The Film Stage - Page 89

Mirror of Life, a Ten-Film Manoel de Oliveira Retrospective, Comes to BAM on March 28

98% of interviews follow the same pleasantries-exchange / question-and-answer / pleasantries-exchange format, yet there are those rare times an incredible oppo...

Alain Guiraudie on Misericordia, Desiring His Actors, and Praise from Godard and Bret Easton Ellis

If Alain Guiraudie has still not quite transcended festival obscurity to become an American art-house staple, all the more credit to the films––they’ve never a...

SXSW Review: Andrew Patterson’s The Rivals of Amziah King is a Gleeful Genre Mash-Up

Like the Church potluck to which Amziah King introduces his one-time foster daughter Kateri, The Rivals of Amziah King is a gleeful mashup of genres and t...

The Ugly Stepsister Trailer: Cinderella Gets a Sinister Twist in Sundance and Berlinale Selection

If you are looking for a bit more bite in your fairy tale adaptations, a few weeks after Disney's Snow White sputters to theaters, the Sundance and Berlinale s...

Chloë Sevigny Interrupts a Summer Respite in First Trailer for Bonjour Tristesse, Arriving in May

Following its TIFF premiere last fall, Durga Chew-Bose's Françoise Sagan adaptation Bonjour Tristesse recently traveled to New York, opening the Museum of the ...

Baby Invasion Trailer: Harmony Korine Teams with Burial to Push Cinematic Boundaries

While Gummo, Trash Humpers, and Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine has always pushed the edge of cinema, his latest EDGLRD projects certainly bring him in...

Andrew Ahn Invites You to The Wedding Banquet in New Trailer for Remake

The latest from Driveways and Fire Island director Andrew Ahn is The Wedding Banquet, a remake of the Ang Lee classic. The film brings together Lily ...

Mamoru Oshii Expresses Hopes for Ghost in the Shell 3

Two decades have been kind to Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, the only animated feature to debut in competition at Cannes and recent recipient of a 20th-anniver...

Duke Johnson on Charlie Kaufman’s Advice and the Philosophies of Identity That Guide The Actor

After co-directing 2015’s Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson's solo follow-up is an adaptation of the Donald E. Westlake's novel Memory. Paul Cole (A...

David Cronenberg Finds Connection After Death in New Trailer for The Shrouds

After his long-awaited return with Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg quickly followed it up with The Shrouds, a darkly funny conspiracy thriller led by Vi...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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