5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (460+ words) Ahead of Friday’s theatrical release, I spoke with the queer cinema renegade about Madonna, Mapplethorpe, and gooning. The Film Stage: You premiered I Want Your Sex at the Sundance Film Festival, where you also won the Grand Jury Prize for…...

9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (375+ words) Exclusive Trailer for Venice Premiere The Cat Wakes Up and Yawns; Then Love Searches for Meaning in Rome The Film Stage Exclusive Trailer for Venice Premiere The Cat Wakes Up and Yawns; Then Love Seeks Meaning in Rome Premiering as…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (212+ words) The Film Stage Rooney Mara and Kate Mara Are In Sync in First Clip From Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard One of the highlights of this year’s Venice Film Festival lineup was the return of Werner Herzog, whose latest feature Bucking…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (95+ words) 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. Where to Stream: MUBI, Metrograph at Home Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari) Where to…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (249+ words) The Film Stage Exclusive Trailer for Lê Bảo’s Locarno Premiere Hearing Sings a Beautiful Rhythm After bursting on our radar with his hypnotic debut Taste at Berlinale in 2021, Vietnamese filmmaker Lê Bảo is back with Hearing (Thính Giác), which will…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (797+ words) The Film Stage Sheep in the Box Review: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Quaint Sci-Fi Story Misses the Mark Stanley Kubrick was unable to crack an adaptation of the short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” in his lifetime; it was only when…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (494+ words) Ahead of the 83rd Venice Film Festival taking place from September 2-12—with a jury led by Maggie Gyllenhaal alongside Kaouther Ben Hania, Johnnie To, Xavier Giannoli, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Daniel Blumberg, and Francesco Casetti—the lineup has been unveiled. Highlights include the…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (975+ words) As Her Private Hell prepares a theatrical release, Winding Refn has been speaking about the film to degrees greater than its elusive, parallel-until-they’re-not narrative structures would ever imply is possible. He’s an interview subject as amusing as he is straightforward…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (135+ words) The Film Stage Chris Rock’s first directorial effort in 12 years, Misty Green, was just set for a world premiere at TIFF 2026 and is led by Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, as well as Rock. A24 has…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1192+ words) Mike Mills: How’s it going? The Film Stage: It’s going well. It’s good to see you. Good to see you. Where are you? This room is so impressive. Where are you calling from? [Laughs] That’s my little office in my…...