The Film Stage

Three things are likely true: 1) you’re excited for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, which premieres at Cannes this month; 2) you’re not going to Cannes this month; 3) you’ve not seen his 2013 mini-feature Touching the Skin of...

Reteaming with National Geographic Documentary Films after her Oscar-nominated documentary Fire of Life, Sara Dosa returned to Sundance Film Festival with Time and Water. Now set for a global theatrical release beginning May 29, followed by a release on National...

Before Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), there is a solemn parade of quiet production logos. This is often the case with films of political and historical importance. The stories that are the most vital are often the most difficult to tell...

It’s a five-Friday month and those last two look a lot sparser than the first three. I don’t think you can really blame studios for wanting to avoid The Mandalorian & Grogu (May 22), but it still feels weird considering...

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. Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos) After dabbling in dystopian fantasy (The Lobster) and period comedy (The...

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Telluride coverage. The film is now streaming on YouTube. About an hour into This is Not a Drill, the new documentary from director Oren Jacoby, comes a moment that...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterFilms by Wong Kar-wai, John Woo, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Zhang Yimou, and more play in a Tony Leung retrospective. Anthology Film ArchivesCitizen Kane plays on 35mm in Essential...

If you’ve already perused our massive summer movie preview, then our deeper glimpse into May should have too many surprises. Aside from a rather dire Hollywood slate to kick off the season, the arthouse and international offerings are a rather...

With 18 features and counting to his name—including modern classics like My Sex Life… or How I Got into an Argument and A Christmas Tale—French writer-director Arnaud Desplechin continues to deliver thought-provoking cinema. Be it a police procedural, a documentary...

Following Barbarian and last year’s Oscar-winning Weapons, Zach Cregger is back sooner than expected, this time jumping into franchise territory. His next feature stays in the horror genre with a new take on Resident Evil. First launched by Paul W....