Jia Zhangke

Cannes 2018 Lineup Includes New Films from Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee, Jia Zhangke, Bi Gan, and More

With a jury headed by Cate Blanchett, the main lineup for the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled, including Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of ...

Berlin Review: ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ is an Epic Drama with Shades of Edward Yang and Jia Zhangke

The trick to getting the most out of the Berlin Film Festival is to dig deep into its stupendous program spanning 400 films across a multitude of sidebars. Prem...

Our 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2018

We count down the films we're most looking forward to this year....

Busan Review: ‘Love Education’ is an Earnest, Warm Multi-Generational Drama

Death is literally the beginning in the cross-generational relationship drama Love Education, which closes the 2017 Busan International Film Festival today. In ...

Jia Zhangke Will Next Direct Romantic Crime Drama ‘Money & Love’

Jia Zhangke is back! ...less than two years after his last movie premiered, and about 12 months since it opened in the U.S., but the world's best filmmak...

Nick Newman’s Top 10 Films of 2016

Our managing editor picks his favorite films of the year....

The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2016

We count down our favorite films of the year....

The 50 Most Overlooked Films of 2016

The 50 best films that made under $1 million at the box-office this year....

NYC Weekend Watch: Raúl Ruiz, Christmas, Pedro Almodóvar & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

[Review] Crosscurrent

In the early minutes of Chinese director Yang Chao’s sophomore feature, a fish is thrown into a bowl of water somewhere along an anonymous riverbank, darkened w...

News

November on the Criterion Channel Includes Catherine Breillat, Ida Lupino, Med Hondo, David Bowie & More

Elaine May’s Crackpot, Starring Dakota Johnson and Sebastian Stan, Needs an Insurance Director to Move Ahead

The Criterion Collection’s January Lineup Includes The Mother and the Whore, Akira Kurosawa, and Anthony Mann on 4K

Trailers

Dream Team Trailer: Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn Concoct a Soft-Core Fever Dream

Exclusive Trailer for Dreaming Dogs Examines a Human-Canine Relationship in the Shadows of Moscow

Carry-On Trailer: Jaume Collet-Serra Finally Returns to the B-Movie

Reviews

NYFF Review: Apocalypse in the Tropics is an Exposé of Brazil’s Politically Active Religious Right

BFI London Review: The Brothers Quay Find Stunning Textures In Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

NYFF Review: The Damned Flirts With Documentary and Reenactment in a Frigid Civil War Sojourn

Features

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Brian De Palma, Agnès Varda, Wes Craven, and Movies for Kids

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Best 2024 Fall Film Festival Premieres

Interviews

“I Want It to Feel as Real as a Documentary”: Sean Baker on Anora, Editing Breaks, and Old-School Camera Tricks

The Friend Directors Scott McGehee & David Siegel on Finding the Perfect Dog, Bill Murray’s Notes, and Avoiding Cliches

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)