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The first trailer for David Fincher's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel is here.
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David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino Unite in First Trailer for The Adventures of Cliff Booth
While the Super Bowl is no stranger to teasers for the major sequels of the year, one we didn't expect to drop is the 2026 sequel we're most curious about. Consider our surprise when Netflix dropped t...
https://thefilmstage.com/david-fincher-and-quentin-tarantino-unite-in-first-trailer-for-the-adventures-of-cliff-booth/
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Official 2026 Writing Thread. Had a very lovely chat with the director of what might be my favorite film of last year.
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My latest movie poster rant for February 2026 US releases is up at
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#posterizedpropaganda
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What's your favorite poster for a new release this month?
@jaredmobarak.com
analyzes the art of February:
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Posterized February 2026: Wuthering Heights, Pillion, My Fatherâs Shadow & More
The new year is in full swing with its January doldrums making way for another February chock full of Oscar-qualifying films receiving their limited and/or platform releases nationwide. Sure, there ar...
https://thefilmstage.com/posterized-february-2026-wuthering-heights-pillion-my-fathers-shadow-more/
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Michael Almereyda talks to Nick Newman about Nadja, now playing in a restored director's cut, and the patronage of David Lynch and Mary Sweeney:
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âI Still Feel Like an Outcastâ: Michael Almereyda on Nadja, Peter Fonda, David Lynchâs FantĂŽmas, and Zero K
Could a director be best-known for what's hardly been seen in 30-plus years? Notwithstanding the superb, modernized Hamletâitself in less-than-prime circulation until a forthcoming Janus Films rerelea...
https://thefilmstage.com/i-still-feel-like-an-outcast-michael-almereyda-on-nadja-peter-fonda-david-lynchs-fantomas-and-zero-k/
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#Wicker
, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander SkarsgÄrd, is an audacious, captivating film about an outcast woman, her wood-woven husband, and the village that collapses over their love. Read
@thekentman.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review from Sundance:
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Sundance Review: Wicker Audaciously Contemplates the Self-Destructive Perils of Jealousy
The jealousy of unhappy couples. The pettiness of mean girls. The frustration of insecure husbands. Itâs a tale as old as time that's curiously interpreted by writer-directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex ...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-wicker-audaciously-contemplates-the-self-destructive-perils-of-jealousy/
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See our exclusive poster premiere for Marcelo Martinessi's
#Narciso
, debuting at Berlinale 2026.
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"If you pan away from kinky sex, you are judging it as a director. Youâre saying, 'This is too scandalous to be seen.' I wanted to leave the audience to decide what they thought." Pillion director Harry Lighton talks with
@therealdsube.bsky.social
about crafting his directorial debut:
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Pillion Director Harry Lighton on Portraying Realistic Sex and Rethinking Queer Narratives
Harry Lightonâs Pillion was one of the highlights of last yearâs Un Certain Regard at Cannes, garnering wide acclaim and a fair amount of titters for its frank sex scenes. Lightonâs feature debut, aft...
https://thefilmstage.com/pillion-director-harry-lighton-on-portraying-realistic-sex-and-rethinking-queer-narratives/
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Veteran director Yoji Yamada has returned with his 93rd film,
#TokyoTaxi
, a middlebrow crowdpleaser thatâs elevated by two seasoned lead performancesâin other words, exactly what it needs to be. Read
@roryseanoc.bsky.social
's review from Rotterdam:
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Rotterdam Review: With Tokyo Taxi, Yoji Yamada Cruises Down Well-Traveled Roads
Forget misunderstood hacks and generational talents. There's nothing quite like a consistent studio hand (with a solid 3- or 4-star batting average) who flies under the international radar for much of...
https://thefilmstage.com/rotterdam-review-with-tokyo-taxi-yoji-yamada-cruises-down-well-traveled-roads/
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The Secret Agent, Hamnet, and The Plague on VOD, Splitsville and Ella McCay on Hulu, Boys Go to Jupiter on HBO Max, and more streaming picks of the week.
