Rockwell on the pod!!! We talk SAFE MEN, SNOW ANGELS, THE WINNING SEASON, his new Gore VERBINSKI movie! So great, give it a listen : )

"I’m always trying to do more minimalistic stuff on film, but I often get called upon to do 'a lot' of acting." Sam Rockwell talks about career highlights with @djmecca.bsky.social and @codonnell.bsky.social on @tfsbside.bsky.social:

See the first trailer for Mark Jenkin's #RoseofNevada, arriving this June.

Mike Leigh has wrapped filming his untitled next film, starring Marion Bailey (Mr. Turner), Paul Jesson (All or Nothing), Kate O’Flynn (Happy-Go-Lucky), and Alice Bailey Johnson (Hard Truths). We named it one of our most-anticipated films of 2026: thefilmstage.com/the-100-most...

Marina Person uncorks a midlife crisis in our exclusive poster debut for Gabe Klinger's Berlinale premiere Isabel. Watch the first trailer: thefilmstage.com/trailer-and-...

Gabriel Mascaro’s Berlinale winner #TheBlueTrail opens this April. See the new trailer:

Watch the new trailer for Nadav Lapid's divisive, blistering satire Yes, opening next month.

Charli XCX's cinematic year continues with the first trailer for Erupcja, opening this April.

Emerald Fennell’s highly sexualized yet oddly square Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of failed transgression. Read our review:

Seven years after collaborating on The Plagiarists, James N. Kienitz and Robin Schavoir return with The Misconceived—another incisive, inventive movie about the anxieties faced by the never-quite-made-it creative class. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's @iffr-festival.bsky.social review:

Our exclusive trailer premiere for #MicroBudget finds Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, Jon Gabrus, and more making a disaster. Watch ahead of a February 27 release: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...

Ahead of our world premiere next month, the trailer for HEKLA just dropped as an exclusive at The Film Stage!

PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE THIS IS ONE OF LAST YEAR’S BEST MOVIES 🚨NOT A DRILL🚨

Kid Blue!

Henry Fonda for President, one of last year's great docs, is streaming for free this week only on Le Cinema Club. Read our interview with director Alexander Horwath: thefilmstage.com/charting-the... Listen to Nick Newman and Zach Lewis' conversation: thefilmstage.com/emulsion-epi...

We made a movie

"I want to protect the things that are real. That’s a big part of what’s happening with film and television right now and with storytelling. How do we protect these things we love?" Noah Segan discusses crafting The Only Living Pickpocket in New York with @thekentman.bsky.social:

Our exclusive trailer premiere for Michael Glover Smith’s #Hekla captures a day in the life of an artist. Watch: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...

Isabelle Huppert is #TheBloodCountess in our exclusive poster debut for Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlinale premiere. 🩸🧛 Learn more: thefilmstage.com/isabelle-hup...

The first trailer for David Fincher's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel is here.

Official 2026 Writing Thread. Had a very lovely chat with the director of what might be my favorite film of last year. bsky.app/profile/thef...

My latest movie poster rant for February 2026 US releases is up at @thefilmstage.com. #posterizedpropaganda

What's your favorite poster for a new release this month? @jaredmobarak.com analyzes the art of February:

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:

#Wicker, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, 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:

See our exclusive poster premiere for Marcelo Martinessi's #Narciso, debuting at Berlinale 2026.

"If you pan away from kinky sex, you are judging it as a director. You’re 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:

Veteran director Yoji Yamada has returned with his 93rd film, #TokyoTaxi, a middlebrow crowdpleaser that’s elevated by two seasoned lead performances—in other words, exactly what it needs to be. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's review from Rotterdam:

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.

The best movies now playing in theaters: thefilmstage.com/the-best-mov...

The Sundance premiere #TakeMeHome is striking in its authenticity and originality, which is perhaps why an abrupt tonal shift feels out of place.

Michael Almereyda’s vampire film Nadja debuts in a long-overdue 4K restoration, and more films to see in NYC this weekend.

Cathy Yan's #TheGallerist, starring Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega, is a satire of the art world that can't find the humor.

Part-coming-of-age, part-political-thriller, Charlotte Zhang’s' #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:

With Scarlet, Mamoru Hosoda’s 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:

I loved HA-CHAN, and I think you will too

One of my favorites of the fest gets the glowing write-up it deserves!

Oliver Laxe's Sirāt 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: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

Love conquers death in the first trailer for Grace Glowicki’s #DeadLover, arriving this March. Watch: thefilmstage.com/love-conquer...

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:

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: thefilmstage.com/cannes-revie...

Mario isn't the only videogame adaptation arriving this April.

#Pillion, starring Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård, is truly provocative, funny, honest, and strangely touching. Read our Critic's Pick review:

"Cinema really warmed my soul and made me discover that I even have a soul inside." Oliver Laxe talks Sirāt with @brndnstrssng.bsky.social as his Oscar-nominated film hits U.S. theaters:

#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:

Films from Gore Verbinski, Oliver Laxe, Hong Sangsoo, Zhang Yiimou, and more to see in theaters this month.

Ethan Hawke mines a wealth of sensitivity in the gripping thriller #TheWeight. Read @thekentman.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review from Sundance:

A new poster for Pedro Almodóvar's next feature Bitter Christmas. Watch a new Spanish trailer: thefilmstage.com/pedro-almodo...

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.

David Lynch's Unrecorded Night will be published in script form, according to his daughter.