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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 29/09/2026
Michael Mann's 'Miami Vice: The Director's Final Cut' features "a significantly recut final act" with unused footage to reflect his preferred ending. Read more before a 4K edition arrives December 15: thefilmstage.com/michael-mann...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 28/09/2026
Sandra Hüller leads the first trailer for Markus Schleinzer's #Rose, a Berlinale winner and Austria's Oscar entry. Watch: thefilmstage.com/rose-trailer...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 28/09/2026
Eleanor Coppola's Making Marie Antoinette is both an engrossing time capsule of Sofia Coppola finding her voice and a privileged peek behind the curtain of an initially misunderstood classic. Read our #NYFF64 Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/nyff-review-...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 28/09/2026
#MistyGreen seems to only exist as a platform for Chris Rock’s most hateful impulses. Read @judysquirrels.bsky.social's #NYFF64 review:
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NYFF Review: Chris Rock’s Misty Green Hatefully and Lazily Chronicles a Downfall
Misty Green is a disaster on all fronts. It’s a film that seems to hate its characters, the audience, and Black cinema in general. It’s a Hollywood satire with no insight. It’s a character study with ...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 27/09/2026
Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart officially reunite as more cast join.
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Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart Will Reunite for Spiritual World; Vicky Krieps, Niels Schneider, Riley Keough, Wagner Moura, and Barbara Sukowa Join Cast
When, earlier this year, Olivier Assayas told me that his next feature would be "in the vein" of Personal Shopper, it didn't take much to parse that this meant the long-rumored reunion with Kristen St...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger captures a wonderfully unguarded reunion. Read @schobie.bsky.social's review:
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Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger Review: A Wonderfully Unguarded Reunion
“I need to be myself / I can’t be no one else.” Has an opening line of a first release better captured the appeal, complexity, and intent of a band than Oasis’ 1994 debut single “Supersonic”? This sen...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026
Films by Tsui Hark, Terrence Malick, and more to see in NYC this weekend.
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NYC Weekend Watch: Tsui Hark, Bush-Era Cinema, The Tree of Life & More
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA Yuen Woo-ping series continues, featuring two Once Upon a Time in China films by Tsui Hark, Wong Kar-wai's Hong K...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026
The best movies now playing in theaters: thefilmstage.com/the-best-mov...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026
Whether familial, religious, or violent, no potential for a punch line is left hanging in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Read @jaredmobarak.com's review:
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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Review: A Hitman Story With Humor
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 TIFF coverage. The film opens in theaters on September 25. Latif (Mahershala Ali) is a righteous man. A religious man. He sees himself in...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026
Films from Alex Cox, Kane Parsons, Yuiga Danzuka, and more are among our streaming picks of the week.
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New to Streaming: Dead Souls, Brand New Landscape, Backrooms, Idiots & 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 round-ups here. Backrooms (Kane Parsons) T...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026
The first trailer has arrived for the most essential documentary of the year. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's #NAZA examines the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Watch: thefilmstage.com/naza-trailer...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 24/09/2026
#TheIncomer is building towards a proto-Bill Forsyth mixture of tones here, and the first act gets close. Unfortunately, it all gets a bit repetitive. Local Hero this is not. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review:
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The Incomer Review: Plenty of Character, Not Enough Laughs
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on September 25. The extended opening of The Incomer, written and directed by Louis Paxton,...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 24/09/2026
Liz Sargent’s sensitive Sundance winner #TakeMeHome is both witty and heartbreaking.
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Take Me Home Review: A Heartbreaking Indictment of a Failing Social Safety Net
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on September 23. Working with her sister Anna—a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a developme...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 24/09/2026
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: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 24/09/2026
Paula Andrea González-Nasser's debut #TheScout explores an oft-forgotten role in the filmmaking process, finding comedy in monotony.
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The Scout Review: Finding Comedy in Monotony
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Tribeca coverage. The film opens in theaters on September 25. For her debut, writer-director Paula Andrea González-Nasser chose to explor...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 24/09/2026
Robert Pattinson was born for #Primetime, playing Chris Hansen as a shamelessly vile character, whose every motivation is depicted as selfish, self-aggrandizing, or both, and almost always at the cost of others. Read our Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/venice-revie...
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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thrilled to see the video I researched, wrote and narrated for @criterion.bsky.social's NOUVELLE VAGUE 4K praised by Richard Linklater in an interview with @thefilmstage.com's Nick Newman. "Within the Wave" is a dossier of less-familiar New Wave figures in the film. thefilmstage.com/a-little-con...
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A Little Concentrated Thought: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague‘s Criterion Release, Cinephilia at Home, and Zabriskie Point
You would think that any filmmaker—no matter the Oscar nominations, an enviable ability to work with A-list stars and complete unknowns at once, several iconic films to your name, a name that is itsel...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
A father searches for their son in the first trailer for Michal Marczak’s Sundance and Thessaloniki winner #Closure.
