The Film Stage

The long-awaited U.S. premiere of Wong Kar Wai’s Blossoms Shanghai isn’t the only thing coming to the Criterion Channel next month. Along with a spotlight on the director, they will also feature films starring Julianne Moore, directed by Joachim Trier,...

After working with Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, Kelly Reichardt, David Cronenberg, and more, Kristen Stewart has helmed one of the most formally impressive directorial debuts of the year with The Chronology of Water. A fragmented portrait of a life, based...

One of the great character studies of the year, Simón Mesa Soto’s Cannes Un Certain Regard winner A Poet follows a down-and-out writer trying to find his way through a complicated situation attempting to mentor a young student. Colombia’s Oscar...

One of the few benefits of the awards race is Hollywood’s outpouring of materials associated with the contenders. Perhaps the biggest perk is the release of full scripts one is able to download legally, directly from the studios. The first...

After an extensive festival tour kicking off at Cannes Film Festival, Lav Diaz’s formally rigorous epic Magellan will be coming to U.S. theaters beginning on January 9, 2026. Selected as the Philippines’ Oscar entry and led by Gael García Bernal,...

The February lineup for the Criterion Collection has been unveiled, featuring Sidney Lumet’s satire masterwork Network, the Coen Brothers’ The Man Who Wasn’t There, an Eclipse set featuring Ernst Lubitsch musicals, Delmer Davies’ 3:10 to Yuma, Jacques Tati’s PlayTime on...

How do you pick up the pieces when your life falls apart? A Love Song director Max Walker-Silverman’s second feature Rebuilding is a wonderfully lived-in, empathetic folk tale of a movie following Josh O’Connor’s character after his house is burned...

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 Richard Linklater! He’s an American indie legend who...

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. Eddington (Ari Aster) In Eddington, Ari Aster’s latest doom spiral, the proposed building of a...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAM35mm prints of Boarding Gate, The Insider, and The Firm screen in Corporate Thrillers. Anthology Film ArchivesA series devoted to avant-garde ads begins this weekend. Roxy CinemaDay of the Dead, The...