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‘Venom’ Review: Tom Hardy Enlivens a Fractured, Directionless Superhero Movie

The Marvel title sequence—red comic book pages flipping at high speed to reveal a corporate logo whose cultural saturation is on par with the Golden Arches—come...

The B-Side – Cate Blanchett

Welcome to The B-Side, a new podcast from The Film Stage where we explore movies starring established movie stars that flopped at the box office, have been ...

‘Vice’ Trailer: Christian Bale is Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s ‘The Big Short’ Reunion

For the past year Adam McKay’s Vice, which chronicles the political rising of Vice President Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) and his wife Lynne Cheney (Amy Ada...

Review: ‘A Crooked Somebody’ Depicts the Myriad Ways We Take Advantage of Others

There's a line that our actions can cross when our desire to help others turns into helping ourselves. And it's often difficult to see when you're the one falli...

Review: ‘Chasing the Blues’ is an Enjoyable Record-Seeking Road Trip

The rarest of items can claim a collector's soul if he/she isn't careful. When that item — something thought to be merely myth — is held in your hands, you neve...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 311 – The Sisters Brothers

We talk Jacques Audiard's western starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Riz Ahmed....

After hearing about a handful of festival titles for at least the past month (and perhaps beyond), a number of much-acclaimed films arrive in October alongside a few essential documentaries, and more....

Review: ‘Loving Pablo’ is a Rushed Biography of a Monster

The latest cinematic look at Pablo Escobar is titled Loving Pablo for a reason: it's based on Colombian journalist Virginia Vallejo's book Loving Pablo, Hating ...

Review: ‘Hell Fest’ Strikes a Giddy Balance of Fun and Fear

I can think of no better way to kick off the Halloween season than with a celebration of frights and friendships — oh, and bloody murders. Razor sharp, with a c...

San Sebastian Review: Naomi Kawase Transplants Juliette Binoche in the Sensual, Loopy ‘Vision’

A modest meditation on memory and grief turns into loopy pseudo-mythical environmentalism in Naomi Kawase’s Vision, her fourth film in five years. Transplanting...

News

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

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

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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