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 Scout Tafoya to talk about Color Out of Space, the new H.P. Lovecraft adaptation from director Richard Stanley. The Film Stage Show is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from 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 Sara Michelle Fetters to discuss Greta Gerwig's new adaptation of Little Women. The Film Stage Show is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Robyn Bahr to discuss Sam Mendes's Oscar-nominated WWI epic 1917, which is now in wide release. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Overcast. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contribut...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Jesse Hassenger to discuss Josh and Benny Safdie's Adam Sandler-led thriller Uncut Gems, which is now in wide release. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new epis...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Michael Snydel are joined by friend of the show Dan Gvozden to discuss J.J. Abrams' saga-capper Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contr...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today, we celebrate royalty. Carrie Fisher had an eclectic career, to say the very least. From her tumultuous childhood with mother Debbie Reynolds to her young career defined as Princess Leia to her final stage as an accomplish...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham find rare common ground as they discuss Trey Edward Shults' new bifurcated drama Waves. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. The F...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by our Benevolent Lord and Master Jordan Raup to fight over the divorce drama Marriage Story, from writer director Noah Baumbach, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. The Film Stage Show is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exce...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. With the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems soon out in theaters, we dive into the B-Sides of Adam Sandler with esteemed guest & Click lover Jordan Raup. Along with podcast producer Conor O’Donnell, we discuss the buddy comedy Bulletpr...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Matt Cipolla to discuss Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, in a fittingly epic conversation clocking in at nearly 2.5 hours. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get acc...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham discuss Rian Johnson's whodunit Knives Out, which is now in wide release. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. The Film Stage Show...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Michael Snydel are joined by Robyn Bahr to discuss Marielle Heller's Mister Rogers movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks and Matthew Rys. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episo...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. In honor of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Conor O’Donnell and I dig into the directorial efforts of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. While the two performers are often lumped together in the world of cinema, their filmmaking styl...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Max Covill to discuss James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Dominick Suzanne-Mayer to discuss Mike Flanagan's Doctor Sleep, his Stephen King adaptation and sequel to The Shining. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new epis...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today we explore the career of a B-Side prince: Matt Damon. From his Oscar-laden breakout film Good Will Hunting to the upcoming Ford v Ferrari, the Boston-born filmmaker has made many hit movies, and twice as many that were und...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Charlie Nash to discuss Robert Eggers' The Witch follow-up The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new epis...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, we're featuring a special episode in which Michael Snydel talked with fellow Chicago film critic and The Film Stage contributor Max O’Connell about their individual and shared experiences at the 2019 Chicago International Film Festival. Over two weeks they took in over 30 films, including Vitalina Varela, The Wild Goose...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Carol Grant to discuss Bong Joon-ho's Parasite with clearly-delineated spoiler sections. For more on Parasite, read our interview with Bong Joon-ho & Song Kang-ho and our spoiler-filled feature on TheFilmStage.com. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Overcast....

Happy Halloween! In keeping with a now two-year tradition, we are examining the B-Sides of those involved with the Halloween franchise in honor of the spooooky holiday. This time, we talk John Carpenter. The master filmmaker has been doing a lot with a little for a long time, while fighting to keep his originality when given a bigger budget. Here, we discuss Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Vam...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel and Bill Graham are joined by Manuel Betancourt to discuss Pedro Almodóvar's Pain and Glory. For more on Almodóvar, listen to our episode on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! and read a feature on his career at thefilmstage.com Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Overcast. Enter our giveaways, get access to our...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and Brian Roan are joined by The B-Side co-host Conor O'Donnell to discuss Ang Lee's Gemini Man. Brian Roan also talks about the new Breaking Bad movie El Camino. Be sure to listen to The B-Side episode on Will Smith on this feed. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and Brian Roan are joined by Jourdain Searles for a special Classic episode discussing Pedro Almodóvar's controversial 1989 NC-17 rated dark romantic comedy Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The film is now streaming on Criterion Channel and on other platforms...

Here we are once again, folks. This time on The B-Side, from The Film Stage, we go Big Willie Style. An enduring bright light in a time of fading movie stars, myself and producer Conor O’Donnell talk through the films that didn’t quite hit.  Specifically, Seven Pounds, After Earth, Focus and Collateral Beauty. So, as Gemini Man hits theaters, join us as we dissect why exactly the Fresh Prince made...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and Brian Roan are joined by Max O'Connell to discuss Todd Phillips' Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, or stream here. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. The Fil...