The Film Stage

After breaking out with the impressive directorial debut Pig, Michael Sarnoski dabbled in franchise filmmaking with A Quiet Place: Day One, and now he’s returning this year with a new take on Robin Hood. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Each year in my annual top ten I attempt to diagnose global trends in cinema and, as...

Celebrating his 86th birthday a few months back, Marco Bellocchio is one of Italy’s most accomplished directors and the rare filmmaker who has stayed quite prolific in his late career. Following Kidnapped, he’s now returning with Portobello, a six-hour, six-part...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Like many who will be reading this, 2025 was a… let’s say tumultuous year for me. The...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. If 2024 was defined by sleepless nights, punctuated with midnight film screenings, and a general feeling of...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. As the goal posts draw nearer my attention falters. Culture slips away. The state of transcendence movies...

It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2025––another prolific year in which he released two films and premiered another––he still got plenty of watching...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. My feelings from the intro of my top ten of 2024 haven’t changed much. I found 2025...

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. The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire (Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich) The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, the feature...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. IFC CenterA Panahi / Kiarostami retrospective begins; a 4K restoration of Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos starts a run; the entirety of Twin Peaks continues; Clockers, The Game, Tales from the Hood, and Speed Racer, show...