The Film Stage Presents

Welcome back to Intermission, a spin-off podcast from The Film Stage Show. Led by yours truly, Michael Snydel, I invite one guest to discuss an arthouse, foreign, or experimental film of their choice. For our tenth episode, I talked to Cody Corrall, an editor at Filmcred and a regular contributor to Chicago Reader and Cine-file, about Antonio Campos’ polarizing 2016 character study Christine, whic...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Allison Shoemaker to discuss Jason Woliner's Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Maria Bakalova. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all n...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Bill Graham are reunited with Amanda Waltz to discuss Neil Marshall's The Descent on another Halloween-themed Classic episode. The horror gem is now streaming on Tubi. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time,...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Mary Beth McAndrews to carry through with their promise, stretching the definition of "classic" and celebrating the month of horror, by discussing The Mothman Prophecies, which is now on Amazon Prime. 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 and Bill Graham are joined by Abby Olcese to discuss Kirsten Johnson's tragicomic 2020 documentary, Dick Johnson Is Dead, which is now streaming 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 Pat...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Michael Snydel are joined by Carrie Courogen to discuss Elaine May's 1976 film Mikey and Nicky, which is now on HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, and Tubi. 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...

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 Antonio Campos' The Devil All the Time, which is 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 supporters...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Dom Sinacola to discuss Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, which is now on Kanopy, Vudu, Hoopla, Peacock, and Roku. 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 Mary Beth McAndrews to discussing Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things, which is 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...

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 discuss Terrence Malick's 1978 masterpiece Days of Heaven, which is 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 new Pa...

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Clint Worthington to discuss Tesla, starring Ethan Hawke, which is now available digitally. Be sure to read our interview with director Michael Almereyda on thefilmstage.com. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by be...

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...