The Film Stage

A fresh spin on a familiar tale, Gabe Klinger’s Isabel places the classic midlife-crisis story in São Paolo, Brazil, where its eponymous character—a sommelière (co-writer Marina Person) working the city’s fine-dining scene—seeks to replace grinding employment with opening her own...

With The Secret Agent and I’m Still Here leading a wave of global interest in contemporary Brazilian cinema, another gem from the country will arrive this spring. Winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 75th Berlin International...

Synonyms and Ahed’s Knee director Nadav Lapid returned last year with Yes, a blistering satire targeting Israeli nationalism that premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Seemingly proving too controversial for many of the major fall festivals, Kino Lorber will now release...

After 2024’s Brat Summer, the last six months or so could be considered Brat Cinema. Charli XCX has debuted a half-dozen features across festivals since September and, following the theatrical release of The Moment, next is Pete Ohs’ Erupcja. Premiering...

Is the sight of the human tongue really so shocking? Were 1996 audiences ducking in their seats à la L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat when Matthew Lillard kept jutting his out like a jackass in Scream? Judging...

Seven years after collaborating on The Plagiarists, writers James N. Kienitz and Robin Schavoir return with The Misconceived—another incisive, inventive movie about the anxieties faced by the never-quite-made-it creative class. Directed by Peter Parlow, that earlier film played with the...

We’re pleased to exclusively announce that Factory 25, the celebrated Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company, has acquired world rights to distribute writer/director Morgan Evans’ feature directorial debut Micro Budget. With a notable cast of comedians, including Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell,...

Noah Segan’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York is an ode to a past New York City and the films set there. John Turturro plays Harry, an old-school pickpocket who’s become out of step with the modern world around...

Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith has earned acclaim for his indie dramas, including Mercury in Retrograde and Rendezvous in Chicago. Spinning off his 2022 feature Relative, his latest film Hekla stars Elizabeth Stam as we witness a day in the...

A pair of legends are uniting for a Berlinale 2026 premiere. Isabelle Huppert stars in the first narrative feature in quite some time from German director Ulrike Ottinger (Ticket of No Return, Freak Orlando). The Blood Countess, co-written by Ottinger...