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John Wilson is interested in the mundane. He’s fascinated by the specificity of a neighborhood, a building, a sidewalk, a person. In his new documentary and feature directorial debut, The History of Concrete, a follow-up to the HBO series How To with John Wilson, he’s fascinated by concrete. And so he spends 100-ish minutes explaining […] The post John Wilson on The History of Concrete, Vulnerability, and Impermanence first appeared on The Film Stage.

About as anticipated as a six-hour documentary on exiled Russian journalists gets, Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile—the follow-up to 2024’s Last Air in Moscow, the winner of our Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award—has seemingly proved worthy of all the time needed onscreen and off, all the while accumulating executive producers […] The post Julia Loktev’s Landmark Documentary Continues In Trailer for My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile first appeared on The Film Stage.

Nearly a decade after his last feature Loveless, and a great amount of personal and political strife in between as he dealt with severe COVID and living in exile, Andrey Zvyagintsev returned to Cannes with his latest drama. The Claude Chabrol-inspired Minotaur, which picked up the Grand Prix, will now get a theatrical release on November […] The post Minotaur Trailer: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Winner Opens This November first appeared on The Film Stage.

Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical run. While we already provide extensive monthly new-release recommendations and weekly streaming recommendations, as distributors’ roll-outs can vary, this is a one-stop list to share the […] The post The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters first appeared on The Film Stage.