Summer is over. Okay, the calendar says otherwise, but it sure feels that way. But autumn means festival season and Oscar bait, and that’s good news for cinephiles. Here are some noteworthy film-related reads for passing the time between jaunts to the cinema....
Need a worthwhile summer read? Look further as we highlight books on The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood, Robert Altman, Mad Max: Fury Road, and more....
We talk with the director of one of 2015's best films about audience reaction, his lack of interest in psychoanalyzing his characters, and why The Duke of Burgundy is a “party-pooper film.” ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 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....
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 ...
Christopher Schobert is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic who has written for numerous outlets worldwide and covered film festivals in Toronto, New York, and London. Currently, he writes reviews and features for The Film Stage, writes a monthly cinema column for Buffalo Spree magazine, and discusses film as a regular guest on the Shredd and Ragan radio show on Buffalo’s 97 Rock.
