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Roxana Hadadi @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social · 20h

from me -- a profile of Jafar Panahi, a filmmaker whose work has perfectly met our age of surveillance and interrogation and asks the imperative question of: Who are we, and what comes next? IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT = masterpiece, imo.

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

Jafar Panahi’s Cinematic Rebellions

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 16h

Sam Raimi is returning to horror for the first time in nearly two decades. Watch the first trailer for Send Help:

Sam Raimi Finally Returns to Horror in First Trailer for Send Help

For fans of Sam Raimi in horror-thriller mode, the starvation has been real. In the nearly two decades since 2009's Drag Me to Hell, the Evil Dead director has spent his talents in the worlds of Oz an...

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 18h

Juliette Binoche revealed Krzysztof Kieślowski had planned to start another film trilogy about paradise, purgatory, and hell before his untimely death in 1996. Read more from her Busan Film Festival press conference:

Juliette Binoche Reflects on Working with Krzysztof Kieślowski at Busan International Film Festival

In 2008, Juliette Binoche paired with dancer Akram Khan for in-i, an experimental dance work about a couple's dissolving relationship. They performed the piece 120 times in theaters around the world. ...

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Mindy Furano @mindyfurano.bsky.social · 3d

Another underrated goodie

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 2d

Jennifer Lopez is in top form in Kiss of the Spider Woman. It’s mesmerizing to watch her dance, commanding the screen, fully in her element.

Read @judysquirrels.bsky.social's review:

Kiss of the Spider Woman Review: Jennifer Lopez in Top Form

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Kiss of the Spider Woman arrives in theaters on October 10. In their dark, damp prison quarters, Malina (Tonatiuh) and...

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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty low yeah

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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 3d

ROOFMAN - good enough movie but truly Channing Tatum with a career-best performance.

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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 3d

My meal before this matinee screening of ROOFMAN:

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 3d

If you haven’t seen Diane Keaton in Looking For Mr. Goodbar you should watch it. She’s incredible and for years it was impossible to find. (It’s easy to find now.)

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 4d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 4d

Love Spider

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It’s Cronenberg time baby

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 6d

The U.S. trailer for Radu Jude's #Dracula takes an ambitious bite.

Watch ahead of an Oct. 29 release: thefilmstage.com/u-s-trailer-...

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 7d

Christian Petzold and Bi Gan share updates on their next films.

Christian Petzold’s Next Feature Will Follow “Political-Left Witches Who Are Killing Capitalists”; Bi Gan Offers Update on Next Feature

Christian Petzold's Miroirs No. 3 has arrived stateside and, on the occasion of its NYFF premiere, I had the pleasure of speaking to him yesterday morning. Our full conversation will arrive with the f...

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 7d

Michael Mann's Heat 2 has been acquired by Amazon MGM, with Leonardo DiCaprio rumored to take Val Kilmer's place in the prequel-sequel:
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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 8d

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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 8d

This is a great interview! OBAA fans do yourself the favor

The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 8d

One Battle After Another editor Andy Jurgensen talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about test screening cuts, keeping the momentum, and much more.

One Battle After Another Editor Andy Jurgensen on Cutting Paul Thomas Anderson’s Action-Comedy Epic

How do you make a 2.5-hour movie that feels like it flies by in a third of the time? Meet editor Andy Jurgensen, a long-time collaborator of Paul Thomas Anderson, who has followed up Licorice Pizza wi...

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Gavin @shhhitsgavin.bsky.social · 10d

If you're in New York City and seeing a film at the New York Film Festival by @filmlinc.bsky.social this weekend, I hope you get a chance to see my week 1 recap on the big screen in 4k with Dolby Atmos!! Here's the youtube version! www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Wz...

63rd New York Film Festival Week One Recap

YouTube video by Film at Lincoln Center

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 11d

The 19th edition of Buffalo International Film Festival, the birthplace of The Film Stage, has unveiled its complete lineup ahead of the festival kicking off next week.

2025 Buffalo International Film Festival Announces Lineup

17 years ago, The Film Stage was born in the city of Buffalo. For those living in or near the Western New York city, the Buffalo International Film Festival should certainly be your radar, curated by ...

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 12d

On the new Emulsion, @willsloanesq.bsky.social joins Nick Newman to discuss his excellent Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA, Wood's sui generis pleasures, where good and bad become indistinguishable, and (briefly) Woody Allen's What's with Baum?

Emulsion Ep. 16 – Will Sloan on Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA

Ed Wood died the better part of a half-century ago, and to this day his reputation as the world's worst filmmaker persists. Even in this era when seemingly everything can be reclaimed, few have made t...

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 11d

John Carpenter and Edward Yang on The Criterion Channel, plus films from Olivier Assayas, Paul Greengrass, Shane Black, and Darren Aronofsky, are among our streaming picks of the week.

New to Streaming: John Carpenter, Edward Yang, Suspended Time, Twinless & 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. Caught Stealing (Darren Ar...

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Dan Mecca @djmecca.bsky.social · 11d

Oof this movie hurts. It’s all happening right now.

The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 11d

Orwell: 2+2=5, the new documentary from Raoul Peck, serves as a stark reminder of indisputable facts and the rate at which they are disappearing.

Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review:

Orwell: 2+2=5 Review: A Succinct Warning for What’s Already Here

"From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned," George Orwell wrote in his 1946 essay "The Prevention of Literature." Orwell: 2+2=5, the new documentary ...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 11d

"We can experience a dream together in a theater. It’s a communal feeling that can’t be duplicated in any other media.”

Bi Gan discusses Resurrection, the importance of dreams, ambitious shots, and the everlasting power of cinema at the Busan Film Festival:

“Cinema Will Not Come to an End”: Bi Gan on Resurrection

One of the most anticipated films in the newly established Competition section at this year's Busan International Film Festival was Resurrection, an epic look at cinema history from Bi Gan. For almost...

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