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Interview: Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
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Her cinema deals with female interiority under constraint, isolation as both burden and refuge, and working with the human body as a site of meaning and resistance, in just three offerings in The Sleepwalker (2014), The World to Come (2020) and...
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The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)
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Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.  Today we discuss America’s everyman and one of its most indelible...
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The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief
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If you’ve ever encountered tween bullying, you’ll know that, long before it gets personal, the process of picking out a target begins by being as annoying as possible; the first person to get ground down by this is easily the...
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Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025
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Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. It currently feels like I open every end-of-year roundup lamenting the death of cinema, film criticism, or...
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The 10 Best Horror Films of 2025
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One of our critics picks her ten favorites from a very good year for horror.
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THIS IS NOT A TEST Poster Debut: Adam MacDonald’s High School Zombie Horror Attacks Theaters February 20th, 2026
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Sloane and a small group of her classmates take cover in their high school to escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of people who actually...
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ARROW Player in January: Joe Lynch Selects, Jean Claude Van Damme(s), & More Kicks, Punches, And Bodily Harm
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With the new year just around the corner the fine folks at Arrow have revealed the lineup of cult and genre classics for the month of January.    Next month's Selects program is currated by director Joe Lynch. There will...
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Shudder in January: MOTHER OF LIES, CHAIN REACTIONS, BEAST OF WAR and More!
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We have pulled ourselves out of holiday hibernation to bring you news of Shudder's plans for the first month of the new year.   Down in the gallery below you will find dates and descriptions for the new Adams Family...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “Avatar: Fire And Ash” Composer, Sound Mixer & Visual Effects Team
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“Avatar: Fire And Ash” is, like the previous two “Avatar” films, an incredible technical accomplishment from the sound, visuals, and score; the amazingly talented men and women behind the scenes have once again transported audiences back to Pandora through James...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Pillion” Star Harry Melling
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“Pillion” is a romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Harry Lighton, based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid gay man and Alexander Skarsgård as an enigmatic biker...
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