For our final year-end feature, we're providing a cumulative look at our favorite films of 2013 here at The Film Stage. Over the last few days a variety of co...
After highlighting the best directorial debuts of the year, it's time to turn to the other side of the camera with the top breakthrough performances of the year....
While year-end discussion often singles out specific performances, it's time to give praise to the entire ensemble. Too often overlooked, we recently got a great chat with some of Hollywood's top casting directors and now, for this specific feature, praise goes to those that carefully put together the casts below. From studio comedies to dismissed dramas to small independent features, check out the ten best ensembles of the year....
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we believe it's our duty to highlight ...
There's a multitude of reasons why a film may get unfairly overlooked. It could be a lack of marketing resources to give it a substantial push, or, due to a minuscule roll-out, not enough critics and audiences have viewed it to collect the champions it might require. It could simply be the timing of the film itself; even in the world of studio filmmaking, some features take time to get their due. With an increasingly crowded marketplace, it means there are more reasons than ever a film might not find an audience and, like last year, we've rounded up the releases that deserved more attention....
One of the few benefits of the frenzied awards race is Hollywood's outpouring of materials associated with the contenders. Perhaps the biggest perk is the r...
The Archive is a collection of cinephile-friendly findings around the web, including rare or never-before-seen photos, interviews, footage or any other bits r...
With Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi actioner Elysium arriving on home release this week, we've teamed with Sony Pictures to give away the Matt Damon-led film to a ...
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. If we we...