The Film Stage

One of my favorite directorial debuts from 2022 is finally getting a U.S. release. Graham Foy’s atmospheric, bifurcated coming-of-age tale The Maiden, which played at Venice, TIFF, and New Directors/New Films, has been picked up by Altered Innocence. Ahead of...

Premiering at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Sophie Brooks’ Oh, Hi! provides an entertaining twist on the romantic comedy for reasons best left unspoiled. Starring Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, and David Cross, Sony Pictures Classics...

Since his acclaimed 2013 drama Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass has had a bit of a rocky career. There was an unnecessary return to the Bourne franchise, the misstep that was 22 July, and the pandemic-hobbled release of News of the...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Brooklyn Center for Theatre ResearchIn anticipation of The Jag, a new play produced by yours truly, Paul Felten and Joe DeNardo present Jean-François Stévenin’s Mountain Pass on Friday. Film at...

Celebrating his 75th birthday this year after working in the industry for nearly a half-century, Tsui Hark is one of the great entertainers in Hong Kong filmmaking. While his latest feature recently arrived in theaters, one of his restored classics...

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.  Today we return to one of our earlier subjects: Ryan Gosling!...

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. Alan Rudolph’s Dramas of Desire One of America’s great, oft-unheralded filmmakers, Alan Rudolph deserves...

As humanity continues mining Earth’s resources with wanton abandon, the concerns of those with the most influence have been towards the skies––the space dreams of inhabiting another planet once we’ve depleted all this one has to offer. But what could...

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their first-ever live gig this year, Talking Heads have finally got around to shooting a video for their classic song “Psycho Killer.” For the occasion, they’ve amassed quite the talent. 20th Century Women director Mike...

It is quite possible, circa 2025, that there are a greater number of North American film institutions than North American citizens who actively watch films. It thus behooves those centered on an increasingly marginalized medium to grease the wheels; one...