The Film Stage Presents

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Bilge Ebiri to discuss Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which is now on Netflix. Be sure to read Ebiri's recent feature for Vulture on the sequel and why it's the director's nastiest film. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel,...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Katie Rife to discuss Amy Seimetz's She Dies Tomorrow, which is now available digitally. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all new Patreon supporters will rece...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Alex Heeney to discuss Kelly Reichardt's First Cow, which is now available digitally. Heeney is part of the Seventh Row team that recently released Roads to Nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams. One can also listen to our Intermission episode on Certain...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, Intermission is a...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Jessica Kiang to discuss Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, the new film from the Ross brothers, which is now available digitally. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, a...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham welcome back former TFS Show co-host Amada Waltz for a lively discussion of many things, including (eventually) Natalie Erika James' debut horror feature Relic, which is now available digitally. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, Intermission is a...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Michael Snydel are joined by Andy Crump to discuss the time loop comedy Palm Springs, now available on Hulu. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all new Patreon supporters will receive a free Blu-ray/DVD....

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Eric Marsh to discuss David Mamet's con drama House of Games, now available to rent digitally or on The Criterion Collection. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Beatrice Loayza to discuss Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, now available on Netflix. One can also tune into our recent discussion of Showgirls with You Don't Nomi director Jeffery McHale on this feed. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private S...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, Intermission is a...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Robert Daniels to discuss Andrew Patterson's striking debut The Vast of Night which is now on Amazon Prime. We also want to direct our listeners to a resource here you can learn about ways to help out in your community in the fight against injustice and...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel (co-host of The Fi...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Odie Henderson to discuss Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods, which is now on Netflix. It's an epic, nearly three-hour discussion exploring the consciously dissonant choices of Spike Lee's movies, representations of masculine pain in film, genre tropes as a cinema...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel (co-host of The Fi...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Alissa Wilkinson to discuss Josephine Decker's Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss, which is now available on Hulu. One can also read our interview with Decker at thefilmstage.com We also want to direct our listeners to a resource where you can learn about...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Jeffrey McHale, director of You Don't Nomi, to discuss Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls and his documentary exploring its initial reception and reappraisal as a cult classic. You Don't Nomi arrives digitally on June 9. Enter our giveaways, get access to our p...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel (co-host of The Fi...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Brian Tallerico to discuss Robert Altman's gambling drama California Split, now available on Amazon Prime. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel (co-host of The Fi...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Esther Zuckerman to discuss David Fincher's The Social Network, now available on Netflix. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all new Patreon suppo...

Hi there! Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel (co-host...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Jourdain Searles to discuss Sofia Coppola's debut The Virgin Suicides, which was released in U.S. theaters 20 years ago this spring and is now available on Amazon Prime and The Criterion Collection. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack c...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Neil Bahadur to discuss Steven Spielberg's 2002 drama Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, and many other famous faces. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon co...

Hi there! Welcome to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. In a time when arthouse theaters are hurting more than ever and there are a plethora of streaming options at your fingertips, we wanted to introduce new conversations that put a specific focus on the films that are foundational or perhaps overlooked in cinephile culture. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel (co-host of T...