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 by Adam Nayman to talk about the embattled new release from Brian De Palma, Domino. 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 day, MUBI hand-picks...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel and I discuss Pella Kagerman and Hugo Lilja's existential sci-fi drama Aniara, which is now available on VOD. 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 MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a s...

Welcome to The B-Side. Here we explore movies from 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. Today, we celebrate America’s blonde-haired sweetheart Meg Ryan. In honor of a belated Mother’s Day and making her triumphant return, Dan and Conor are joi...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Allyson Johnson to discuss the hilarious, kindhearted comedy Booksmart by director Olivia Wilde. 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 day,...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and Brian Roan are joined by Courtney Howard to discuss the balletic, no holds barred action of John Wick's third outing. 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...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies from 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. Today, however, we break the mold to celebrate a legend. Host Dan Mecca is joined by podcast producer Conor O’Donnell to talk about th...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Dominick Suzanne-Mayer to put on some deerstalker hats and investigate Pokémon Detective Pikachu. 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 day...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Dan Mecca and I hold our noses to discuss Her Smell, the newest film by Alex Ross Perry. 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 day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by special guest Inkoo Kang to discuss David Robert Mitchell's Los Angeles-set mystery Under the Silver Lake, which is now available digitally. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by b...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and Brian Roan are joined by special guest Brian Raftery, author of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen, for an episode discussing the making of the book as well as our personal favorite films of 1999. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher! Enter our giveaways, get acc...

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 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...