Ben Affleck

The Film Stage’s Holiday Gift Guide

The holidays are in full swing, and this Christmas brings a good slate of options for cinephiles. We've compiled the best Blu-ray sets, books, albums, games, and more that are tailored to our tastes here at The Film Stage, and which we hope our readers will enjoy giving (or treating themselves to)....

‘Gone Girl’ and David Fincher’s Manipulation of Trust

“The sooner you look like yourself, the sooner you will feel like yourself.” People tell a lot of lies in Gone Girl, but perhaps none as big as that one. This is a film in which appearances and images of everything, from the big picture to the tiniest details, cannot be trusted....

[NYFF Review] Gone Girl

Something is wrong from the very first moments of Gone Girl, David Fincher's sinister, immensely entertaining tenth film and an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s pu...