The Film Stage

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Targeting Major Fall IMAX Release
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Although there’s no distributor yet confirmed for Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-development, nearly completed epic Megalopolis, we’re starting to get a sense of when we may see the $100 million epic. The director himself recently indicated it’ll be out in a...
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Listen to Greta Gerwig, Guillermo del Toro, and Peter Bogdanovich Discuss Howard Hawks In Hour-Long Podcast
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The glut of movie podcasts makes it hard to prioritize any single show. But there’s been unique pleasure in One Handshake Away, which allows directors to reflect on titans of yesteryear who host Peter Bogdanovich once interviewed––supplemented by audio of...
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2024 New Directors/New Films Lineup Includes A Different Man, Good One, Stress Positions & More
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A yearly spotlight glancing into the future of cinema, Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art have now announced the 53rd edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 3 through April 14, 2024. Bookending...
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Spaceman Review: Adam Sandler Finds an Alien Connection in Soulful Sci-Fi Odyssey
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The new film from Johan Renck, efficiently titled Spaceman, offers two central conceits. The first: that a vessel en route to a cloud of purple dust, somewhere in the region of Venus, might be visited by a benevolent alien with...
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Berlinale Review: The Devil’s Bath is an Ominous, Empathetic Psychological Thriller
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Early Modern times were messy: Europe was finding its footing in rationalism, seeking independence from the centuries-long spiritual yoke of Catholicism and Protestantism. Shedding the skin of the past seems, at least from our standpoint today, the best thing that...
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Berlinale Review: Through the Graves the Wind is Blowing is a Politically Conscious Tribute to the Yugoslavian Black Wave 
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How can you make a film about the fall of Yugoslavia? This is the question American documentarian Travis Wilkerson asks himself at the start of Through the Graves the Wind is Blowing, after acknowledging his own position as a foreigner...
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15 Films to See in March
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The spice must flow, and take over most theaters. While Denis Villeneuve’s gargantuan-sized blockbuster will suck up much of the oxygen when it comes to discussions around March’s releases, there’s plenty more to uncover. From adventurous festival favorites to micro-sized...
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I Saw the TV Glow Trailer Introduces Jane Schoenbrun’s Masterpiece
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It’s now been over a month since I saw Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow and I haven’t been able to shake the experience from my mind. The staggering, genre-fluid tale of a boy-turned-adult looking for something to fill...
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First Trailer for Ishana Night Shyamalan’s Directorial Debut The Watchers Puts Dakota Fanning in the Spotlight
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Get ready for the summer of Shyamalan. Not only is M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller Trap, starring Josh Hartnett and the director’s daughter Saleka Shyamalan, coming this August, a few months prior will see the release of his daughter Ishana...
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U.S. Trailer for Nicolas Philibert’s Golden Bear Winner On the Adamant, Opening This March
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For the second in a row, the Berlinale jury has awarded the top prize of Golden Bear to a documentary. Before Mati Diop’s The post U.S. Trailer for Nicolas Philibert’s Golden Bear Winner On the Adamant, Opening This March first...
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