The Settlers Director Felipe Gálvez: “The Western is a Propaganda Genre”

A film over a decade in the making, Felipe Gálvez's directorial debut The Settlers takes a formally thrilling look at the brutal genocide of the now-extinct Se...

C.J. Prince’s Top 10 Films of 2023

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. In 2...

Zhuo-Ning Su’s Top 10 Films of 2023

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Some...

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2023

Following The Film Stage's collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. Ther...

New to Streaming: Anatomy of a Fall, Trenque Lauquen, Maestro, Saltburn, Dream Scenario & More

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 r...

The Best Undistributed Films of 2023

After highlighting the 50 best films you may have missed this year and our overall top 50 films of 2023, today we put our spotlight on those that need a home i...

The 50 Best 2023 Films You Might Have Missed

As the arthouse cinema market continues to regain its footing, the list of what may be considered an overlooked film could be quite vast, depending on one's me...

Pedro Costa on Needing Your Desire and the Stevie Wonder-Like Vision Fueling The Daughters of Fire

Rarely does a short generate interest like The Daughters of Fire, an ink-to-runtime ratio that could best be explained by its status as Pedro Costa's first pro...

The Best Directorial Debuts of 2023

Though we aim to discuss a wide breadth of films each year, few things give us more pleasure than the arrival of bold, new voices. It's why we venture to festi...

Film Fest Knox Introduces New Ways of Seeing in Inaugural Edition

We are less than a year removed from Robert Redford’s provocative declaration, at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s opening presser, that “there are too many f...