Dan Mecca

[Tribeca Review] Free Samples

Free Samples, directed by Jay Gammill, feels like a short film stretched out in to feature length, to only a mild degree of success. Starring indie darling Jess...

[Tribeca Review] Supporting Characters

As films about film go, Daniel Schechter's Supporting Characters is relatively low-fi stuff. Concerning an editor named Nick (Alex Karpovsky), his assistant edi...

[Review] Lockout

If for no other reason than the sheer joy of watching longtime character actor Guy Pearce play out his version of Snake Plissken-cum-John McClane, the new silly...

[Review] Damsels in Distress

Filmmaker Whit Stillman has made a mere 4 movies over the span of 23 years, his first three films grossing less than $15 million combined. His style of writing ...

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.