The Film Stage - Page 91

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...

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Features Mishima, Sorcerer, and Brazil on 4K

I've still never seen The Wages of Fear (life moves fast and there's books to read in-between all those films) but within days of Criterion's 4K arriving at my...

News

Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched and Read in 2025

NYC Weekend Watch: Catch Me If You Can, The Lost Weekend, The Spirit of the Beehive & More

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

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

Christian Gallichio’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Daniel Eagan’s Top 10 Films of 2025

C.J. Prince’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

Jack Fisk on Creating an Authentic 1950s New York for Marty Supreme and Josh Safdie’s Drive

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

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

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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