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New to Streaming: The Secret Agent, Hamnet, Boys Go to Jupiter, The Plague & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this weekâs selections below and past round-ups here. Boys Go to Jupiter (Julian...
https://thefilmstage.com/new-to-streaming-the-secret-agent-hamnet-boys-go-to-jupiter-the-plague-more/
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The best movies now playing in theaters:
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The Sundance premiere
#TakeMeHome
is striking in its authenticity and originality, which is perhaps why an abrupt tonal shift feels out of place.
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Sundance Review: Take Me Home is a Heartbreaking Indictment of a Failing Social Safety Net
Working with her sister Annaâa 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a developmental disabilityâdirector Liz Sargentâs sensitive drama Take Me Home is both witty and heartbreaking. It serves as an indictmen...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-take-me-home-is-a-heartbreaking-indictment-of-a-failing-social-safety-net/
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Michael Almereydaâs vampire film Nadja debuts in a long-overdue 4K restoration, and more films to see in NYC this weekend.
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NYC Weekend Watch: Nadja, Seoul After Dark, Tenement Stories & More
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMMichael Almereyda's vampire film Nadja debuts in a long-overdue 4K restoration that plays daily. Watch an exclusive clip below: Muse...
https://thefilmstage.com/nyc-weekend-watch-nadja-seoul-after-dark-tenement-stories-more/
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Cathy Yan's
#TheGallerist
, starring Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega, is a satire of the art world that can't find the humor.
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Sundance Review: The Gallerist Is Too Referential to Properly Satirize the Art World
Taking on the art world is notoriously difficultâitâs already too ridiculous, and so the heightening of reality necessary for proper satire doesnât work. Thereâs nowhere to go. But we need bold artist...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-the-gallerist-is-too-referential-to-properly-satirize-the-art-world/
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Part-coming-of-age, part-political-thriller, Charlotte Zhangâs'
#Tycoon
, set in 2028 Los Angeles before the Summer Olympics, feels like it can detonate at any moment. Read
@leonardogoi.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review from
@iffr.bsky.social
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Rotterdam Review: Tycoon is a Staggering Portrait of a City on Fire
In a stray moment during Charlotte Zhangâs Tycoon, a young man says he stopped complaining to his landlord about the cockroaches invading his L.A. flat lest the whole building should be condemnedâthe ...
https://thefilmstage.com/rotterdam-review-tycoon-is-a-staggering-portrait-of-a-city-on-fire/
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With Scarlet, Mamoru Hosodaâs vision is a shockingly simplistic interpretation of a complicated, timeless, emotionally rich text. Read
@judysquirrels.bsky.social
's review as the film opens in theaters:
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Scarlet Review: Mamoru Hosoda Simplistically Adapts a Timeless Tale
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 NYFF coverage. Scarlet opens in theaters on February 6. Across two decades of crafting animated features, director Mamoru Hosoda has made...
https://thefilmstage.com/nyff-review-scarlet-finds-mamoru-hosoda-simplistically-adapting-a-timeless-tale/
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I loved HA-CHAN, and I think you will too
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One of my favorites of the fest gets the glowing write-up it deserves!
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Oliver Laxe's SirÄt is a bold, grand adventure set in a landscape so unforgiving it might actually be hell. Read
@roryseanoc.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review as the film opens in theaters:
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Love conquers death in the first trailer for Grace Glowickiâs
#DeadLover
, arriving this March. Watch:
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Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! is a true crowdpleaser that carries the rarest maturity about sex, love, grief, and allowing yourself to take life one step at a time. Read
@blakethinks.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review from Sundance:
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Sundance Review: Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! Will Sweep You Off Your Feet
In dance, you have to lead with confidence. Your partner looks to you for guidance, and they require you to look back at them responsively, to move instinctually without faltering. There's need for su...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-ha-chan-shake-your-booty-will-sweep-you-off-your-feet/
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The Cannes winner The President's Cake, opening in theaters, is a film of grace notes that detract little from its political bite. Read
@roryseanoc.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review:
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Mario isn't the only videogame adaptation arriving this April.
