Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. The film opens on August 7. Is the idea of a Claire Denis film changing? There was likely an image one formed in their head when that name emerged: elliptical, sexy, avant-garde. Yet recent works are suggesting a different direction, one far […]
The post The Fence Review: Claire Denis Takes an Unnerving Stare Into Darkness first appeared on The Film Stage.
The year of Robert Pattinson continues. Lance Oppenheim, marking his narrative feature debut after Some Kind of Heaven and Spermworld, directs the actor as To Catch a Predator‘s Chris Hansen in Primetime. Ahead of a Venice premiere and September 25 release, the new trailer and poster have arrived. It’ll be curious to see what Oppenheim’s […]
The post Robert Pattinson Catches Predators in New Trailer for Primetime first appeared on The Film Stage.
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 NYFF coverage. The film opens on August 7. “Klara remembered who she was. She pulled away from the window and she was a sculptor, although she didn’t always believe it, an artist––she believed them sometimes when they said she wasn’t.”— Don DeLillo, Underworld It […]
The post Late Fame Review: A Towering Portrait of the Artist as a Newly Famous Man first appeared on The Film Stage.
Godzilla now has some friends to join him at the 64th New York Film Festival. Film at Lincoln Center has unveiled the 32 films that comprise the Main Slate lineup this year, featuring 17 directors making their Main Slate debuts. Taking place September 26-October 12, NYFF screenings will take place across all five boroughs: at […]
The post 64th New York Film Festival Announces Main Slate Lineup first appeared on The Film Stage.
In his 1958 essay “Is It a Breakthrough? (The Modernists of Japanese Film),” Nagisa Ōshima called the period drama, or jidaigeki, “closely tied to the consciousness of the Japanese people.” While subsequent decades have not seen a ceasing of the genre, the friction in its survival is a need for relevancy, and thus modernity—one made […]
The post See the Invisible Become Visible: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on The Samurai and the Prisoner first appeared on The Film Stage.
The world’s most famous kaiju is touching down in New York City once again. Film at Lincoln Center has announced the world premiere of Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero as the Spotlight Gala selection for the 64th New York Film Festival. The debut will happen at Alice Tully Hall on September 26, over a month […]
The post Godzilla Minus Zero Sets World Premiere as 64th New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala first appeared on The Film Stage.
With Toronto International Film Festival running its 51st edition from September 10—20, they’ve now followed up their first wave of features with their Centrepiece, Wavelengths, and Classics. The new additions include William Greaves and David Greaves’ Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure, Sandra Wollner’s Everytime, Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva, Ken […]
The post TIFF 2026 Unveils Centerpiece, Wavelengths, and Classic Lineups first appeared on The Film Stage.
The ever-prolific Takashi Miike, who premiered Blazing Fists and Sham last year, is back this fall with a new take on Bad Lieutenant, following Abel Ferrara and Werner Herzog’s indelible features. Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo, starring Shun Oguri, Lily James, and Liv Morgan, will premiere at TIFF next month, and now NEON has debuted the first […]
The post First Teaser for Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo Enters a World of Corruption first appeared on The Film Stage.
The dog (star) days of summer have arrived. While distributors are saving their heavyweights for the fall, August still brings a handful of delights, including some B-movie spectacles, meta narratives, and a surprise drop from one of our great auteurs. 15. The Dog Stars (Ridley Scott; Aug. 28) Even with a 90th birthday next year, […]
The post 15 Films to See in August first appeared on The Film Stage.
While Bassam Tariq and Mahershala Ali’s long-in-development Blade movie stalled out, the two have now teamed for a soulful hitman feature Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Also starring John Cho, Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Giancarlo Esposito, ahead of a TIFF premiere and September 25 release, the first full trailer […]
The post Mahershala Ali Is a Religious Hitman in Trailer for TIFF Premiere Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother first appeared on The Film Stage.