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Closure Trailer: Michal Marczak’s Sundance and Thessaloniki Winner Arrives In October
After first landing on my radar with the wondrous All These Sleepless Nights, Michal Marczak returned this year with another film blending the realms of fact and fiction. Closure, a documentary that i...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
While Andrew Haigh's adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s short story is sketched more broadly than previous work, it’s still a reflection of the director's empathy, intelligence, and keen narrative instincts. Read @thekentman.bsky.social's #NYFF64 review of #ALongWinter:
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NYFF Review: A Long Winter Finds Andrew Haigh Empathetically Capturing a Loss of Innocence
In his second decade of feature filmmaking, Andrew Haigh has stealthily become one of cinema’s most emotionally perceptive voices. His characters never anticipate what’s coming their way, and he uses ...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
Straddling the real and supernatural, Jacqueline Lentzou’s bold, staggeringly inventive A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra wants to probe the divide between life and death. Read @leonardogoi.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review of the Venice and NYFF selection: thefilmstage.com/nyff-review-...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
We recommend 12 undistributed films to see at the 64th New York Film Festival, beginning Friday:
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12 Undistributed Films to See at the 64th New York Film Festival
As exciting as it can be to catch some of the most-anticipated films of the year in their festival debuts, it's perhaps even more enticing to seek out the work that one may not have a chance to see fo...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
The first trailer for Brad Bird's #RayGunn enters a world of sci-fi and noir. Watch: thefilmstage.com/first-traile...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
You can now see more of You Can See Everything.
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Full Trailer for Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything Arrives as Tickets Go on Sale
While I don't want to watch another second of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything before experiencing the film in theaters, A24 has now dropped the...
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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Come watch silent movies in Pittsburgh!!!
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 23/09/2026
One of the greatest films ever made in Japan or anywhere else, The Man Who Stole the Sun has been given a 4K restoration that opens domestically on October 16. Watch the new trailer:
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The Man Who Stole the Sun Trailer Heralds 4K Restoration of Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s Masterpiece
This is a big one. You're also forgiven for knowing nothing of it. Nearly 50 years ago, Leonard Schrader—brother of Paul, co-writer of Blue Collar and Mishima—originated the idea for a film concerning...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 22/09/2026
The 2026 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival features classics from 1926, including restorations and live accompaniment. Pittsburgh resident @djmecca.bsky.social reports on the festival, kicking off Friday:
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2026 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival Features Classics From 1926 Including Restorations and Live Accompaniment
Starting this weekend, the Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival will screen films from 1926 at venues all around the city. Put on by the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society (PSFS), the festival is a recent and ...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 22/09/2026
Marine Atlan’s new classic La Gradiva opens this December. Watch the U.S. trailer:
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U.S. Trailer for Marine Atlan’s Cannes Winner La Gradiva, Arriving This December
In a year of strong starts, none is more astonishing than La Gradiva, the directorial debut of cinematographer Marine Atlan (Jessica Forever, The Girl in the Snow). Premiering at Cannes Critics' Week,...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 22/09/2026
"A lot of that's pretty private little stuff, but I trust Criterion so much. Their heart's always in the right place for their audience, and I know this audience well.” Richard Linklater talks to Nick Newman about his latest Criterion release:
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A Little Concentrated Thought: Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague‘s Criterion Release, Cinephilia at Home, and Zabriskie Point
You would think that any filmmaker—no matter the Oscar nominations, an enviable ability to work with A-list stars and complete unknowns at once, several iconic films to your name, a name that is itsel...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 22/09/2026
An American epic unfurls in the new trailer for James Gray’s Paper Tiger. Watch: thefilmstage.com/an-american-...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 21/09/2026
The first poster for James Gray's #PaperTiger, making its North American premiere at NYFF on Friday and arriving in theaters in November. We named it one of 50 films to see this fall: thefilmstage.com/50-films-to-...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 21/09/2026
"I think the state of the world is oppressively horrible right now. I just don't know who would dispute that. So of course I think interesting filmmakers will want to tackle that." Dennis Lim talks with Nick Newman about the 64th New York Film Festival, beginning Friday:
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Dennis Lim on the 64th New York Film Festival, the “Alarming” NAZA Discourse, and Films to Seek
If you live in New York, you know this is the best time of year for filmgoing; if you don’t, you probably realize such and just wish you were here. The 64th New York Film Festival begins this Friday, ...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 21/09/2026
We're thrilled to premiere the U.S. poster for Marine Atlan’s astonishing debut feature #LaGradiva, coming soon to NYFF and opening in theaters on December 18. Learn more: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-po...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 21/09/2026
The official trailer for David Fincher's The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth has arrived ahead of an exclusive IMAX run.