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Exit 8 Trailer: Genki Kawamuraâs Acclaimed Videogame Adaptation Arrives in April
Mario, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter aren't the only videogame adaptations hittting theaters this year. Genki Kawamura's Exit 8, based on the hit game, premiered at Cannes Film Fest...
https://thefilmstage.com/exit-8-trailer-genki-kawarmuras-acclaimed-videogame-adaptation-arrives-in-april/
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#Pillion
, starring Harry Melling and Alexander SkarsgÄrd, is truly provocative, funny, honest, and strangely touching. Read our Critic's Pick review:
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Pillion Review: A Provocative, Funny, and Touching Anti-Romance
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Pillion opens in theaters on February 6. It wouldnât be Cannes without a good scandal film. For 2025, British director H...
https://thefilmstage.com/cannes-review-pillion-is-a-provocative-funny-and-touching-anti-romance/
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"Cinema really warmed my soul and made me discover that I even have a soul inside." Oliver Laxe talks SirÄt with
@brndnstrssng.bsky.social
as his Oscar-nominated film hits U.S. theaters:
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âImages Are Deadâ: Oliver Laxe on SirÄt and Spirituality
Note: This interview was originally published in 2025. Sirat opens on February 6, 2026. As music thumps across the desert landscape of Morocco's Atlas Mountains and ravers give themselves over to the ...
https://thefilmstage.com/images-are-dead-oliver-laxe-on-sirat-and-spirituality/
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#RockSprings
works within a familiar genre framework to probe deeper ideas on the immigrant experience while exploring a Buddhist view of the afterlife. Read our Sundance review:
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Sundance Review: Rock Springs Tells an Ambitious Ghost Tale
Rock Springs works within a familiar genre frameworkââa family moves to a home in a town filled with strange people and is promptly haunted by spiritsââto probe deeper ideas on the immigrant experienc...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-rock-springs-tells-an-ambitious-ghost-tale/
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Films from Gore Verbinski, Oliver Laxe, Hong Sangsoo, Zhang Yiimou, and more to see in theaters this month.
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10 Films to See in February
The shortest month of the year has a handful of cinematic highlights, including numerous films that qualified for awards last year but are now getting official roll-outs. Other notable releases includ...
https://thefilmstage.com/10-films-to-see-in-february-2026/
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Ethan Hawke mines a wealth of sensitivity in the gripping thriller
#TheWeight
. Read @thekentman.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review from Sundance:
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Sundance Review: Ethan Hawke is Good as Gold in The Weight
Gold is such an apt metaphor for greed. Itâs shiny, itâs heavy, itâs superficial, and itâs obtained through someoneâs hard labor. That labor is carried on the backs of the downtrodden and desperate wh...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-ethan-hawke-is-good-as-gold-in-the-weight/
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A new poster for Pedro AlmodĂłvar's next feature Bitter Christmas. Watch a new Spanish trailer:
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After Joaquin Phoenix departed, Todd Haynes has resurrected his queer 1930s-set noir romance De Noche with Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez set to star.
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Todd Haynes to Shoot De Noche with Pedro Pascal and Danny Ramirez Starting Next Month
After earning some of the finest acclaim of his career for May December, Todd Haynes was all set to embark on a 1930s, Los Angeles-set noir romance back in the summer of 2024. When Joaquin Phoenix got...
https://thefilmstage.com/todd-haynes-to-shoot-de-noche-with-pedro-pascal-and-danny-ramirez-starting-next-month/
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David Lynch's Unrecorded Night will be published in script form, according to his daughter.
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David Lynchâs Scripts for Unrecorded Night, Which Was to Star Toby Jones, to Be Published
It's now been over a year since the great David Lynch departed this Earth, and with his passing he left a number of unrealized projects. The major one was Unrecorded Night, a series set to be produced...
https://thefilmstage.com/david-lynchs-scripts-for-unrecorded-night-which-was-to-star-toby-jones-to-be-published/
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The Sundance premiere
#Jaripeo
examines the image of the cowboy through a queer lens. Read
@woahitsjuanito.bsky.social
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Sundance Review: Jaripeo is an Immersive Portrait of Mexicoâs Queer Rodeo Culture
Thereâs always been something sexy about the image of the cowboy, which has been praised as a portrait of good, old-fashioned masculinity as much as itâs been parodied. Queerness, of course, has expan...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-jaripeo-is-an-immersive-portrait-of-mexicos-queer-rodeo-culture/
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Scripted with the meticulous patience of a Cristian Mungiu or Nuri Bilge Ceylan film, Visar Morinaâs Sundance winner Shame and Money is a pressure-cooker of a drama about the crushing demands of capitalism. Read
@jpraup.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review:
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The wild first trailer for Hong Sangsoo's Berlinale premiere The Day She Returns has arrived.
