Everyone knows it’s hard to get college students to do the reading—remember books? But the attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word. Professors are now finding that they can’t even get ...

From 'A Real Pain' and 'Minari' to 'Past Lives' and 'Coda,' take a look back at some the memorable movies that inspired and engaged audiences long after they debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.

'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle’ (Crunchy Roll) What do we do when we start making a movie? We yell “action!” because that’s what this medium is all about. On a basic, ...

Every year, the awards gods decree that a certain group of films are the most noteworthy. Many of the same titles end up appearing on every list of critics association awards, guild nominations and ...

The best films of 2025 emerged from a landscape as politically volatile and competitively lopsided as the darkest days in Hollywood history. This climate of consolidation and capitulation gave a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Rob Reiner was born into the lineage of comedy thanks to his father, television pioneer Carl Reiner, and he first ...

For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2025. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable ...

Anyone will tell you that these are tumultuous, borderline-apocalyptic times for the film industry. Box office is down. The threat of AI looms. Billionaires and tech giants are laying waste to what ...

Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith.

Great cinema has never died, but there’s something particularly heartening about the fact that it survived 2025. Looking back at this turbulent year, rife with the usual industry concerns over the ...

Quentin Tarantino has selected his top 20 movies of the 21st century, with Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down coming in first place and Lee Unkrich’s Toy Story 3 ranking second. The Oscar-winning director ...