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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fights the Power in First Trailer for Sundance Winner ‘Knock Down the House’

When it comes to recent politically-charged moments getting the documentary treatment, they can often feel like rush jobs, but that wasn't the case when Rac...

Review: ‘Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché’ Spotlights a Forgotten Master

How does someone like Alice Guy-Blaché become forgotten in time? Director Pamela B. Green answers this question while doing her damnedest to rectify the error i...

U.S. Trailer for Ash Mayfair’s Acclaimed Directorial Debut ‘The Third Wife’

With the hundreds of films premiering at the Toronto International Film Film Festival, one that stood out as among the finest was Ash Mayfair's The Third Wi...

New to Streaming: ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,’ ‘Bastards,’ ‘Kaili Blues,’ and More

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

Jamie Bell Portrays a Neo-Nazi in First Trailer for Guy Nattiv’s ‘Skin’

He picked up an Academy Award this year for his short film Skin, but before that, Guy Nattiv premiered his feature-length film of the same name (which is or...

The B-Side – Humphrey Bogart

Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies featuring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems....

NYC Weekend Watch: Big-Screen Action, ‘House of Tolerance,’ Herzog, Trilogies & More

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

Allison Williams Brings the Thrills in First Trailer for ‘The Perfection’

Perhaps best known for his films, including Dom Hemingway and The Matador, director Richard Shepard is also well-versed in television directing. Having helm...

Review: ‘Little Woods’ Shows the Collateral Damage of a Futile Environment

There's a great documentary about what life is like in the fracking boomtowns of North Dakota entitled The Overnighters. In it, we witness an example of humanit...

Review: ‘Rafiki’ is a Bittersweet, Hopeful, and Groundbreaking Love Story

Some will dismiss Wanuri Kahiu's Rafiki as derivative simply because they refuse to see what makes it so special. They'll mention its Romeo and Juliet parallel ...

News

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

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

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

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

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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