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The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth Trailer: David Fincher, Quentin Tarantino, and Brad Pitt Return to Hollywood
While Quentin Tarantino is doing everything possible not to direct his tenth and potentially final film (including prepping the new stage play The Popinjay Cavaliers, a 1830s Europe-set swashbuckling ...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 20/09/2026
The Zellner Brothers' Alpha Gang is a silly, charming, high-concept sci-fi comedy that offers Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. room to be expressive and vulnerable. Read @judysquirrels.bsky.social's #TIFF26 review:
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TIFF Review: Alpha Gang Is a Silly, Charming, High-Concept Sci-Fi Comedy
Alpha Gang is an incredibly silly and charming film, the kind of high-concept comedy American directors rarely get to make anymore. Thankfully, David and Nathan Zellner (last seen with 2024’s Sasquatc...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 20/09/2026
The #TIFF26 premiere The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs is an elegiac portrait of an indigenous Peruvian artist.
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TIFF Review: The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs Is an Elegiac Portrait of an Indigenous Peruvian Artist
Seventy-five year-old Indigenous Peruvian artist Sara Flores came to fame late in life, as she acknowledges in The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs. Yet her art and activism resonate with force and c...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 20/09/2026
Luca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander are terrific together in The Echo Chamber, which realizes Bernardo Bertolucci's last unfinished screenplay.
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Venice Review: The Echo Chamber Creates Terrific Chemisty for Luca Marinelli and Alicia Vikander
“My own destruction might be exactly what I want.” - Leo Italian cinema maestro Bernardo Bertolucci died in 2018, leaving behind one unfinished screenplay. For his fourth feature, burgeoning Italian w...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026
Garth Jennings' Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? is a brilliant victory lap, showing that lanky, lovably louche frontman Jarvis Cocker may look a bit older, but he’s clearly lost none of his wit (or dance moves). Read @schobie.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/pulp-what-do...
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Kent M. Wilhelm @thekentman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You may not have known this movie is coming out or that it happens to be in theaters now but it is and it's a true adventure picture featuring a terrific Ethan Hawke smuggling gold with a bunch of prisoners. It is well worth your time, money, and adrenaline.
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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RESIDENT EVIL Cregger’s best
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026
The Sundance selection Ghost in the Machine, now on YouTube, lays out the evils on which A.I. is built. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026
Here's the best films now playing in theaters: thefilmstage.com/the-best-mov...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026
We discuss the career of New Jersey legend James Gandolfini on a new episode of @tfsbside.bsky.social with special guest @jasondashbailey.com, author of a biography on the late, legendary actor!
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The B-Sides of James Gandolfini with Jason Bailey
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we discuss New Jersey legend James Gandol...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026
#BadApples, starring Saoirse Ronan, is a damning political indictment disguised as a fun, twisty thriller. Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review as it opens in theaters.
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Bad Apples Review: Saoirse Ronan Leads a Twisty Thriller
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 BFI London coverage. The film opens in theaters on September 18. To international viewers, Bad Apples will play like a conventional dark ...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026
Walter Thompson-Hernández’s feature debut If I Go Will They Miss Me finds poetic beauty in the quotidian. Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
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If I Go Will They Miss Me Reviewing: Finding Poetic Beauty in Coming of Age
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on September 18. Finding poetic beauty in the quotidian, Walter Thompson-Hernández’s If I G...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 18/09/2026
#TheWeight is an intense and, at times, brutal thriller that is crowd-pleasing without being pandering, featuring a remarkable Ethan Hawke performance. Read @thekentman.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review as it opens in theaters: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
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C.J. Prince @cjprince.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The new Takashi Miike film, another entry in the odd franchise of the Bad Lieutenant series, unfortunately sucks. My review:
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C.J. Prince @cjprince.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tim Blake Nelson's The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd has a great cast (including an excellent small role by the always reliable Elizabeth Marvel) but Nelson just doesn't have the goods as a writer and director to pull this off My review:
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 18/09/2026
John Wilson's feature debut The History of Concrete is a joyous ride full of his now-trademark detours and persistent, underlying sadness at both the state of New York (his first and true love) and the world at large. Read our Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 18/09/2026
Tim Blake Nelson’s heartfelt intentions with 'The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd' demand respect but the weak material results in Southern-fried miserablism. Read @cjprince.bsky.social's #TIFF26 review:
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TIFF Review: Tim Blake Nelson’s Heartfelt Approach to The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd Can’t Escape a Sense of Miserablism
Forgiveness and redemption lie at the heart of Tim Blake Nelson’s The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, which sees the actor returning to the role of writer-director after more than a decade. Set in Ok...
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 18/09/2026
Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo proves a dull, insipid, lazy take on a formula designed to let loose. Read @cjprince.bsky.social's #TIFF26 review:
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TIFF Review: Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo Is a Lazy, Insipid Addition to an Unlikely Franchise
On paper, hiring Takashi Miike to add his own spin to Bad Lieutenant, an unlikely franchise stemming from Abel Ferrara’s controversial 1992 film, makes perfect sense. Edward R. Pressman, the late prod...
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