The Film Stage

Posterized November 2025: Rebuilding, Peter Hujar’s Day, Sentimental Value & More

November has sequels (Wicked for Good on November 21), festival fare (Die My Love on November 7), international Oscar submissions (Sirât, limited on No...

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Review: A Child’s Wonder Brushed in Pastel Animation

Most of us don’t remember what it was like to be two years old. The first few years of life consist largely of fragmented memories, stories that others have to...

NYC Weekend Watch: Hollis Frampton, Sofia Coppola, Bo Widerberg & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film ArchivesTwo by Hollis Frampton screen in Essential Cinema; programs curated ...

Exclusive Trailer for Peaches Goes Bananas Celebrates a Trailblazing Queer Icon

Shot across a whopping 17 years, Marie Losier’s documentary Peaches Goes Bananas captures the life and career of Canadian electroclash musician and trailblazin...

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Trailer: Quentin Tarantino’s Uncut Epic Comes to Theaters Next Month

Cinephiles, rejoice. While there's no new Quentin Tarantino film on the horizon, a long-awaited holy grail of his filmography is finally getting a major releas...

New to Streaming: Frankenstein, The Smashing Machine, The Sparrow in the Chimney, Boys Go to Jupiter & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Christy Review: A Shamelessly Generic Oscar Grab for Sydney Sweeney

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Christy opens in theaters on November 7. “Aren’t we past this?” That’s the tho...

Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day, the Loneliness of the Artist, and a Lost New York

Admittedly, I hadn’t heard the name Peter Hujar before seeing writer-director Ira Sachs’ latest film, which captures a conversation between Hujar and his frien...

Four Highlights from the 2025 Tokyo International Film Festival

Coming off last year's inaugural trip to the Tokyo International Film Festival, I noted how their devotion to world premieres and fresh Asian voices will effec...

Sentimental Value Review: A Lived-In, Sincere Family Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Sentimental Value opens in theaters on November 7. Over a delicately str...

News

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More

Cahiers du cinéma’s Top 10 Films of 2025 Includes Afternoons of Solitude, One Battle After Another, and Nouvelle Vague

Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More

Interviews

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Sinners Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Pulling Off the Film’s Most Difficult Shots and Christopher Nolan’s Advice

Podcasts

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

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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