Jordan Raup
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It's pretty staggering that three documentaries that will go down as among the best ever made are being released within two weeks of each other.
From Lee Chang-dong to Nathan Fielder, we recommend the 13 must-see films of October:
13 Films to See in October
As we go deeper into fall, the most impressive month of the year for new releases is here. Featuring no shortage of staggering, essential documentaries, as well as a few of the best international film...
thefilmstage.com
October 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
It's pretty staggering that three documentaries that will go down as among the best ever made are being released within two weeks of each other.
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu's #Digger is a satire that is stale but never boring, with Tom Cruise's Digger Rockwell closer in spirit to the tragic egotism of Magnolia’s Frank T.J. Mackey than the over-the-top comic stylings of his Tropic Thunder performance.
Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review:
Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review:
Digger Review: Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Satire Is Stale But Never Boring
Many were optimistic that the first Trump Presidential term would be, at the very least, a blessing for satire. Two years into his second term and a former member of his cabinet was the one to declare...
thefilmstage.com
September 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Alejandro G. Iñárritu's #Digger is a satire that is stale but never boring, with Tom Cruise's Digger Rockwell closer in spirit to the tragic egotism of Magnolia’s Frank T.J. Mackey than the over-the-top comic stylings of his Tropic Thunder performance.
Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review:
Read @yesitsalistair.bsky.social's review:
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#NAZA is the rare film of genuine urgency, answering a perplexing question: how does a military encourage its ethically troubled, AI-led, remote drone operators to kill women, children, and other innocents in the name of the state?
Read our Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/naza-review-...
Read our Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/naza-review-...
September 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
#NAZA is the rare film of genuine urgency, answering a perplexing question: how does a military encourage its ethically troubled, AI-led, remote drone operators to kill women, children, and other innocents in the name of the state?
Read our Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/naza-review-...
Read our Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/naza-review-...
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Hartnett came on the podcast! A dream come true truly, one of the greats and a personal fave 🙌🏻
"That’s just selfishly one of my favorite bits of being an actor. Trying to get inside the heads of these directors and figure out what it is that they want and why they want it."
Josh Hartnett joins @tfsbside.bsky.social to discuss Verity and his career:
Josh Hartnett joins @tfsbside.bsky.social to discuss Verity and his career:
Josh Hartnett on Verity and Working with Warren Beatty, Oliver Stone, and Sofia Coppola
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! And sometimes we get to talk to stars about their own B-Sides! Today is a big one for us. The legend Josh Hartnett is on the podcast to talk abou...
thefilmstage.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Hartnett came on the podcast! A dream come true truly, one of the greats and a personal fave 🙌🏻
Loved talking with Dennis Lim about curating the incredible New York Film Festival lineup, the 2027 films he's already looking forward to considering for next year's festival, and whether he'd ever star in a Hong Sangsoo film. Listen or read below!
Dennis Lim on the 64th New York Film Festival, Selection Process, and Can't-Miss Films
NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim is joined by Jordan Raup, Associate Director of Marketing at Film at Lincoln Center, to break down the films and events you can’t miss throughout this year’s 18-day f...
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September 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Loved talking with Dennis Lim about curating the incredible New York Film Festival lineup, the 2027 films he's already looking forward to considering for next year's festival, and whether he'd ever star in a Hong Sangsoo film. Listen or read below!
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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:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
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...
thefilmstage.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
In 2015, Paul Thomas Anderson followed a Thomas Pynchon adaptation with a music documentary; in 2026, history repeats itself.
A new film by Paul Thomas Anderson is arriving this fall.
His concert documentary Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall has been acquired by Janus and Criterion, with a 35mm theatrical rollout beginning November 20.
Learn more and see the theater list: thefilmstage.com/paul-thomas-...
His concert documentary Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall has been acquired by Janus and Criterion, with a 35mm theatrical rollout beginning November 20.
Learn more and see the theater list: thefilmstage.com/paul-thomas-...
August 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In 2015, Paul Thomas Anderson followed a Thomas Pynchon adaptation with a music documentary; in 2026, history repeats itself.
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so excited this special film is getting a big rollout and press and interviews and everything it deserves!!! makes me very happy
Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore feature Dreams in Nightmares is a Black road trip film with a big heart, full of warmth, healing, and beauty.
Read @judysquirrels.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
Read @judysquirrels.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:
Dreams in Nightmares Review: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Sophomore Feature is a Cathartic Work of Healing and Beauty
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 festival coverage. The film opens on August 21, 2026. Shatara Michelle Ford’s sophomore feature Dreams in Nightmares is a Black road trip...
thefilmstage.com
August 22, 2026 at 5:32 PM
so excited this special film is getting a big rollout and press and interviews and everything it deserves!!! makes me very happy
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Phenomenal movie
One of the great debuts of the year opens next month. Watch the first trailer:
A Conspiracy of Jesus and Tech Unfurls In Trailer for Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s Chronovisor
An immediate movie-of-the-year contender, Chronovisor has lost little of its luster since a February premiere at Rotterdam. After an acquisition from Grasshopper Film, Jack Auen and Kevin Walker's fea...
thefilmstage.com
August 22, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Phenomenal movie
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CHARLOTTE WELLS IS ALIVE AND HAS A NEW SHORT AT NYFF
August 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
CHARLOTTE WELLS IS ALIVE AND HAS A NEW SHORT AT NYFF
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"Many people just come up to me crying [after the film]. They just wanted a hug. I think it wasn’t to hug me so much as hug themselves."
