The Film Stage Presents

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined once again by Danielle Zimmerman to discuss the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame. The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around...

Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies featuring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. So strap in and listen close as we dive into the big swings and big misses from some of the most well-known names in th...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and Brian Roan are joined by Lawrence Garcia to discuss Claire Denis's peculiar space drama High Life starring Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a P...

Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies featuring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. So strap in and listen close as we dive into the big swings and big misses from some of the most well-known names in th...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel and Brian Roan are joined by Jason Bailey (who recently took a trip to Laika) to discuss the animation studio's fifth feature, the adventure Missing Link. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon c...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Sean Gilman to discuss Jia Zhangke's epic Ash Is Purest White, now in theaters. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. The Film Stage is supported by...

Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies featuring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. So strap in and listen close as we dive into the big swings and big misses from some of the most well-known names in th...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel and Brian Roan are joined by Dominick Suzanne-Mayer of Consequence of Sound for a special Patreon-backed Classic episode to discuss Michael Haneke's 1997 version of Funny Games as well as his remake. The film was an influence for Jordan Peele on Us and will arrive on The Criterion Collection next month. W...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and Brian Roan divert from our usual review episode to recap our favorite films of 2019 so far, some of which have yet to be discussed on the podcast. Then we look ahead at the coming months with our most-anticipated films of the summer. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our give...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Juan Barquin of Miami New times to talk about Us, the newest film from writer/director Jordan Peele. The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each...

In a special interview episode, we speak with writer-director S. Craig Zahler of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete. His new drama is a tense, satisfying film that features everything that one could expect from an S. Craig Zahler film—vivid and unsparingly complex characters; a pup throwback story with a modern texture; patient, mature pacing; and jazz-rhythm dialog...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel and Brian J. Roan are joined by Josh Lewis of the Sleazoids Podcast to discuss S. Craig Zahler's new cop thriller Dragged Across Concrete, now available on VOD. As a bonus, Brian had the chance to speak with the director about his filmography, directing process, and latest film, available on this feed. We...

Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies starring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. In a new episode, Dan Mecca is joined by podcast producer Conor O’Donnell and The Film Stage Show host Brian Roan to dis...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Alex Heeney of Seventh Row to discuss Christian Petzold's Transit, now in theaters. His previous two films, Barbara and Phoenix, are now streaming on MUBI. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support ne...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Danielle Zimmerman to discuss Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden's Captain Marvel starring Brie Larson. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. The Film Stage...

Welcome to The B-Side, a new podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies starring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. This time around, we are mixing it up once more with another episode in our series called “Ode To The Almost Movie S...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I talk about the film you voted on for us to discuss: Barry Jenkins' romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk, available digitally on March 12 and Blu-ray/DVD on March 26. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support n...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I discuss Tony Scott's Crimson Tide, starring Denzel Washington, in a special Patreon-backed Classic episode. For more on Washington's overlooked films, listen to our episode of The B-Side. The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional i...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and Brian Roan are joined by Jordan Raup for the biennial Stagies! In cinema's most prestigious ceremony, we reveal the winners as nominated by us and voted on by you. We also count down our Patreon supporters' favorite films of 2018. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveawa...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I discuss Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress, starring Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins, in a special Patreon-backed Classic episode. Also, don't forget to vote in The Stagies! The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independen...

Welcome to The B-Side, a new podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies starring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. So strap in and listen close as we dive into the big swings and big misses from some of the biggest names in the bus...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by writer J. Rosenfield to discuss hunter-warriors, motorball, and so much more as we review Alita: Battle Angel. Also, don't forget to vote in The Stagies! The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic,...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and Brian Roan discuss Tony Scott's swan song Unstoppable in a special Patreon-backed Classic episode. Also, don't forget to vote in The Stagies! We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patre...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I discuss Cold Pursuit, Hans Petter Moland's remake of his own film, starring Liam Neeson. Also, don't forget to vote in The Stagies! We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contr...

Welcome, one and all, to a new The Film Stage Show roundtable episode! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and Brian Roan discuss Liam Neeson's recent remarks of race-fueled anger and if society can advance in today's cancel culture. After the discussion, we talk Cold Pursuit, which one can listen to on this feed. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our priv...