The Film Stage

20 years ago, 20th Century Fox began the summer-blockbuster season with a sword-and-sandals epic about the Crusades. Kingdom of Heaven‘s pedigree was impressive, if not bulletproof. Ridley Scott was only five years on from his Best Picture-winning Gladiator (not to...

In a city where the rents are too high, the subways are too slow, and morale barely hovers above cope, repertory options might make such troubles worthwhile. So one thinks while looking over Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us, a...

Recent times have been a boon for films by or about Indian women. On top of Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light, 2024 also saw the premiere or release of Suchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls, Sandhya...

The Matron (Rima Te Wiata) of Te Motu School for Incorrigible and Delinquent Girls truly believes she’s doing the work of God through her three education principles: “Christianize, civilize, and assimilate.” Why? Because they saved her as a young Māori...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageJohnnie To’s The Heroic Trio and To & Ching Siu-tung’s Executioners play in See It Big: Stunts!; John Waters’ Serial Mom screens on Friday and Sunday; Amir...

After I Saw the TV Glow topped our list of the 50 best films of 2024, there’s been much anticipation for Jane Schoenbrun’s follow-up Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the details of which were first revealed last summer....

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.  It’s a day to celebrate! We discuss the legend Maggie Cheung!...

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 round-ups here. The Ballad of Wallis Island (James Griffiths) You know when you hear a song...

It’s the most exciting time of the year for a cinephile: the Cannes Film Festival is set to kick off next week, running May 13th-25th. Ahead of festivities we’ve rounded up what we’re most looking forward to, and while we’re...

An integral figure in New York City’s independent film scene, having produced films by Ricky D’Ambrose, Joanna Arnow, Dan Sallitt, Matías Piñeiro, Gina Telaroli, Ted Fendt, and more, Graham Swon premiered his second directorial feature An Evening Song (for three...