The Film Stage

One year on from their Wes Anderson set, the Criterion Collection will debut arguably their most ambitious release this decade: a career-spanning, all-4K Stanley Kubrick retrospective arriving on October 20. Comprising 30—yes, thirty—discs across UHD and Blu-ray editions, it collates...

This year’s Cannes Classics selection was no small thing, yet one object loomed larger than any other (while making a rather formidable start for Warner’s new Clockwork label). Granted a 4K restoration and screening in Ken Russell’s long-obscured cut, The...

Now in its 10th edition, the Nitrate Picture Show—held at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York—is becoming the closest thing American cinephiles have to a pilgrimage. Every year it feels as if half of New York’s film community,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMA 35mm-heavy Masahiro Shinoda retrospective has begun. Museum of Modern ArtThe expertly programmed Universal Westerns continues with two by Anthony Mann and Budd Boetticher in 3D. Film at Lincoln CenterHistory,...

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. André Is an Idiot (Tony Benna) There is an unbridled honesty to André Is an Idiot that is admirable,...

Comedian John Early has been waiting for his film to be seen by audiences. Premiering at TIFF last fall, Early’s directorial debut is a sublime comedy that commits to simultaneously becoming a serious drama about a woman with a returned...

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.  Today we discuss one of the greatest film directors to ever...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. The film opens on June 19. The films of Mark Jenkin ooze a hypnotic, seasick sensibility; to watch them is to be lulled by their restless jumps...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens on June 19. You can’t accuse John Early of not committing. Through the majority of his acting career, the comedian has become a reliable...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show can be described in hundreds of ways. Over the last five decades, it’s become more than just a cult classic; it’s a cultural touchstone for people around the country, with midnight screenings popping up without...