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The Berninger Brothers Discuss Favorite Films, How ‘Mistaken For Strangers’ Influenced The National’s Latest Album & More

Plugging away since 1999, The National finally hit mainstream success with the release of their 2010 album High Violet. Of course, this entailed their first world tour, but in the new documentary Mistaken For Strangers, it's only the backdrop for the relationship between lead singer Matt Berninger and his younger brother Tom, who had no idea that these short videos he was shooting would turn into a public document of their troubled, if still loving brotherhood....

Ethan Vestby’s Top 10 Films of 2013

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 ...

[TIFF Review] Horns

In a film festival climate which often seeks to grab attention through comparison -- "it’s this year’s that," or, just as often, "it’s this meets that" -- we, o...

[TIFF Review] The Sacrament

It can be said that emerging writer-director Ti West sets a certain expectation, making what some consider to be "anti-horror" films. There's been the '80s feti...

[TIFF Review] The Green Inferno

Returning behind the camera after six years of acting, producing, and becoming some kind of public personality, Eli Roth has attained a grand reputation with re...

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