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The Film Stage Show Ep. 276 – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

We tackle perhaps the biggest film of the year. It's Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the latest Star Wars Saga film, starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and the late Carrie Fisher....

TFSS Video Game Review – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Welcome, one and all, to a brand new kind of episode from your friends here at The Film Stage Show. Today, Michael Snydel and I sit down to talk about one o...

The Best Double Features of 2017

Few things are more sublime than finding back-to-back features that hit some specific thematic sweet spot. We pick the best of the year....

Review: ‘The Ballad of Lefty Brown’ is a Hollow, Half-Hearted Western

Some obligatory credit is due to those ambitious (or, depending on the results, naive) enough to establish their name as a feature film director in 2017 on the ...

New to Streaming: ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Phoenix,’ ‘Wormwood,’ ‘The Unknown Girl,’ and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we've taken it upon ourselves to hig...

NYC Weekend Watch: International Melodrama, ‘L’eclisse’ & More

The best films screening in NYC this weekend....

10 Wide Releases in 2017 That Exceeded Expectations

While much of our year-end coverage will be focusing on the overlooked gems, today we're highlighting the few major releases that left us surprised....

The Film Stage Show Classic – Stalker

In a special Patreon-backed episode, we discuss the Andrei Tarkovsky film, a classic of science fiction and Russian cinema....

New Trailer for Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ Brings Futuristic Horror

We'll be getting one of our most-anticipated films of next year quite soon into 2018. Alex Garland's Ex Machina follow-up Annihilation, an adaptation of Jef...

‘The 15:17 to Paris’ Trailer: Clint Eastwood Tells Another Tale of Real-Life Heroism

Completing his unofficial trilogy of American heroism after Sully and American Sniper, Clint Eastwood's latest film recreates the 2015 event in which Anthon...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

I Want Your Sex Teaser: Gregg Araki Returns with Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman

Reviews

Promised Sky Review: A Heartbreaking Drama That Hits Home

Disclosure Day Review: A Soul-Searching, Spine-Tingling Blockbuster Triumph

Tribeca Review: Ponderosa Takes Enigmatic, Comic Aim at America’s National Myths

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

New to Streaming: Pillion, Is God Is, Erupcja, Omaha & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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