The Film Stage

Caught by the Tides is that much-sought, almost-never-fulfilled encounter with something one can’t be 100% certain is real. Audacious in concept (assembling a new narrative from footage shot for previous features) and with an execution to match, at its best...

“When you see them come down those stairs,” Herbert Marshall says at a climactic moment in The Enchanted Cottage, “whatever they do, whatever they say, act along with them. They don’t know it. But they’re playing a part.” John Cromwell’s...

When James Madigan’s action picture Fight or Flight works it’s because of Josh Hartnett. The premise is fairly simple: a nefarious, black-ops government agency led by a fierce Katee Sackhoff is forced to employ the dormant skills of an exiled...

The abyss stares back––that’s the overwhelming feeling of David Mamet’s new film Henry Johnson. It’s based on his play of the same name from 2023, and with both that date and Mamet’s recent public persona, one would probably have some...

One of the highlights from the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Together, the latest collaboration between Alison Brie and Dave Franco. Marking the directorial debut of Michael Shanks, the film follows a couple who become intertwined in, let’s...

Among our most anticipated films set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival is Spike Lee’s first narrative feature in five years. Highest 2 Lowest, his reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, follows a reteam with Denzel Washington after Mo’...

As Keanu Reeves plans a reunion with Sandra Bullock, it’s an opportune time to revisit one of his early career gems. Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1993 drama Little Buddha, starring the actor as Siddhartha, has been restored in 4K by Cinecitta from...

Another day, another first look at a Josh O’Connor-starring, MUBI-backed period drama set to premiere in competition at this month’s Cannes Film Festival. Following the first images of Kelly Reichardt’s much-anticipated crime drama The Mastermind, today brings our first glimpse...

Another month means another IP deluge. MCU. Karate Kid. Mission: Impossible. Final Destination. Even A Simple Favor. It just goes to show how many films get released every year that I can now pretty much ignore all the Hollywood Photoshop...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMA retrospective of Wuhan on film begins. IFC CenterA major Jia Zhangke retrospective has begun; The Beaver Trilogy, Interview with the Vampire, Dr. Caligari, and The Big Lebowski show late. Museum of the Moving ImageThe Fast and...