The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2019

For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we're providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage's favorite films of 2019. We've asked our contributors to...

Cinematographer Natasha Braier on the Response to ‘The Neon Demon’ and the Playground of Music Videos

Few working DPs can boast as muscular an interplay between feature films, commercials, and music videos as Natasha Braier....

The Best Films at the 2019 Toronto, Venice, Telluride, and Locarno Film Festivals

With the Toronto International Film Festival concluding this past weekend and Telluride, Venice, and Locarno in the rearview, the first phase of fall film festivals have concluded....

50 Films to See This Fall

As summer cools down, we're entering perhaps the best time of year for cinephiles....

Shia LaBeouf Digs into the Trauma of His Past in First Red Band Trailer for ‘Honey Boy’

Shia LaBeouf has once again gone meta, starring in (and writing) Honey Boy, a film based on his own experiences with his alcoholic father, played by LaBeouf...

15 Films to See in August

The summer movie season is now winding down and, in a reversal of prevailing expectations, August brings one of the best slates of the entire year. ...

TIFF 2019 Lineup Includes ‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘Knives Out,’ ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ & More

44th Toronto International Film Festival have announced the first round-up of premieres for the Gala and Special Presentations programmes. Highlights includ...

The Best Films of Sundance Film Festival 2019

With over 50 films viewed and more coverage coming from the Sundance Film Festival, it's time to wrap up the first major cinema event in 2019....

Sundance 2019 Winners Include ‘Clemency,’ ‘The Souvenir,’ ‘One Child Nation’ & More

Before we unveil our favorites of Sundance Film Festival 2019, the juries and audiences have selected their 28 feature filmmaking picks from 121 total films...

Sundance Review: ‘Honey Boy’ Finds Shia LaBeouf Earnestly Confronting His Traumatic Upbringing

Following sci-fi sound effects over the opening credits on a black screen, Honey Boy begins with a hard cut on the face of Lucas Hedges as he’s pulled back on a...