Alex Holdridge was behind the ultra low-budget (and ultra impressive) In Search of a Midnight Kiss in 2008. It won the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit awards (goes to the best film under a $500,000 budget). ...
Remember back in 2007 amidst the incredible slew of films, there was one small indie film that delighted audiences. That film was Once and now director John Carney is back. ...
The first trailer from Anton Corbijn's The American has been released. The film stars George Clooney, Bruce Altman, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido. ...
Variety has confirmed Steven Spielberg's next film will be War Horse. It is based on a "children's story, which tells the tale of WWI from the prospective of a horse."...
Only a few days ago we reporting Kick-Ass, Layer Cake and Stardust director Matthew Vaughn was in negotiations to direct X-Men: First Class. That rumor was shot down by Deadline, but they are back today saying he has returned to the project and about to "close a deal."...
One of the greatest up and coming (and overlooked) directors is Nicolas Winding Refn. He is behind the Pusher trilogy as well as Bronson and Valhalla Rising....
Variety is reporting Spain's Filmax Entertainment has greenlit production on two more sequels in the highly successful [REC] series. The first will be Paco Plaza's [REC] Genesis and the second is Jaume Balaguero's [REC] Apocalypse....
A few days ago we reported that Paramount had passed on a Anchorman sequel, even after Adam McKay got the cast and production to lower their budget. Now, like McKay's news broke, Ben Stiller reports that we won't be seeing Derek Zoolander either....
May marks the start of the summer blockbuster season. Unfortunately, it may be quite a weak one. Many early reviews and screening reports hint that we may need to wait a month or two to get our first great blockbuster. ...
The teaser trailer for Rodrigo Cortés‘ Buried, the Ryan Reynolds indie vehicle, has been release via Apple. We had a round-up of reviews from the Sundance Film Festival premiere, all quite positive. ...
Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.
