The Film Stage

Kieran Culkin is A Real Pain in First Trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s Second Directorial Effort
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One of the most acclaimed films coming out of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was A Real Pain, the second feature directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Featuring mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) who reunite for a...
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Exclusive Trailer: Jake Paltrow Programs Seven Influences on June Zero for NYC’s Quad Cinema
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After teaming with Noah Baumbach to direct one of the best-ever documentaries about filmmaking, De Palma, Jake Paltrow is back with a new feature. June Zero is a vividly textured telling of the preparations for the 1962 execution of Adolf...
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First Trailer for Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón & Selena Gomez
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One of the splashiest and most divisive movies coming out of Cannes Film Festival this year was Jacques Audiard’s musical crime comedy Emilia Perez, which stars Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Édgar Ramírez. Picking up...
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Isabelle Huppert Makes Her One-Woman Debut In Exclusive Trailer for Michael Rozek’s Marianne, Streaming July 16
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50 years, 150-something films, and a stable of auteurs that beggars belief would suggest Isabelle Huppert has done it all––hence my surprise she’s not yet starred in a one-woman performance. Thus making all the more novel Michael Rozek’s Marianne, a...
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Set for September Release as Lionsgate Acquires North American Distribution
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At long last, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has a home in North America. Lionsgate Studios has picked up rights for the U.S. and Canada, arriving in theaters and in IMAX on September 27. This marks a long-term partnership with Coppola,...
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The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Includes Gregg Araki, Todd Solondz, All of Us Strangers, and Repo Man
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Marking one of their biggest 4K months yet, Criterion has announced a September lineup led by Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse trilogy of The Doom Generation, Nowhere, and Totally F***ed Up in a rather full set, and all but the last...
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Martin Scorsese to Direct Documentary About Ancient Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
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On the heels of last year’s epic Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese has now added yet another project to his upcoming slate, one which will begin production first. Along with his Life of Jesus film, a Marilynne Robinson...
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Henry Selick, Zhang Yimou, Cristi Puiu, Óliver Laxe & More Set Next Features
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Following up Wendell & Wild, animation wizard Henry Selick is planning to return to the world of Neil Gaiman with an adaptation of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. “Instead of a child going to this other world...
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Tribeca Review: Emergent City Tells a Resonate Tale of Brooklyn Community Fighting for Their Home
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Full transparency: I’ve been to Sunset Park’s Industry City. I walked around the shops and restaurants, ate lunch at the Japan Village market, and even attended a happy hour near the cornhole sets and kitschy outdoor chairs. I don’t live...
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NYC Weekend Watch: Fire Walk with Me, Annie Baker, Aki Kaurismäki & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Paris TheaterPrints of Salò, Make Way for Tomorrow, The Turin Horse, There Will Be Blood, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Au Hasard Balthazar, and Rome, Open City all screen...
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