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A Scenario Multiplies In First Trailer for Hong Sangsooâs The Day She Returns
A Hong Sangsoo Berlinale premiere is no surprising development, but the first details on his 34th feature, The Day She Returns, are particularly exciting. Not least that the title would seem to direct...
https://thefilmstage.com/a-scenario-multiplies-in-first-trailer-for-hong-sangsoos-the-day-she-returns/
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A new documentary examines the prejudices inherent in artificial intelligence systems. Read
@djmecca.bsky.social
's Sundance review:
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Sundance Review: Ghost in the Machine Lays Out the Evils on Which A.I. is Built
What exactly is artificial intelligence? Where does it come from? And precisely how powerful is (or will) it become? Valerie Veatch's documentary Ghost in the Machine digs into these answers and finds...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-ghost-in-the-machine-lays-out-the-evils-on-which-a-i-is-built/
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The Sundance premiere Public Access is a kaleidoscopic celebration of creativity and the boundaries of free speech.
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Sundance Review: Public Access is a Kaleidoscopic Celebration of Creativity
A kaleidoscopic celebration of creativity and the boundaries of free speech, David Shadrack Smithâs Public Access revisits the birth of cable television, providing a complex oral history of its promis...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-public-access-is-a-kaleidoscopic-celebration-of-creativity/
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See the first look at Ryusuke Hamaguchiâs All of a Sudden starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto:
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First Look at Ryusuke Hamaguchiâs All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira
Following up Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and his Oscar-winning Drive My Car with Evil Does Not Exist, which was shot in secret, more info is coming together for Ryusuke Hamaguchiâs next feature, All ...
https://thefilmstage.com/first-look-at-ryusuke-hamaguchis-all-of-a-sudden-starring-virginie-efira/
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Adam and Zack Khalilâs Sundance premiere Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] explores the myriad ways that archeologists and anthropologists have denied the rights of indigenous people. Read
@woahitsjuanito.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review:
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Sundance Review: Aanikoobijigan Demands a Necessary Reclamation
Even before his campaign for the removal of indigenous people from their land in the 1800s, Thomas Jefferson was pillaging burial grounds under the guise of scientific understanding. His actions preda...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-aanikoobijigan-demands-a-necessary-reclamation/
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See the exclusive trailer for SaĆĄa Vajdaâs narrative debut The Lights, They Fall, premiering at Berlinale 2026:
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Exclusive Trailer for SaĆĄa Vajdaâs Berlinale Premiere The Lights, They Fall
Kicking off next week, the 2026 Berlinale will bring no shortage of new discoveries, and one on our radar is the feature debut from SaĆĄa Vajda. The lights, they fallâstarring Mohammed Yassin Ben Majdo...
