Dan Mecca

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Top 5 Most Underappreciated Films of 2008

5. AugustThis smart taut 85- minute character study watches the collapse of the '01 web bubble the month before 9/11 through the eyes of Tom Sterling (Josh Hart...
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[Review] Valkyrie

Valkyrie, directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns), tells the undeniably interesting true story of Nazi Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise, Tropic Th...
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IN HONOR OF SPIKE LEE

For over 20 years this ambitious director has tackled the race issue using many different cinematic platforms: social communication ("Do the Right Thing"), musi...
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Return of the Rourke

Remember Marv from "Sin City"? Ugly, tough, scarred? The essential bad-ass? Well, that same actor, one Mickey Rourke, was once the James McAvoy/Ryan Gosling of ...

Dan Mecca

Managing Editor

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.