After highlighting the most overlooked films of 2021, today we put our spotlight on those that need a home in the first place: movies we loved on the festival circuit—from Berlinale, SXSW, Sundance, ...

Putting together year-end “best of” lists is never easy, but there are certain categories that make the annual chore go down with relish. This year: a truly inspiring crop of feature directorial ...

Before getting started, let me lay out some criteria and explanation about my selection process. First and foremost, the movies had to have their initial release in 2021. There are some films that ...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2021, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists. There should therefore be no surprise that my ...

2021 was a great year for movies. I found myself moved and entertained by so many pictures this year that it’s hard to disqualify some of them based on minor technicalities, but such is the nature of ...

Representation of female protagonists and BIPOC women in 2021’s top-grossing films have ticked up slightly from the previous year, the latest study from San Diego State University‘s Dr. Martha Lauzen ...

2021 would seem like the strangest year for moviegoing in all of our respective lifetimes were it not for 2020. Things didn’t exactly return to normal over the last 12 months; we’re still very much in ...