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Tilda Swinton’s Underseen Erotic Drama Female Perversions Gets New Life in Restoration Trailer

After getting her start in collaborations with Derek Jarman, Sally Potter, and Joanna Hogg––and before she would breakthrough in films by Danny Boyle, Cameron ...

New Restoration Trailer for Luis Buñuel’s Él Charts a Tale of Obsession

One of the pleasures of the Museum of Modern Art's Luis Buñuel retrospective last year was my first-time viewing of Él, a wonderfully entertaining tale of obse...

Maya, Give Me a Title Review: Michel Gondry Rejuvenates His Creative Spirit with Earnest Animation

Of all the directors who made the jump from music videos to feature-directing during MTV’s '90s peak, Michel Gondry is the sole name whose work hasn’t been abl...

The B-Side – 2025 Oscars Special (with Joe Reid & Chris Feil)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones t...

New to Streaming: Presence, La Cocina, A Complete Unknown, Nickel Boys & 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...

The Assessment Trailer: Alicia Vikander Tests Elizabeth Olsen in Sci-Fi Drama

One of our most-anticipated films to premiere at TIFF last fall, The Assessment marked the directorial debut of Fleur Fortuné, who had previously helmed music ...

Austin Butler and Saoirse Ronan Will Lead Sean Durkin’s Deep Cuts

After his brutally piercing trio of features thus far with Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Nest, and The Iron Claw, director Sean Durkin is looking to lighten th...

Sacramento Trailer: Michael Cera, Michael Angarano, and Kristen Stewart Lead Road Trip Drama

Premiering last year at Tribeca Festival, just before he was seen in Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, Michael Angarano's second directori...

Exclusive Trailer for Matías Piñeiro’s You Burn Me Beautifully Adapts Cesare Pavese

Following Hermia & Helena and Isabella, Matías Piñeiro's new film You Burn Me playfully, gorgeously adapts "Sea Foam," a chapter in Cesare Pavese's Dialogu...

Nicolas Cage Hits a Breaking Point in First Trailer for The Surfer

After one of the most successful films of his career with last year's Longlegs, Nicolas Cage returns this year with The Surfer, a beach-set psychological thril...

News

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

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Exclusive Trailer for Bertrand Bonello-Scored Europe’s New Faces Covers a Troubled Continent

Reviews

The Voice of Hind Rajab Review: Kaouther Ben Hania Brings Questionable Palatability to the Genocide in Gaza

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

Features

The Best 2026 Films We’ve Already Seen

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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

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

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