The Film Stage

September 5 Trailer Explores a Sports Broadcasting Team’s Coverage of the 1972 Hostage Crisis

As much as I loathe to wade into awards season chatter, one of the most humorous things thus far this year is various pundits predicting September 5 as the fro...

The Indie Awards Launch With Nominees Including Free Time, The People’s Joker, and Atikamekw Suns

With many annual awards ceremonies, even those that brand themselves celebrators of indie filmmaking, seemingly highlighting films that don't necessarily need ...

A Traveler’s Needs Trailer: Hong Sangsoo and Isabelle Huppert’s Third Collaboration Arrives in November

For his first feature of two features this year, Hongsangsoo made a long-awaited reunion with Isabelle Huppert. Following In Another Country and Claire's Camer...

No Other Land Trailer: The Year’s Most Essential Documenary Still Needs Distribution

Now that almost all of the year's documentaries have premiered, it's clear that there will be none more essential than Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham...

U.S. Trailer for Sandhya Suri’s U.K. Oscar Entry Santosh

Premiering at Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section earlier this year to much acclaim, Sandhya Suri's narrative directorial debut was recently ...

Where to Stream the Best Films of 2024

As 2024 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our eyes on titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen, so—as we do each...

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

Autumnal romance blooms in My Favourite Cake, a film about seeking passion in life and being bold enough to act when opportunities arise. The directors are Mar...

Lance Oppenheim Will Direct Primetime for A24 and Robert Pattinson; Sydney Sweeney to Play Kim Novak for Colman Domingo’s Scandalous

The rise of Lance Oppenheim continues unabated: within 12 months of Spermworld and Ren Faire comes the news he'll be directing Primetime, a feature backed by A...

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

With her second feature film, Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni looks at the pain, memory, and absurdity of familial Zambian tradition. On Becoming a Guinea...

The Brutalist Trailer: Brady Corbet Builds an Epic Charting the American Dream

As one can tell from our feature wrapping up the best premieres on the fall circuit, no film has earned more discussion these last few months than Brady Corbet...

News

No Other Land Announced as Winner of the 2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award

First Images From Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet Remake Starring Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & More

Watch: Hoyte van Hoytema Follows Oppenheimer With Emotional New Volvo Short Film

Trailers

DIG! XX Trailer: Ondi Timoner’s Cult Classic Rock Doc Gets Expanded Edition This January

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom Introduces Acclaimed Rom-Com Psychodrama

First Trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope Offers Up Romance in Naples

Reviews

The Black Sea Review: A Dynamic Lead Performance Drives Familiar Fish-Out-of-Water Story

Thessaloniki Review: When the Light Breaks Showcases a Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth

Wicked: Part I Review: Wizard of Oz Prequel Is Stale as Blockbusters Can Be

Features

New to Streaming: Blitz, The Piano Lesson, Flipside, We Live in Time, Alien: Romulus & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Dirty Work, Shelley Duvall, Robert Frank & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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