Ross McElwee talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting the most emotionally moving film of the year with Remake:
Ross McElwee talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting the most emotionally moving film of the year with Remake:
Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life
As personal and profound as a documentary can be, Ross McElwee has crafted a moving testament to the life of his late son, Adrian, with Remake. As established early on, Adrian passed away from a fenta...
thefilmstage.com
July 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
"Many people just come up to me crying [after the film]. They just wanted a hug. I think it wasn’t to hug me so much as hug themselves."
Ross McElwee talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting the most emotionally moving film of the year with Remake:
Ross McElwee talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting the most emotionally moving film of the year with Remake:
20 favorites so far this year:
June 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
20 favorites so far this year:
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"Film has this magical side where you can 'resuscitate' people and make them alive again."
Carla Simón talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about concluding her family trilogy with #Romería, being inspired by Antonioni, and working with Hélène Louvart:
Carla Simón talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about concluding her family trilogy with #Romería, being inspired by Antonioni, and working with Hélène Louvart:
“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni
Excavating her past in deeply moving ways, Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón has completed her family trilogy with Romería, following her debut Summer 1993 and Golden Bear winner Alcarràs. When a teenager...
thefilmstage.com
June 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"Film has this magical side where you can 'resuscitate' people and make them alive again."
Carla Simón talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about concluding her family trilogy with #Romería, being inspired by Antonioni, and working with Hélène Louvart:
Carla Simón talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about concluding her family trilogy with #Romería, being inspired by Antonioni, and working with Hélène Louvart:
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Thank you Daniel!
And thank you Tribecca!
And thank you Tribecca!
Lilly Wachowski (@lillywachowski.bsky.social) at Tribeca for the 30th anniversary of #Bound.
Explore more 📸 from Daniel Dickerman in The Film Stage's Tribeca Festival 2026 portrait gallery: thefilmstage.com/the-film-sta...
Explore more 📸 from Daniel Dickerman in The Film Stage's Tribeca Festival 2026 portrait gallery: thefilmstage.com/the-film-sta...
June 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Thank you Daniel!
And thank you Tribecca!
And thank you Tribecca!
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The Sandra Hüller-narrated #Underland, opening in theaters today, takes a compelling if straightforward excavation into the depths of our planet.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
Underland Review: Uncovering Subterranean Wonders
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Tribeca coverage. The film opens in theaters on June 5. As humanity continues mining Earth’s resources with wanton abandon, the concerns ...
thefilmstage.com
June 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Sandra Hüller-narrated #Underland, opening in theaters today, takes a compelling if straightforward excavation into the depths of our planet.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
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This year's wave of exceptional Canadian cinema continues with Chloé Robichaud’s #TwoWomen, a playful, raucous, and wholly heartfelt sex comedy.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review as the Sundance selection opens in U.S. theaters:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review as the Sundance selection opens in U.S. theaters:
Two Women Review: Sex Comedy Flips the Script with Hilarious, Refreshing Frankness
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 24. If, by and large, American cinema has taken a puritanical view on sex, leave i...
thefilmstage.com
April 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This year's wave of exceptional Canadian cinema continues with Chloé Robichaud’s #TwoWomen, a playful, raucous, and wholly heartfelt sex comedy.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review as the Sundance selection opens in U.S. theaters:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review as the Sundance selection opens in U.S. theaters:
Jane Schoenbrun, Steven Spielberg, Lucrecia Martel, Gregg Araki, Christopher Nolan, Mark Jenkin, Boots Riley, Carla Simón, David Robert Mitchell, Yeon Sang-ho, Ildikó Enyedi & more!
@thefilmstage.com's summer movie preview, featuring zero sequels, reboots, and superheroes, is here.
@thefilmstage.com's summer movie preview, featuring zero sequels, reboots, and superheroes, is here.
Explore 40 must-see films in The Film Stage's 2026 summer movie preview:
40 Films to See This Summer
The summer season is upon us and, as with every year, we’ve dug beyond studio offerings to present an in-depth look at what should be on your radar. From festival winners of the past year to selection...
thefilmstage.com
April 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Jane Schoenbrun, Steven Spielberg, Lucrecia Martel, Gregg Araki, Christopher Nolan, Mark Jenkin, Boots Riley, Carla Simón, David Robert Mitchell, Yeon Sang-ho, Ildikó Enyedi & more!
@thefilmstage.com's summer movie preview, featuring zero sequels, reboots, and superheroes, is here.
@thefilmstage.com's summer movie preview, featuring zero sequels, reboots, and superheroes, is here.
