The Film Stage Presents

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Bill Graham are joined by Brett Arnold to discuss Justin Lin's Cannes Film Festival selection F9. 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. After beco...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Courtney Howard to discuss Pixar's latest animation Luca, directed by Enrico Casarosa. 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...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Juan Barquin to discuss Jon M. Chu's In the Heights, now in theaters and on HBO Max. 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 fr...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Ela Bittencourt to discuss Christian Petzold's Undine, which is now available in theaters and on VOD. 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...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jon Negroni to discuss John Krasinski's sequel A Quiet Place Part II, which is now in theaters. 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 r...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Matt Donato to discuss Zack Snyder's return to the zombie genre, Army of the Dead, which is now 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...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by April Wolfe to discuss Alexandre Aja's thriller Oxygen, which is now 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 supporters will receive a free B...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Inkoo Kang to discuss Bong Joon-ho's breakthrough feature Memories of Murder, which was recently restored and now available on The Criterion Collection and Hulu. 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, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Brett McCracken for a special Classic episode celebrating the 10th anniversary of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. Make sure to read McCracken's extensive collected writings on Malick here: https://www.brettmccracken.com/blog/2018/8/2/collected-writings-on-terrence-ma...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, I invite a guest to discuss an arthouse, foreign, or experimental film of their choice. For the twelfth episode, I talked to prolific Chicago critic Ben Sachs, an associate editor at Cine-File, about Martín Rejtman’s 2014 Argentine comedy Two Shots Fired (available along with the rest of...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Ty Burr to discuss Florian Zeller's The Father, which is now in theaters and available digitally on PVOD. 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 support...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jude Dry to discuss Emma Seligman's Shiva Baby, which is now in theaters and 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...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Devindra Hardawar to discuss Adam Wingard's Godzilla vs. Kong, now in theaters and on HBO Max. 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 re...

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, I invite a guest (or guests, in this case) to discuss an arthouse, foreign, or experimental film of their choice. Warning: The episode features discussions about suicide. If you feel you are in crisis or know someone who is struggling, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline....

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Drea Clark to discuss Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman, which is now available in VOD. 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 rec...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jordan Crucchiola to discuss Mona Fastvold's The World to Come, starring Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, which is now on VOD. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited ti...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by David Rooney, Chief Film Critic at The Hollywood Reporter, for a special classic discussion of Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episode...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Nguyen Le to discuss the latest Disney animation Raya and the Last Dragon, now playing in theaters and available with premium access via Disney+. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, we have a special announcement. As revealed last week, Michael Snydel will be stepping down as a chair of The Film Stage Show after over 200 episodes of the podcast. While we're sad to see him depart, don't worry, he'll still be hanging around to produce Intermission episodes––with more to come soon. We're thrilled to welco...

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 Chloé Zhao's Nomadland, which is now in theaters and on Hulu. Also, stay tuned to the end of the episode for a special announcement. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For...

Hello, The Film Stage Show listeners! We're sharing this special episode of The B-Side on this feed. For more episodes of The B-Side, subscribe to the podcast wherever you are listening. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. And today we talk to the great Steve Zahn, currently starring in the impressive ind...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Michael Snydel are joined by Sarah-Tai Black to discuss Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah, which is now in theaters and on HBO Max. 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 wi...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Isaac Feldberg to discuss Nicholas Ashe Bateman's fantasy feature The Wanting Mare, 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...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Bill Graham are joined by The B-Side co-host Conor O'Donnell to discuss The Little Things, which is now on HBO Max and in theaters. 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 reflect on movie-watching in 2020 and their respective top 10 films of the year, along with our Patreon community's top 10s. 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 Patreo...