Casting news rarely (never?) resounds like word of Daniel Day-Lewis' return. Eight years since an ostensible retirement with Phantom Thread, he's both reemerged (likely from a dress-making or ...

One of four (!) Josh O’Connor films arriving this fall, Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is certainly our most-anticipated of the bunch. Also starring Alana Haim, Gaby Hoffman, John Magaro, Hope Davis ...

No matter that a child born the day after Edward Yang's death will start college this month; the Taiwanese filmmaker's stature has grown so much in the last 18 years that a Criterion release or ...

Not to be confused with Dan Trachtenberg’s latest Predator film coming later this fall, David Osit’s Mayor follow-up Predators is one of the most essential documentaries of the year. Exploring the ...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. IFC CenterFilms by John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam screen in Hong Kong Cinema Classics; The Lovers on the Bridge plays in a new ...

Passages and Love Is Strange director Ira Sachs returned to the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to debut Peter Hujar’s Day, a drama starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, depicting a ...

Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical ...

Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. From box office ...

If you’ve kept up with right-wing tech oligarch Peter Thiel (or at least his interviews) you’ve probably noted his obsession with the term “stagnation.” While ...

Director David Yates, recently of the Harry Potter series, has apparently found his next project. Variety is reporting that the English-born director has signed on to helm the film Your Voice In My ...

When the world of physical media often lacks hope, good news can land very hard. Case in point: the Criterion Collection have ...

For our most comprehensive year-end feature we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2023. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable ...