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DOC NYC Review: ‘Personhood’ is an Essential Look at a Horrific Legal Saga

Highlighting the consequences of personhood laws, which essentially prioritize the rights of an unborn fetus over those of the woman carrying the child, Jo Ardi...

DOC NYC Review: ‘Stevenson Lost & Found’ is a Moving, Minor Portrait of an American Original

An intimate yet slight portrait of New York cartoonist, poet, children’s book author, New York Times op-ed contributor, and father to nine child, Stevenson: Los...

Blumhouse Gives a Dark Makeover to ‘Fantasy Island’ in First Trailer

Long gone are the days where Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) would cordially greet visitors to his luxurious island where guests could have every desired ful...

DOC NYC Review: ‘Unschooled’ is a Frustrating Portrait of a Controversial School

The most meaningful educational experiences often take place around the kind of classroom learning that is prescribed in a curriculum, the “ah-ha” moments that ...

DOC NYC Review: ‘Narrowsburg’ is a Colorful Exploration of an Indie Film Hustle

In a certain light, all filmmakers–even the most successful–are con artists as heart, convincing investors, a crew, and performers to go along for the ride with...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Film to Begin Production in February

Update: Focus Features have picked up the film, which begins shooting this spring/summer in California. Well, our day/week/month/year just got a whole lot bett...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 372 – Doctor Sleep

We discuss Mike Flanagan's Stephen King adaptation and sequel to The Shining....

‘Knives and Skin’ Trailer: A Disappearance Occurs in Acclaimed Neo-Noir Mystery

What do you get when you mix John Waters/David Lynch with a dash of Riverdale and heaping of musicals? You may get something like Jennifer Reeder’s teen neo-n...

‘Away’ Trailer Previews a Dialogue-Free, One-Man Crew Animation

After earning acclaim for his short films, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis embarked on his first feature animation with a crew of precisely one. The dialo...

Willem Dafoe Lives a Version of Abel Ferrara’s Life in First Trailer for ‘Tommaso’

One of the great collaborations in recent cinema is that of Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara, including 4:44 Last Day on Earth, Pasolini, Go Go Tales, and New ...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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