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First Trailer for ‘Knives Out’ Sets Up Rian Johnson’s Star-Studded Murder Mystery

After helming one of the most compelling films in the Star Wars series, before he jumps back into the franchise with his new trilogy, Rian Johnson was thank...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 353 – The Last Black Man in San Francisco

We discuss Joe Talbot's feature debut starring Jimmie Fails....

Toni Servillo is Silvio Berlusconi in U.S. Trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Loro’

Following his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino helmed Youth and The Young Pope, then embarked on his most ambitious film yet, the two-part L...

15 Films to See in July

July brings some festival favorites, some oddities, a few studio release highlights, and a floral fever dream....

‘Phil’ Review: Greg Kinnear’s Directorial Debut Cheaply Melds Tragedy and Comedy

We meet Phil McGuire (Greg Kinnear) exiting his parked car while still in traffic to climb up a bridge railing. It's a one hundred-plus foot drop into the water...

Fantasia International Film Festival 2019 Brings Genre Highlights to Montreal

It's time for genre lovers to converge on Montreal for one of the best film festivals, pound for pound, in North America: Fantasia International Film Festiv...

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Review: A Charismatic Yet Clunky Superhero Sequel

In its final moments, Spider-Man: Far From Home muses that people will believe anything. This fairly blatant observation of the not-too-distant future setting o...

New to Streaming: ‘Transit,’ ‘High Life,’ ‘Anima,’ ‘The Beach Bum’ & More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Tropical Malady,’ Les Blank, ‘Ishtar,’ ‘Do the Right Thing’ & More

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

A Horrifying Conspiracy is Dug Up in New Trailer for Mads Brügger’s ‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’

One of the most gripping, terrifying films of the year starts fairly inconspicuously, before it unfolds into something far more substantial and affecting. I...

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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