The Film Stage

Few developments in Paul Thomas Anderson’s career—his ironclad collaboration with Jonny Greenwood or pivot to period pieces or embracing of long-dormant shooting and projection formats—are more consequential than his slow drift from traditionally defined cinematographer duties. A long-term relationship with...

Certainly the only movie in existence to star Larry David and Orson Welles, Henry Jaglom’s Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? was a wonderful discovery at the 63rd New York Film Festival last fall, where a new 4K restoration premiered...

Taking place February 12 through 22, Berlinale 2026 had previously unveiled films by Hong Sangsoo and more coming to the festival. Now it’s time for the Competition lineup, featuring Angela Schanelec’s My Wife Cries, Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning with Callum...

When One Battle After Another was first announced, before it even had a confirmed title, the potential of what a Paul Thomas Anderson-directed action movie could be boggled the mind. Upon its release this September, it was revealed to be...

An especially strong cross-section of English-language cinema is represented by Criterion’s April 2026 lineup, which sees Point Blank get a 4K disc that should do justice to the downright avant-garde colors and textures of John Boorman’s masterpiece, and almost undoubtedly...

The new All You Need Is Kill—director Kenichiro Akimoto and Studio 4°C’s animated reimagining of the time-loop novel that inspired Doug Liman’s Tom Cruise vehicle Edge of Tomorrow—asks: what makes this day different from all others? Its response, as a...

As Brazilian cinema enjoys a major spotlight with The Secret Agent, I’m Still Here, Apocalypse in the Tropics, The Blue Trail, and beyond, it’s prime time to discover more treasures from the country’s cinematic history. Considered one of the most...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA yearly highlight of New York’s repertory programming, To Save and Project continues with films by Ozu, Roger Corman, Monte Hellman, and more. Roxy CinemaGus Van Sant’s Last Days plays on 35mm alongside...

Before his Dominic Sessa-led Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony arrives later this year, Matt Johnson has another film opening in theaters. Expanding on his web series and TV series, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie premiered on the festival circuit...

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. Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) Paul Thomas Anderson’s disheveled period story of the quasi-romantic...