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Folks I think we’re making a movie. Anyone who still wants to come in for a point of the sale can still do so, or really join the production in any capacity. We are still open for business.
Our friend and frequent guest @honorszombie.bsky.social has a movie in the works and could definitely use some support.
It’s a great project with great humans behind it. Donate if you can or just share!
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It’s a great project with great humans behind it. Donate if you can or just share!
gofund.me/78ad3f30d
Donate to Help Scout Tafoya Bring His Film to Life, organized by Scout Tafoya
I am a filmmaker named Scout Tafoya and I am in a bind. I'm supposed to be makin… Scout Tafoya needs your support for Help Scout Tafoya Bring His Film to Life
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April 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Folks I think we’re making a movie. Anyone who still wants to come in for a point of the sale can still do so, or really join the production in any capacity. We are still open for business.
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"It’s a movie about an older woman who wants to fly, but in the end she discovers she can fly even higher than she imagined."
#TheBlueTrail director Gabriel Mascaro talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his Berlinale winner, opening Friday:
#TheBlueTrail director Gabriel Mascaro talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his Berlinale winner, opening Friday:
The Blue Trail Director Gabriel Mascaro on Coming-of-Age Inversion, Playful Dystopias, and Conservative Awakenings
It's a scenario that, under certain fascistic goverments, may not seem so far away: in order to increase economic output, the elders of society are mandated to live out their lives in far-off colonies...
thefilmstage.com
March 31, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"It’s a movie about an older woman who wants to fly, but in the end she discovers she can fly even higher than she imagined."
#TheBlueTrail director Gabriel Mascaro talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his Berlinale winner, opening Friday:
#TheBlueTrail director Gabriel Mascaro talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his Berlinale winner, opening Friday:
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Petra Volpe’s #LateShift is a work of high intensity and acute resonance, even if it lacks a certain personality by design.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
Late Shift Review: A Highly Intense, Single-Minded Procedural
Leonie Benesch can’t catch a break. After being put through the wringer contending with the intense demands of the school system in the Academy Award-nominated The Teachers’ Lounge, the actor’s latest...
thefilmstage.com
March 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Petra Volpe’s #LateShift is a work of high intensity and acute resonance, even if it lacks a certain personality by design.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's review:
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"This time I used the method that Disney was using since Snow White."
Sylvain Chomet talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his first film in 15 years:
Sylvain Chomet talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his first film in 15 years:
Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Returning to Triplets of Belleville
"The idea of the young [Marcel] Pagnol visiting the older Pagnol is nowhere to be found in his books," director Sylvain Chomet tells me when it comes to A Magificent Life, his first film in fifteen ye...
thefilmstage.com
March 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"This time I used the method that Disney was using since Snow White."
Sylvain Chomet talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his first film in 15 years:
Sylvain Chomet talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about crafting his first film in 15 years:
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Kai Stänicke's Trial of Hein takes a Dogville-esque approach to exploring identity and memory.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
Berlinale Review: Trial of Hein Is a Rigorous Debut Feature Questioning Identity and Memory
From Biblical tales of the prodigal son to Zach Braff’s Garden State, stories of returning home after an extended absence are ripe territory to explore reconciliation and changed identity. With his ri...
thefilmstage.com
February 23, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Kai Stänicke's Trial of Hein takes a Dogville-esque approach to exploring identity and memory.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
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"We shoot so, so much footage, but the real discipline is that we then cut 95% of it out." Matt Johnson talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about setting the bar for action and comedy this year wiht Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie:
“We Cut 95% of It Out”: Matt Johnson on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Constant Re-Editing, and Season 3
From its humble beginnings as a scrappy viral web series nearly two decades ago, Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol's Groundhog Day-esque mission of attempting to book a show at Toronto's Rivoli Theatre ha...
thefilmstage.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"We shoot so, so much footage, but the real discipline is that we then cut 95% of it out." Matt Johnson talks with @jpraup.bsky.social about setting the bar for action and comedy this year wiht Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie:
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#Crocodile captures the endlessly resourceful, creative spirit of a group of Nigerian filmmakers, though it feels like an imprecise first draft of a much larger tale yet to be fully told.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
Berlinale Review: Crocodile is a Choppy Yet Inspiring Portrait of Resourceful Filmmaking
The ever-increasing accessibility of filmmaking means that anyone with basic technology can shoot and edit a film. However, only those with a story worth telling can hope to reach an audience and buil...
thefilmstage.com
February 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
#Crocodile captures the endlessly resourceful, creative spirit of a group of Nigerian filmmakers, though it feels like an imprecise first draft of a much larger tale yet to be fully told.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Berlinale review:
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Scripted with the meticulous patience of a Cristian Mungiu or Nuri Bilge Ceylan film, Visar Morina’s Sundance winner Shame and Money is a pressure-cooker of a drama about the crushing demands of capitalism.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Scripted with the meticulous patience of a Cristian Mungiu or Nuri Bilge Ceylan film, Visar Morina’s Sundance winner Shame and Money is a pressure-cooker of a drama about the crushing demands of capitalism.
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...
Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...