The Film Stage

Fantasia Review: The G Finds Dale Dickey Bringing the Rage
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Ann Hunter (Dale Dickey) loves her husband. She’s simply never been the caregiver type. That’s what drew him to her in the first place––leaving his wife to be with someone more his speed in their ruthless, take-no-prisoners attitude. Age comes...
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Watch a New Documentary on the Making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
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On what would’ve been Stanley Kubrick’s 96th birthday, his estate’s afforded us a gift: streaming for free is Shine On – The Forgotten Shining Location, a Paul King-directed and Michael Sheen-narrated documentary that looks at the final surviving set from...
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Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Claude Schmitz’s The Other Laurens Plunges Into Seedy Neo-Noir
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Likely the world doesn’t have enough neon-tinged, French-Belgian neo-noirs, making welcome the arrival of The Other Laurens. Claude Schmitz’s 2023 Directors’ Fortnight premiere has been acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures for a U.S. release, and ahead of the film’s August...
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Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is 215 Minutes, Presented in 70mm Across 26 Reels
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Six years after Vox Lux, Brady Corbet is finally returning with his next feature The Brutalist. Led by Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola, it’s shaping up to...
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Only the River Flows Review: A Small Town Neo-Noir that Balances Empathy and Melancholy
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Wei Shujun’s detective noir Only the River Flows (based on a story of the same name by Chinese author Yu Hua) is set in a small town along a river in China’s Jiangdong province where it seems the sun never...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Mexican Popular Cinema, Jean-Pierre Melville, Playtime on 70mm, Bresson & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA retrospective of Mexican popular cinema from the 1940s to the 1960s is underway. Film ForumA career-spanning Jean-Pierre Melville retrospective has begun; restorations of Ann Hui’s July Rhapsody (watch our...
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New To Streaming: La Práctica, Kill, Starve Acre, Nothing Compares & More
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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. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah) Bad Boys: Ride...
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Gentle Creatures: Robert Bresson and Mani Kaul Screens at BAM on August 5
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It’s my distinct pleasure to announce Gentle Creatures: Robert Bresson and Mani Kaul, a Dostoevsky double-header comprising adaptations of the short story “A Gentle Creature”––Bresson’s Une femme douce and Kaul’s Nazar––that I’ve programmed and which comes to BAM on Monday,...
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His Three Daughters Trailer: Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen & Natasha Lyonne Reconnect in Emotional Drama
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One of the best films I saw at TIFF last year is finally getting a release nearly a year after its premiere. Netflix picked up Azazel Jacob’s deeply moving drama His Three Daughters, starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha...
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Steve McQueen’s Blitz Will Close the 62nd New York Film Festival
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As the fall festival season continues to take shape, we now know when one of our most-anticipated films will arrive in North America. Film at Lincoln Center announced Steve McQueen’s Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan, will be the...
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