The Film Stage

Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in on projects to potentially anticipate, but first, to kickstart Hollywood on bringing...

In a revealing anecdote after the first screening of his latest biopic A Complete Unknown, James Mangold relayed the question posed to him by Bob Dylan: “So what is this movie about?” It’s a fair inquiry, especially for a legendary...

Our year-end coverage continues with a look at the best performances of 2024. Rather than divide categories into supporting or lead or by gender, we’ve written about our 30 favorites, period. (Well: a few more, if you add some groupings...

We’re now finally just about a week away from the U.S. release of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, which will roll out in NY and LA in 70mm engagements starting next Friday, followed by a wider release in January. Led by...

After the 2000s brought us 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, get ready for a whole new trilogy of zombie features in the franchise. Danny Boyle, returning six years after his Beatles-inspired trifle Yesterday, is back to large-scale filmmaking...

“A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist–moving an audience through a movie […] making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark,” said the late, great Gordon Willis. As our year-end coverage continues, we must...

We’ve reached another year’s end, so get ready for all the limited releases and qualifying runs primed for Oscar consideration as guild votes start propping up their prospective favorites. All while most of you cross your fingers that you won’t...

One of our favorite traditions in best-of-the-year festivities is a lineup that tends to find a more interesting path than any guilds or critics groups. The wonderfully eccentric John Waters, whose tastes always includes a mix of the unexpected and...

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. Banel & Adama (Ramata-Toulaye Sy) A directorial debut programmed into the main Cannes competition...

A little more attention’s been given to individual songs from Queer than its star duo’s score. Sinead O’Connor’s Nirvana cover that opens the film; the actual Nirvana song that punctuates a standout scene; and a track produced by Trent Reznor...