David Lowery

Jared Mobarak’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 ...

The Most Overlooked Films of 2013

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....

The Best Directorial Debuts of 2013

There's few things more exciting in cinema than the arrival of a fresh voice. Usually emerging out of a film festival (although a certain box-office hit will refute that), this year had a handful of notable examples and today we're here to wrap-up our ten favorites. ...

Where to Stream the Best Films of 2013

As 2013 winds down, most cinephiles are scrambling to get their hands on the titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen. With the ad...