The Film Stage

Following his tender, formally precise indie dramas Columbus and After Yang, video-essayist-turned-filmmaker Kogonada is stepping up to the big leagues with his next project. The Seth Reiss-scripted A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, was once...

Though the summer movie season got off to a stronger start than last year, June is a bit lacking for promising tentpoles. Yet looking deeper, there’s plenty to seek out, from the best title to premiere at Sundance earlier this...

Legendary French actress Jeanne Balibar teamed with Maxime Rappaz for his directorial debut Let Me Go, a drama about self-discovery set in the Swiss Alps, which world premiered at Cannes ACID in 2023 and will now arrive this month from...

It would be no disrespect to imagine Clint Eastwood, who turns 95 tomorrow, might have retired. Even if his nigh incomprehensible age were no factor, last year’s Juror #2 was long rumored to be a self-styled swan song for one...

One of the loveliest titles I saw at last year’s New York Film Festival was Pierre Creton (A Prince) and Vincent Barré’s tranquil, rejuvenating new documentary 7 Walks with Mark Brown. Following paleobotanist Mark Brown on seven walks through Normandy’s...

Halfway through Imago, an engaging documentary from Déni Oumar Pitsaev, the director has a conversation with his mother about the piece of property she bought for him in Pankisi (a valley in Georgia near the Chechnya border). When he asks...

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. Bono: Stories of Surrender (Andrew Dominik) After his wildly divisive Blonde was released three years ago,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaWe’re presenting an IB Technicolor print of Howard Hawks’ Hatari! this Friday and Sunday; Friday also brings Mad Max: Fury Road on 35mm and Agnès Varda’s Lions Love (…and...

Bernardo Bertolucci’s Little Buddha returned to theaters this month in a 4K restoration ahead of a 4K UHD on July 22 from Kino Lorber. The film follows Jesse, a 10-year-old American boy believed to be the reincarnation of the revered...

After crafting a promising debut with The Sharks, a Best Director winner at Sundance in 2019, Uruguayan filmmaker Lucía Garibaldi is back with her second feature. A Bright Future (Un futuro brillante) will world-premiere on June 5 at the Viewpoints...