The Film Stage

Among the true faithful, Serpent’s Path is no new object from Kiyoshi Kurosawa. But despite standing among his greatest films, it’s stayed in a much greater obscurity than Cure or Pulse, likely only seen on DVD rips or salutary upscales....

Following its world premiere at the New York Film Festival last fall and ahead of its west coast premiere at the Los Angeles Festival of Movies this weekend, we’re pleased to exclusively present the poster and trailer for the new...

Ahead of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, taking place May 12 to 23, the lineup has now been unveiled. Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, have revealed the slate this morning. Highlights include...

Continuing their major streak of acquiring filmographies only seen through super-rare repertory bookings and sub-par DVD rips, Cinema Guild—we are pleased to exclusively reveal—will release the work of Portuguese directors António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. The deal includes their three...

Isabelle Huppert’s performance in Ulrike Ottinger’s The Blood Countess, a vampire fantasia set in Vienna (and co-starring no less of a local icon than Conchita Wurst) that marks the 158th credit of her remarkable career, got me thinking. Sitting face...

One of the great debut features of the year has found a home. We’re pleased to exclusively announce that Grasshopper Film has acquired North American distribution rights to Chronovisor, the debut feature from directors Kevin Walker and Jack Auen, produced...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 10. Sensitive and nuanced, Katarina Zhu’s directorial debut Bunnylovr is a compelling character study that never quite makes sense of...

Bouncing back after Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde’s chamber comedy The Invite was among the most well-received premieres at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Written by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, and starring Seth Rogen, Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and...

After showcasing work from the likes of Chantal Akerman, Pedro Almodóvar, Bi Gan, Bong Joon Ho, Charles Burnett, Terence Davies, Guillermo del Toro, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lee Chang-dong, Richard Linklater, Julia Loktev, Kleber Mendonça Filho,...

When Faces of Death was originally released in 1978, the mere thought that you could watch actual people die was enough to sell the movie, even if it ended up being mostly faked (thus not a “true” snuff film). Flash-forward...