Christopher Schobert

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2014

I saw the best film of 2014 in April, but do not take that as evidence of a weak year. It was, in fact, a rather wonderful 12 months of cinema, perhaps the fi...

[TIFF Review] While We’re Young

Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young is wise, funny, fiercely intelligent and always involving. It’s not just the director’s most complete film — it’s also his bes...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: ‘Twin Peaks,’ Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Sharon Tate, and More

Beach-reading for cinephiles alert: New film-centric books look at the careers and works of an eclectic group of individuals, including Tom Cruise, Robert D...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Michael Haneke, The $11 Billion Year, Dictionary of Film, and More

New cinema-centric books have dropped from some major names, including Anne Thompson and David Thomson, and tackle some of the great films of the last four ...

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2013

Closing out our year-end coverage is individual top ten lists from a variety of The Film Stage contributors, leading up to a cumulative best-of rundown. Make ...

The Must-Own Film Books This Holiday: Wes Anderson, ‘Pulp Fiction,’ Roger Corman & More

The year’s end often features a rush of gift books, many of them ideal for the discerning cinephile. 2013 is no exception and the selections are stunning. We round up a handful of our top recommendations, as well as a few quick hits for the holiday season....

[Review] The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

Until inimitable singer Ian Brown, guitar god John Squire, affable bassist Mani, and long-MIA drummer Reni congregated in a London hotel in October 2011 before ...

[TIFF Review] Philomena

Philomena arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival from its world premiere Venice waving a flag that read “crowd-pleasing,” and that can be a scary pr...

[TIFF Review] Prisoners

Prisoners might be the most shockingly dark studio release since Fight Club, a grim, unsettling, occasionally convoluted, but undeniably gripping thriller. The ...

[TIFF Review] 12 Years a Slave

As the end credits rolled during TIFF's first press and industry screening of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, a peculiar thing occurred: very few people moved...