https://thefilmstage.com/exclusive-trailer-for-sasa-vajdas-berlinale-premiere-the-lights-they-fall/
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Capturing a death-defying rescue, Hanging by a Wire is a brisk docu-thriller that misses exploring the politics of its place. Read our Sundance review:
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Sundance Review: Hanging by a Wire is a Brisk Docu-Thriller Lacking Depth
A brisk docu-thriller that could do more with the richness of the players it chronicles, Mohammed Ali Naqviâs Hanging by a Wire is not without thrills and human drama. Yet it seems focused more on a d...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-hanging-by-a-wire-is-a-docu-thriller-that-moves-too-fast/
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Ramzi Bashourâs subtly humorous road-trip drama
#HotWater
takes a genre familiar to Sundance audiences and creates something distinct, if not entirely original. Read our Sundance review:
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Sundance Review: Hot Water Offers a Distinct Take on Familiar Genre
Taking a genre familiar to Sundance audiences and creating something distinct, if not entirely original, Ramzi Bashourâs road-trip drama Hot Water finds subtle humor in two characters who feel entirel...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-hot-water-offers-a-distinct-take-on-familiar-genre/
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Zhang Yimou's spy thriller Scare Out, starring Jackson Yee, is getting a global release this month. Watch the new trailer:
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Scare Out Trailer: Zhang Yimouâs Spy Thriller Starring Jackson Yee Arrives This Month
After directing six (!) new films between 2020 and 2024, Zhang Yimou took a bit of a breather last year, but he's now back this month with a new spy thriller. The Chinese director's latest feature Sca...
https://thefilmstage.com/scare-out-trailer-zhang-yimous-spy-thriller-starring-jackson-yee-arrives-this-month/
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Walter Thompson-HernĂĄndezâs Sundance premiere If I Go Will They Miss Me searches for the divine in everyday life. Read
@jpraup.bsky.social
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Sundance Review: If I Go Will They Miss Me Finds Poetic Beauty in Coming of Age
Finding poetic beauty in the quotidian, Walter Thompson-HernĂĄndezâs If I Go Will They Miss Me centers on coming of age in housing projects of southern Los Angeles. Itâs a way of life often depicted wi...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-if-i-go-will-they-miss-me-finds-poetic-beauty-in-coming-of-age/
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David Wain's Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is a hilarious Hollywood farce, delivered in his signature absurdist voice. Read
@thekentman.bsky.social
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Sundance Review: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is David Wainâs Hilarious Ode to LA
As the world continues fermenting its vile culture, the gang behind The State and Wet Hot American Summer is back to save you from the merciless onslaught of bad news. At least for 90 minutes. The dyn...
https://thefilmstage.com/sundance-review-gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass-is-david-wains-hilarious-ode-to-la/
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A Pennsylvania community clashes in our exclusive trailer premiere for the IDFA award winner An American Pastoral, arriving this month. Watch:
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RĂșnar RĂșnarsson's When the Light Breaks, now available digitally, is a drama of rawness, warmth, and depth of feeling. Read
@roryseanoc.bsky.social
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When the Light Breaks Review: A Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Thessaloniki coverage. When the Light Breaks is now available digitally. Watching When the Light Breaks on a recent day in Thessaloniki, ...
https://thefilmstage.com/thessaloniki-review-when-the-light-breaks-showcases-a-dawn-to-dusk-tragedy-with-raw-depth/
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Jack Auen and Kevin Walker's
#Chronovisor
is an early 2026 highlight: a dizzying, discombobulating, erudite conspiracy picture surrounding an impossible invention. Read
@leonardogoi.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review from
#IFFR2026
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Rotterdam Review: Chronovisor Uncovers the Greatest Conspiracy Never Told
Itâs a tall tale out of a Borges story, the wildest conspiracy theory youâve never heard. In the 1960s, Italian Benedictine monk Pellegrino Ernetti claimed to have invented a machine that allowed one ...
https://thefilmstage.com/rotterdam-review-chronovisor-uncovers-the-greatest-conspiracy-never-told/
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Olivia Wildeâs The Invite is a knockout relationship comedy that offers the now-too-rare experience of communal delight. Read
@thekentman.bsky.social
's Critic's Pick review from Sundance:
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i felt slightly let down by ISLANDS last year but the world has turned progressively bleaker since so no worries if youâd prefer a Canary islands-set thriller to reality
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Andrew Stantonâs In the Blink of an Eye is 2026's first true dud, an immensely dated, hyper-polished film that purports to be a celebration of the human spirit but is actually technofuturist propaganda. Read our Sundance review:
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Sundance Review: Andrew Stantonâs In the Blink of an Eye is Technofuturist Propaganda
Certain warning signs might signal a filmâs poor quality: calendar release date, lack of promotional materials, a lack of press screenings, late embargoes, a late premiere in a festival. A criticâs du...
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