The Film Stage

Saoirse Ronan Rebuilds Her Life in First Trailer for The Outrun
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Although peculiarly still without U.S. distribution some five months after its Sundance premiere, Nora Fingscheidt’s addiction drama The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, will arrive in the UK this September. Ahead of the release, the first trailer has now arrived. Here’s...
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Ezra Review: An Honest Family Portrait With Some Third-Act Troubles
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Let’s start here: watching Bobby Cannavale and Robert De Niro argue on a New York City street while cars angrily beep their horns is electric. Truly exhilarating to watch. Likewise, watching the great Rose Byrne manage multiple emotions on her...
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First Trailer for Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me Goes Inside the Mind of a Visionary
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Returning to the Cannes Film Festival after Annette, Leos Carax premiered his 40-minute cinematic self-portrait It’s Not Me. Thankfully snapped up by Sideshow and Janus Films for a North American release, it’ll actually get a French release in a few...
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In a Violent Nature Director Chris Nash on Creating a New Kind of Slasher, Gus Van Sant, and the Best Friday the 13th Movie
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Premiering at Sundance to rave reviews earlier this year, In a Violent Nature instantly set itself apart from the glut of recent independent horror films via its very deliberate vision. Anyone cynical about the genre’s ubiquity will be undeniably impressed...
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Cannes Review: Rumours Proves a Funny if Exhausting Exercise for Guy Maddin and the Johnsons
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When we say a filmmaker is in another league, we typically mean it in a good way––they’re a cut above the rest. But when we say it about Guy Maddin, it doesn’t imply quality one way or the other. There...
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt Reunite in the First Trailer for Wolfs
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While they both provided voices for John Krasinski’s If (at least going by IMDb, as I can’t imagine ever watching it), we’re considering Wolfs to be the true reunion between Ocean’s and Burn After Reading stars George Clooney and Brad...
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Jesse Plemons Warns of Danger in New Trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness
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With Cannes Film Festival wrapped up, one of the first premieres to arrive in theaters is Yorgos Lanthimos’ triptych Kinds of Kindness. Starring Cannes Best Actor winner Jesse Plemons, alongside Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn,...
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Saved! at 20: Director Brian Dannelly Reflects on His Teenage Christian Comedy and Plans for a Sequel 
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It might be too on-the-nose to call Saved! a minor miracle of a movie, but how else would you describe Brian Dannelly’s faith-centric satire? Since it was released in arthouses and multiplexes 20 years ago this week, it’s remained one...
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Exclusive Trailer for Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge’s Don’t You Let Me Go, Premiering at Tribeca 2024
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With Cannes Film Festival now wrapped up, the next film festival on our radar is the Tribeca Festival, which kicks off its 23rd edition from June 5 to 16. One film we’re looking forward to is Don’t You Let Me...
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Cannes Review: All We Imagine as Light is a Drama of Profound Beauty
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“Everyone has at least one person in Mumbai.” “There’s work and money in Mumbai. Who would want to go back?” “You better get used to the impermanence.” Like poetry, the hushed voices of real Indian migrant workers pour gently over...
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