After his extraordinary debut Martha Marcy May Marlene, which explored the harrowing experience of being part of a cult–and served as a breakout performance...
Considering his talented streak, the Joaquin Phoenix business isn't a bad one to get into, and Amazon Studios have done just that. After releasing Lynne Ram...
After earning much acclaim for her noir-tinged drama Winter's Bone, which served as a break-out for Jennifer Lawrence, Debra Granik is finally back with her...
Persona non grata no more. After being banned from Cannes Film Festival for his Hitler-related remarks back during the Melancholia premiere, Lars von Trier ...
A regular at the Cannes Film Festival, Marion Cotillard opened the ceremonies last year with Arnaud Desplechin's excellent Ismael's Ghosts, and now she's ba...
The most powerful experience I've had at a theater this year is during Jennifer Fox's The Tale at Sundance, but it won't be the way the majority of viewers ...
After toying with the mortality of its ensemble in every single film across its now 10-year franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally reached a point...
On the film festival circuit last fall, Jessica Chastain brought two films, but in order to not distract from the awards ambitions of Molly's Game, the othe...
Due to the childish spat between Cannes and Netflix, it means we won't be seeing the most monumental release of 2018, Orson Welles' posthumous film The Othe...
Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.