The Film Stage

Our latest look at new and recent books about (or connected to) cinema must start with a mention of Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius by Carrie Courogen (St. Martin’s Press)....

From statues that weep blood to dancing suns that lead to sudden darkness in the middle of the day, the Catholic faith overflows with accounts of miracles. But in order for a miracle to be deemed as such, it must...

Adapted by director Yoshiyuki Momose (a former animator at Studio Ghibli) and screenwriter Yoshiaki Nishimura (a former producer at Studio Ghibli) from a popular British children’s novel of the last decade, the Studio Ponoc production The Imaginary undermines much of...

Considering she’s only directed four features in the last quarter-century, any new film from Lynne Ramsay comes with quite the anticipation. Following 2017’s You Were Never Really Here, the director has circled no fewer than five potential projects. Now, one...

As you catch up on our list of the best 20 films from the first half of the year, it’s also time to look at what the latter half brings. While July may be a bit lighter in worthwhile cinematic...

This spring we learned that, rather surprisingly, Audrey Diwan’s follow-up to her Golden Lion-winning Happening, won’t be at Venice, Telluride, or TIFF either as Emmanuelle secured a world premiere at the 72nd San Sebastian Festival. Starring Noémie Merlant, Naomi Watts,...

My screening series Amnesiascope returns to the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research on July 15, 16, and 17 with Éric Rohmer’s The Green Ray, co-presented by The Film Desk, Instagram sensation @rohmerfits, and fragrance auteur Second Edition Olfactive. With the...

When it comes to summer blockbusters, it doesn’t get much more epic than a film that first premiered nearly a century ago. For nearly two decades work has been underway to restore Abel Gance’s 1927 epic Napoleon to as close as possible...

Few directors capture modern life so vividly as Mia Hansen-Løve, and only in some cases does she show it in English-language contexts. Suggesting something of a bold leap, then, to read her next feature, If Love Should Die, will concern...

Following up last year’s epic documentary Occupied City, Steve McQueen has returned to WWII era with a narrative feature. Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan, will world premiere as the Opening Night Gala of the 68th BFI London Film...