The Film Stage

From Biblical tales of the prodigal son to Zach Braff’s Garden State, stories of returning home after an extended absence are ripe territory to explore reconciliation and changed identity. With his rigorous debut feature Trial of Hein, Kai Stänicke distills...

Deep into the second week of another tumultuous (and freezing cold) year at the Berlin Film Festival, Angela Schanelec arrives with a welcome reminder of what summertime in the city feels like: a place where young people meet and chat...

In Home Stories, a young woman from the town of Griez in East Germany is selected to compete on a TV talent show—an opportunity that will require her family to do a rare bit of self-reflection. The writer of this...

Premiering to acclaim at the 2025 FIDMarseille, Caroline Golum’s second feature Revelations of Divine Love was acquired by Several Futures, who will give it a theatrical release beginning March 27 at NYC’s Anthology Film Archives. Ahead of the theatrical roll-out––which includes Nitehawk Prospect Park (April 5), Low Cinema (April...

The ever-increasing accessibility of filmmaking means that anyone with basic technology can shoot and edit a film. However, only those with a story worth telling can hope to reach an audience and build a sustainable career. Before they were even...

Sooner or later, conversations around the ever-growing oeuvre of Hong Sangsoo all land on the same word: repetition. That’s kind of inevitable: few could ever dream of putting out new stuff at the Korean’s pace, his filmography—now spanning 34 features—expanding...

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. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta) In 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA Raymond Depardon retrospective begins. Museum of the Moving ImageA massive retrospective of 2001 in cinema brings A.I. on 35mm, along with Spirited Away, All About Lily Chou-Chou, and Werckmeister Harmonies;...

John Patton Ford’s sophomore feature rides the wave of its clever lead from first shot to last, cool and confident that everything will work out in his favor no matter how pitted the odds are against him. The writer-director behind...

If period filmmaking’s credibility can be measured by the audience’s ability to imagine said person scrolling on an iPhone, Markus Schleinzer deserves recognition for his contributions to the genre. The Austrian director’s latest, a macabre, pseudo-folktale titled Rose, is set...