The Film Stage

“We’re all adults here,” a character says with great sincerity in Alexandra Pechman’s debut feature, Magazine. However, as this 2011 period piece testifies, nothing could be further from the truth. “Here” is the office of Platen, a top-flight New York...

Young Christophe (Gary Clichy) can’t help it. He thinks everything is normal one second and then he’s on the floor next. Why? Nobody knows. He simply tilts. It starts with his head as though he’s falling asleep. It continues with...

Yes. He did. He killed a lot of people. The title question—Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?—is framed by an elementary school student while war veteran Allen Nelson is giving a talk to the class about his experience in Vietnam,...

There is no question that Everybody Wants to F*ck Me is an utterly phenomenal title for a film — brazen, winking, deliciously naughty. That is also an apt description for Jonathan Schey’s film, which for at least 30 minutes or...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Fantasia coverage. The film opens on September 11. More than reclaiming the zombie motif from the knee-jerk response that Night of the Living Dead inhibited, Maya Annik Bedward’s Black...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens on September 10. Why do we care who the oldest person in the world is? It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of...

Would you give yourself over to an app? Become a passenger in your own life, unable to steer from danger when it’s coming full speed? The obvious answer would, of course, be “no.” Yet so many do exactly that. Not...

Propaganda isn’t just about cultivating an image for outsiders looking in. One might say it’s more crucial on the inside to ensure everyone is on the same page once life on the outside starts feeling like a better option. Because...

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. Faux Amis (Theo Matza) Vincent Macaigne anchors this ideal use of the short-film format,...

So comes the apparent final work of Mike Leigh, Tender Loving Care. With two consecutive scenes that seem to deliberately conclude proceedings, it almost feels like he couldn’t decide the proper means to end both his film and career. To...