The Film Stage

In Nine Behind, one of Sophy Romvari’s earliest shorts, a young woman is heard sobbing on the phone to her estranged grandfather: “I want to know my family.” It’s a line that haunts all the films the director’s made since....

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA career-spanning Luc Moullet retrospective begins; In the Mood for Love and In the Mood for Love 2001 continue. Museum of Modern ArtA Michael Caine retrospective begins. Film ForumThe long-lost director’s...

Made when he was 33, not to be followed by another feature for some 20 years, and effectively starting the career of cinema’s oldest-ever filmmaker, Aniki-Bóbó has been somewhat lost among the legendary career of Manoel de Oliveira. For fans...

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. Blue Sun Palace (Constance Tsang) Shot largely on location in Queens, Blue Sun Palace...

One of the few filmmakers to earn a Palme d’Or twice over, Bille August started his career with a pair of period dramas that have been largely forgotten by contemporary audiences. Altered Innocence will amend the oversight with their release...

Following their Main Slate announcement, the 63rd New York Film Festival has unveiled its Currents lineup, featuring 40 boundary-pushing films from around the world. Highlights include Tsai Ming-liang’s new feature Back Home; Radu Jude’s second feature of the festival, Dracula;...

When the world of physical media often lacks hope, good news can land very hard. Case in point: the Criterion Collection have announced the return of their Eclipse series, which spent a little over 10 years doing as much (more?)...

Seventeen years after her directorial debut Yeast, which gave Greta Gerwig one of her very first roles, Mary Bronstein finally returns with her second feature, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The Sundance and Berlinale selection, which stars Rose...

We can admire those who (brilliantly) craft entire feature films on iPhones, but the choice to shoot a three-hour feature with a Sony Ericsson––a device which ceased manufacturing in 2011––reaches an altogether different level of formal bravery. Alexandre Koberidze will...

Boys Go to Jupiter, an animated feature directed and written by Pittsburgh-based 3D artist Julian Glander, is truly a product of its time. And that time is now. As the press notes mention: “[The film] was self-produced and animated entirely...