The Film Stage

With it being thirteen long years since her last brilliant feature The Loneliest Planet, Julia Loktev finally returned last fall with a five-hour documentary––the first of a two-part project. World-premiering at the New York Film Festival, the intimate, intricate My Undesirable Friends:...

The king of the blockbuster, James Cameron, is returning this winter with the latest installment of the Avatar franchise. The third feature, Avatar: Fire and Ash, finds David Thewlis and Oona Chaplin joining the ensemble, while Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña,...

Returning just a year after his acclaimed second feature Việt and Nam, director Trương Minh Quý has reunited with Belgian filmmaker Nicolas Graux, following their 2023 short Porcupine. Set to premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, Hair, Paper, Water… (Tóc,...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Together opens in theaters on July 30. Early in Michael Shanks’ directorial debut Together, Millie (Alison Brie) warns her boyfriend Tim (Dave Franco) that if they don’t...

Lena (Dakota Gorman) awakens with no idea about her surroundings. The room is moving and cramped. She feels groggy, as though escaping a drug-fueled sleep. And she has no recollection of what occurred or might have occurred to get her...

Update: The New York premiere of Marianne will be held on July 30 at the Emily Harvey Foundation, featuring Michael Rozek in a post-screening Q&A; tickets are free and more information is here. Original story below. 50 years, 150-something films,...

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars, movie directors, and sometimes – sometimes – the companies that made the movies those stars and directors made! We were lucky to speak with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler of...

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 Assessment (Fleur Fortune) The “old world” is a wasteland. People still live there,...

Rose (Lucy Fry) has always known she cannot have children. The tragic result of a childhood surgery whose trauma embedded itself in her mind as a nightmare, this truth became a major part of her identity. A crucial piece to...

Among the bigger premieres announced for this year’s Venice Film Festival is Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice (Neon will handle the U.S. release) and ahead of which comes a brief, staccato teaser that hints at Donald E. Westlake’s source material...