The Film Stage

Those who’ve followed Nathan Silver and Chris “C. Mason” Wells’ careers might find themselves bewildered in recent months. Compelling enough that their latest collaboration, Between the Temples, premiered at Sundance with at least three major figures (Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMThe controversial, remarkable The Spook Who Sat By the Door plays in a new restoration. Roxy CinemaFidelio, our four-film program with Chapo Trap House’s Movie Mindset, has an encore with Eyes...

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. Drive-Away Dolls (Ethan Coen) The kind of movie made to stumble upon surfing cable...

Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples takes a stock story––a lonely middle-aged man finds unexpected love––and places it in an unfamiliar context. For one thing, it’s set in the upstate New York town Rhinebeck, depicted as a place where social life revolves around a...

Following his Guy Maddin-influenced debut The Twentieth Century, Matthew Rankin has returned five years later with his follow-up. Universal Language, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and soon heads to TIFF, NYFF, and Fantastic Fest, marks quite an aesthetic...

Following their intial announcements, the 62nd New York Film Festival has now unveiled its final film section: Revivals, featuring significant works from renowned filmmakers that have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved with the assistance of generous partners. Highlights include...

Cheap Thrills and Small Crimes director E.L. Katz director returned earlier this year, premiering his new action-horror feature Azrael, scripted by Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest), at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival. Led by Samara Weaving, Nathan...

Indiewire having encouraged us to reminisce about the 2000s through its recent Best of the Decade list, there’s the reminder of one key thread defining that era: the prominence of digital video and the prescient idea that it would alter...

With the current re-release of Henry Selick’s Coraline netting a rather staggering $11.3 million at the U.S. box office, LAIKA is back in the conversation. The Oregon-based animation studio isn’t just hanging on its laurels, however, as they are in...

One of cinema’s greatest partnerships is getting its due with Stephen Soucy’s forthcoming documentary Merchant Ivory, set for a release on August 30. Ahead of the release from Cohen Media Group, it’s prime time to revisit the work of Ismail...