The Film Stage - Page 805

The Booksellers Trailer: Bibliophiles Rejoice!

An official selection at the 57th New York Film Festival, The Booksellers documents the untold lives and routines of antique booksellers in New York City who w...

Sundance Review: Wander Darkly Gets Lost in a Labyrinth of Trauma

There is a wonderful idea that fuels Wander Darkly, written and directed by Tara Miele. How do we reckon with tragedy? What goes on in our head while we proces...

Sundance Review: The Reason I Jump is an Immersive, Poetic Look at Living with Nonverbal Autism

An immersive documentary, Jerry Rothwell’s The Reason I Jump places us internally within the mind of the nonverbal autistic, allowing empathy to flow in. Inspi...

Sundance Review: Softie Vividly Captures the Cost of Insurgency in a Kleptocracy

Call him the Bernie Sanders of Kenya. In a country where voters come with their hands out seeking bribes, Boniface “Softie” Mwangi has been able to raise enoug...

Rosamund Pike Brings Marie Curie to Life in New Trailer for Radioactive

Renowned physicist and chemist Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded a Noble Prize and the first, and so far, only person to have won the prize in two ...

Sufjan Stevens Announces New Album Inspired by Blade Runner, Under the Skin, and Hereditary Scores

Update: Asthmatic Kitty has announced Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams' new album Aporia has been released early. Listen below or on Spotify. https://www.yo...

Spiral Trailer: The Saw Franchise Soldiers On with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson

When your existing I.P. has been run into the ground with endless sequels, it still must soldier on, according to Hollywood. When it comes to the Saw franchise...

Inside the Revolutionary Visual Effects Process of The Irishman

Martin Scorsese gave ILM special effects supervisor Pablo Helman the script for The Irishman in 2015 on the set of Silence, and he was hooked. It took the visu...

Angela Schanelec on I Was at Home, But…, the Kindness of Ozu, and Her Filmmaking Philosophies

Angela Schanelec’s films make extensive use of ellipses, and narratives often branch out to new characters without warning, but far from being challenging or c...

Sundance Review: The Truffle Hunters is a Stately, Charming Look into an Age-Old Tradition

“If you’re not picky, you can eat them on anything.” So says one of the elite group of experienced, elder Italian truffle hunters portrayed in Michael Dweck an...

News

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

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Trailers

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

First Trailer for Kogonada’s Zi Conjures a Poetic City Symphony

Romería Trailer: Carla Simón’s Cannes and NYFF Highlight Arrives This June

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

Read More