You know it when you hear it. Or maybe you don't. But go back, listen again. The music of the movies make images sing, and the maestros behind the notes never get the credit they deserve. Unsung notes and strings and orchestras, tonight we honor you....
It throws us into its world, introduces us it to its characters and establishes its tone. The opening scene. Many films hinge on its success, much like the 25 below....
Paula Patton has been given a mission, should she choose to accept it. And, apparently, she has, landing the female lead in Mission: Impossible IV, which is n...
Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi project Gravity may have lost just that, despite having a movie star (Robert Downey Jr.) and an award-winning director in tow. Angelin...
Nicholas Winding Refn's actioner (which he calls a "romance") is looking better and better. It started with Ryan Gosling in the nameless lead role, then Bryan...
Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to experience some Hysteria, directed by Tanya Wexler, a period rom-com concerning the invention of the sexual tool women everywhere ...
This one should be good. Sony's spy thriller The Tourist, starring Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell and Timothy Dalton, will indeed sli...
Only months ago, the defunct Miramax had left Julie Taymor's much-anticipated The Tempest in the dark. Now we have a few production stills and an amazing poster to boot....
Only months ago, the defunct Miramax had left Julie Taymor's much-anticipated The Tempest in the dark. Now we have a few production stills and an amazing poster to boot....
Looks like Mr. Hawke will have to learn how to play the violin. Or at least act like he knows how to play the violin. The thesp will star in A Late Quartet, di...
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.
