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The Film Stage Show Ep. 305 – The Meg

We take a deep breath, hold our collective noses, and dive into the dark waters of August releases to talk about the newest Jason Statham movie....

Trailer for 30th Anniversary Theatrical Restoration of Terence Davies’ ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives’

"All great stories have two things in common: they’re simple, they’re not complicated, and they’re filmic. Look at all the great westerns: the story is dead...

Locarno Review: ‘A Land Imagined’ is a Singapore-Set Lynchian Neo-Noir with Echoes of ‘Chinatown’

Cooked with a broth of a few too many ideas, A Land Imagined is a so-close-to-being-great Singapore neo-noir that does all the right things, but simply does too...

New to Streaming: ‘Zama,’ ‘The Rider,’ ‘Summer 1993,’ ‘Certified Copy,’ and More

Our streaming picks on Netflix, MUBI, Amazon, and more....

Locarno Review: Yolande Zauberman’s ‘M’ is a Piercing Look into an Unspeakable Tragedy

“I was a singer,” 35-year-old Menahem Lang introduces himself at the outset of Yolande Zauberman’s piercing documentary M, “and then I became a porno kid." A se...

NYC Weekend Watch: Pixelvision, Sogo Ishii, ‘Reds’ & More

In NYC? Here are the best films screening this weekend....

Maggie Gyllenhaal is ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ in First Trailer for Psychological Drama

After a handful of female-directed Sundance films from this year have already found distribution and critical reception – including Madeline's Madeline, The...

Full Trailer for László Nemes’ ‘Son of Saul’ Follow-Up ‘Sunset’

Following up his Oscar-winning drama Son of Saul (unpopular, by at least The Academy's standards), László Nemes is facing the beast that is a sophomore effo...

Locarno Review: ‘All Good’ Confronts a Nightmare with Uneasy Mundanity

What immense health German cinema has found itself in lately. Since the turn of the decade, audiences of a certain ilk have grown accustomed to seeing names lik...

Review: ‘The Meg’ Swims in Circles

Ever since Steven Spielberg set foot on the beach, directors have been attempting to recapture a similar level of thrills and artistry in the shark movie, usual...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for 4K Restoration of Jae-young Kwak’s My Sassy Girl Reintroduces the South Korean Hit

James Baldwin Arrives In Paris In Trailer for Yashaddai Owens’ Jimmy, Opening This July

First Trailer for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf Unleashes the Devil Within

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

Interviews

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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