The Film Stage

Few titles this year have earned quite so odd a response as Arthur Harari’s The Unknown. Just after a Cannes premiere that we left unimpressed, another writer of ours argued it’s the film of the year. For some of us,...

The trailer for Wild Horse Nine looks like nothing more than a parody of Martin McDonagh’s well-established and celebrated style. “How many times did the line about killing a guy in/spelling Czechoslovakia have to play during World Cup hydration breaks...

After years in shorts and music videos for the likes of Gracie Abrams, Mitski, and Muse, Jared Hogan is about to unveil his feature-directing debut at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, which runs September 16—20. The feature, Jackrabbit, was shot...

Something is killing the livestock in Hope Harbor, a rural fishing village near the border of North and South Korea. When local sheriff Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) investigates, he uncovers a wild force strong enough to blast through entire buildings. Hunters...

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. Abel Ferrara One of America’s boldest auteurs is getting a much-deserved spotlight. The Criterion...

While we recently learned we’ll be getting a surprise Paul Thomas Anderson film this year with Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall (set to world premiere at the New York Film Festival ahead of a November roadshow), his next narrative feature...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA Francis Ford Coppola retrospective continues, featuring prints of Peggy Sue Got Married, Gardens of Stone, Dracula, and Youth Without Youth; a Barbara Hammer program plays on Saturday. Film at Lincoln CenterMarketa Lazarova...

The only film to screen at Sundance, Cannes, Telluride, TIFF, NYFF, and London this year, Once Upon a Time in Harlem is far and away the best documentary of 2026. An extraordinary time capsule featuring footage the late William Greaves...

As per tradition, one day ahead of the Telluride Film Festival kicking off, they have unveiled their official lineup, including films by Andrew Haigh, Mike Leigh, Werner Herzog, Jordan Firstman, Jesse Eisenberg, Paweł Pawlikowski, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Danny Boyle, Sofia Coppola,...

Past a certain age and a certain number of features, a director will almost inevitably be embroiled in that stifling debate: have they reached their “late” style yet? What that means exactly can be tricky to articulate: writing about Beethoven,...