps of greatest note are two ...

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

Take one step into the world of festivals and you'll understand that making a movie isn't just "making a movie." Even if one has the fortune to get some money ...

“It Scared a Lot of People”: Jane Alexander on Testament, Nuclear Threats, and Her Accomplished Career

Jane Alexander has one of those careers that seems impossible. Four Academy Award nominations in fourteen years. A Tony Award in 1969 for the Howard Sackler pl...

NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA major Agnès Varda retrospective begins; Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the F...

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

A parody of dialectical materialism (you’ll understand what this means when you see the film), superficial economies, and the cult of fast fashion, I Love Boos...

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones t...

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Taking one of the longest breaks of his career, it's been four years since Steven Spielberg's last feature, The Fabelmans, but he's thankfully returning this s...

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on March 13. undertone (stylized all-lowercase)...

News

Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive: Cinema Guild Acquires the Films of Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Exclusive: Kevin Walker and Jack Auen’s Debut Feature Chronovisor Acquired by Grasshopper Film

Trailers

Ombres de soie Exclusive Trailer: Éric Rohmer Collaborator Mary Stephen’s Debut Feature Gets Restored

The Invite Trailer: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton Have a Night to Remember

The Last One for the Road Trailer: Take an Inebriated Trip Through Italy

Reviews

Fiume o Morte! Review: A Historical Reenactment of Rare Wit and Energy

Exit 8 Review: A Videogame Adaptation Heavy on Allegory

Heads or Tails Review: An Ethereal, Lived-In Western

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

13 Films to See at 2026 New Directors/New Films

Posterized April 2026: Blue Heron, The Christophers, Exit 8 & More

Interviews

“I’m Definitely Not Trying to Be Consistent”: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Serpent’s Path, Chime, and Kokurojo

Isabelle Huppert on Becoming a Vampire, Ulrike Ottinger’s Timeless Touch, and Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales

François Ozon on the Existentialism of The Stranger, Arab Representation, and Bressonian Acting

Podcasts

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

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Two Seasons, Two Strangers Trailer: Sho Miyake’s Golden Leopard Winner Arrives This April

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Features John Waters, Jafar Panahi, Lav Diaz, Med Hondo, and More

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

“It Scared a Lot of People”: Jane Alexander on Testament, Nuclear Threats, and Her Accomplished Career

NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & More

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas