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‘Sword of Trust’ Review: A Curio of Eccentrics Get in Over Their Heads in Lynn Shelton’s Absurd Journey

There's a point in Lynn Shelton's Sword of Trust where the four principal characters are being led into a situation with as much chance of ending in their death...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 354 – Midsommar

We are joined by Josh Lewis to discuss Ari Aster's second feature....

Quentin Tarantino Discusses the Films to See Before ‘Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood’ in 3-Hour Conversation

We've entered July, which means it is the month of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In... Hollywood. While we're still waiting if the director re-edits ...

Karlovy Vary Review: Casey Affleck’s Narrative Directorial Debut ‘Light of My Life’ Finds Tenderness in Dystopia

The new film from Casey Affleck arrives at the tail end of a smattering of telling coincidences and sliding door moments. In February 2017, he won an Academy Aw...

New to Streaming: Pedro Almodóvar, ‘Peterloo,’ Early Martin Scorsese, ‘War and Peace’ & More

All the newly streaming films of The Criterion Channel, Netflix, Amazon, MUBI, and more....

The B-Side – Jake Gyllenhaal

With his superhero film now in theaters, we discuss the diverse career of Jake Gyllenhaal....

Posterized July 2019: ‘Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood,’ ‘Midsommar,’ ‘The Farewell,’ and More

We explore the art of the month. July is here with a fantastic collection of poster designs from big studio pictures to small independents looking to standout against them....

NYC Weekend Watch: Duras/Godard, Elaine May, ‘The Matrix’ & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

First Images from Philippe Garrel’s ‘The Salt of Tears’

Update: Images removed at the request of Wild Bunch. With a prolific streak like few others directors this decade thus far, we've been getting a new (uni...

Karlovy Vary Review: ‘Lara’ Sympathetically Follows a Woman on the Verge

What a difference a day makes. Allowing one's characters to move from narrative point A to narrative point B in the same amount of time it takes for the Earth t...

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

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

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

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

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

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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