Edward Burns’ career is a fascinating one. The lifelong New Yorker has a discovery story that is too good to be true. After putting together $25,000, he made a...
One of the more fascinating elements of the documentary WTO/99, directed by Ian Bell, is that while it visually suggests a relic, the political observations fe...
Welcome to The B-Side! 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.
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Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Telluride coverage. Hamnet opens in theaters on November 26.
Hamnet is a great work of em...
One of the many special things in Train Dreams, directed by Clint Bentley, is the production design. Nearly every element of each setting feels like it was jus...
The documentary Cutting Through Rocks is proof positive of the idiom, "two steps forward, one step back." Directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, thi...
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.&nb...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Telluride coverage. Jay Kelly opens in theaters on November 14 and arrives on Netflix on Decembe...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Train Dreams opens in theaters on November 7 and arrives on Netflix on Novemb...
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.&nb...
Dan Mecca is the co-founder and managing editor of The Film Stage. He is a producer and filmmaker living in Pittsburgh. He watches a lot of movies and tracks them on Letterboxd.
