43+ min ago   (511+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror Honors the Cinematic Past with a Fresh Perspective There’s a longstanding rumor about former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich: in 1980, he allegedly served his ex-wife with divorce papers…...

5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (679+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: I Play Rocky Is a Crowdpleasing Winner Does every die-hard fan of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone’s zeitgeist-capturing, Oscar-winning, sequel-spawning classic, know the backstory of Rocky? There is a very good chance that answer is yes, as…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (271+ words) The Film Stage Schey’s writing in this first stretch is nearly note-perfect—admirable cutting, sometimes uproarious, rooted in truths that nearly every audience member will recognize (in others and perhaps even themselves). And in Egerton, Everybody has an ideal foil....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (325+ words) The Film Stage Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything Added to NYFF64, October 16 Release Set A24 dropped a bombshell on the fall-movie season with last weekend’s surprise Telluride premiere of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (271+ words) NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA celebration of Ryuichi Sakamoto has begun, featuring Tokyo Decadence, a rare 35mm print of Wild Side, Royal Space Force, and more. Film ForumMasaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan begins playing in a…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1768+ words) This interview was conducted via email and translated by Kadokawa. The Film Stage: In transplanting Serpent’s Path across continents, were there certain cultural concepts of revenge that didn’t translate? Did you find yourself needing to remove, entirely invent, or retain…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (541+ words) The Film Stage Venice Review: The Color of the Sun Finds Sayombhu Mukdeeprom Elevating a Prototypical Coming-of-Age Story It’s been a year since Kamei Yara’s dad disappeared. The 16-year-old who lives on Okinawa’s main island has been a bit of…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (237+ words) The Film Stage Fatherland Trailer: Sandra Hüller Tours Europe in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes Winner Following Ida and Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski returned to Cannes with Fatherland, a drama starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler, and which earned him a Best…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (389+ words) The Film Stage U.S. Trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s Bitter Christmas Presents a Tale of Autofiction After premiering in Spain and then coming to Cannes Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar’s latest feature Bitter Christmas will finally be coming to North America this fall....