The Film Stage

NYC Weekend Watch: Diane Keaton, The Brown Bunny, 2001 In Cinema & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA Diane Keaton tribute features films by Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, and Francis Ford Coppola on 35mm. Roxy CinemaValentine’s Day at the Roxy brings 35mm prints of...
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Cashiers Du Cinéma Editors on Programming Their BAM Series and Celebrating Cinema Workers
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Cashiers Du Cinéma, the madcap comic zine that examines the lives of movie theater employees, has programmed a new ten-film series kicking off at BAM this Friday. The series includes arthouse standard-bearers like Goodbye, Dragon Inn and Cinema Paradiso, but...
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Legendary Director Haile Gerima Returns in Exclusive Trailer for Black Lions – Roman Wolves, Premiering at Berlinale
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Ethiopian director Haile Gerima, a guiding figure in the L.A. Rebellion movement with such films as Bush Mama and Ashes and Embers, is returning with his first work in nearly two decades, one itself three decades in the making. Black...
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Rotterdam Review: First Light is a Calm, Confident Debut
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It’s rare for a film as good as First Light to slip through the cracks of the major festivals. This debut feature from Filipino-Australian director James J. Robinson premiered at the Melbourne Film Festival last August before traveling to Marrakech...
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New to Streaming: Marty Supreme, Is This Thing On?, The Librarians, Happyend & More
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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. Eternity (David Freyne) How do you want to spend eternity? That’s the primary question...
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Two Prosecutors Trailer: Sergei Loznitsa Captures a Quest for Justice
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Returning to the festival circuit last year with some of the most acclaim of his career, Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes premiere Two Prosectuors will now get a U.S. release beginning March 20. Ahead of the debut, Janus Films has unveiled the...
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Review: An Ambitious Comedic Triumph
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Spoiler culture may be one of the lowest forms of film conversation, but there are times when it simply must be invoked. This is to say that Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie presents a conundrum: the best way...
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Omaha Trailer: John Magaro Takes a Heartbreaking Road Trip
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Premiering at Sundance last year, Cole Webley’s feature debut Omaha is a heartbreaking look at a father (John Magaro) in crisis as he takes his family on an unexpected road trip. It’s now set for an April 24 release from...
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Rose of Nevada Trailer: Callum Turner and George MacKay Travel Through Time for Mark Jenkin
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After the impressive homespun fables Bait and Enys Men, Mark Jenkin returned last year with Rose of Nevada, a journey into the past starring George MacKay and Callum Turner that continues the Cornish director’s tactile sense of filmmaking. Ahead of...
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Sam Rockwell on His Most Overlooked Films and Working with Gore Verbinski
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Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. And sometimes we’re lucky enough to talk to the movie stars...
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