The Film Stage

Even if he hadn’t recently landed the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, you’ve likely heard the name Curry Barker. He’s the latest in the recent spate of former sketch comedians/YouTubers turning to horror-directing with an online feature under his belt. Obsession—his theatrical...

That every Kiyoshi Kurosawa project of late—some of which are 45 minutes long and originated as an NFT—can get a theatrical release makes especially odd the stranding of Serpent’s Path, a wholly deserving remake of his 1998 film. (Even that...

Is it still a twist if the script tells you what’s happening around the 15-minute mark? The marketing that surrounds Katie Aselton’s Magic Hour seems to believe so. I’d argue the film itself does not, though, because it needs us...

Following up his impressive debut The Vast of Night, it’s been a long wait for Andrew Patterson’s second feature The Rivials of Amziah King, which premiered at SXSW last year and will finally arrive in theaters beginning August 14. Starring...

When we spoke to Nathan Silver in December, he made no illusions about having his follow-up to Between the Temples—one of 2024’s best—set. It was around this time that we’d heard much (and given much praise to) Simón Mesa Soto’s...

The wait for anything new from Richard Kelly is as long as it is bereft. Continually revealing and rewarding though the films, their alternate cuts, and graphic-novel prequels may be, a child born the day after The Box released is...

As part of the impressive Cannes Classics lineup this year, a new documentary examining the vast world of the legendary, late Chris Marker will premiere. Brecht Debackere’s Nostalgia for the Future, guided by the voice of Charlotte Rampling, follows a...

Coming off two 2025 debuts and on the eve of his latest feature, Diary of a Chambermaid, premiering at Cannes, Radu Jude—perhaps striving to make Hong Sang-soo look like a layabout—is rolling cameras on a new film next month. Tentatively...

After his ambitious foray into harder sci-fi with The Empire, Bruno Dumont is returning to the coming-of-age film with his highly anticipated Directors’ Fortnight selection Red Rocks, following two gangs of kids on the French Riviera over the course of the summer...

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. André Is an Idiot (Tony Benna) There is an unbridled honesty to André Is an Idiot that is admirable,...