The Film Stage

Summer is here with Woody and the gang, He-man, DC supers, “jackasses,” Spielberg aliens, and a Cindy and Brenda reunion all arriving to scoop up most of your local theater screens. That doesn’t leave a lot of room for everyone...

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. Amrum (Fatih Akin) There’s a reason behind the odd credit at the start of Amrum:...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens in theaters on June 5. How do you tell when you stop being good people pretending to be bad and realize you’re just bad...

Maybe it’s harder than it looks to present the end of the world calmly, especially in only 93 minutes. That’s one of the major achievements of the new, relatively lo-fi anime film Jinsei. Over a hundred years—all through the prism...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Tribeca coverage. The film opens in theaters on June 5. As humanity continues mining Earth’s resources with wanton abandon, the concerns of those with the most influence have been...

New York is hardly lacking for decent programming of Japanese cinema. Even by such standards, the city’s preeminent destination is without question. Now in its 19th edition, Japan Society’s Japan Cuts has announced a 2026 lineup characteristically blending national totems...

Following its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival last fall, Lauren Caster’s debut feature Rhythm Is a Dancer will now be arriving in theaters beginning July 10 from the Utopia imprint Circle Collective. Directed, written, produced, and starring Caster,...

In her mosque’s perfect world, Fatima (Nadia Melliti) is on the right path. A good family. A tight-knit group of protective and loyal friends. A boyfriend ready to propose. A devout faith in Islam. In many ways, this teen is...

After the May movie season proved a paradigm-shifting testament to what truly attracts a large portion of the potential audience, we don’t expect such revelations this month. However, June has plenty of worthwhile options to seek out in theaters, from...

After spending much of the last decade in the world of Godzilla and Kong, Adam Wingard is getting back to his genre roots. His action horror feature Onslaught, which stars Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Alex Pereira, Michael Biehn, Drew Starkey,...