Spike Lee

Christian Bale Circles ‘Oldboy,’ Michael Mann, Clint Eastwood Films and More After ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Coming off his Oscar win for The Fighter, Christian Bale can likely do whatever film he desires. He is currently shooting one of the biggest upcoming blockb...

Josh Brolin Wanted For Spike Lee’s ‘The Departed’-Style ‘Oldboy’ Remake

TwitchFilm is either run by Spike Lee or they must have someone quite close to the production his Oldboy remake. They first broke the news of Lee directing,...

Spike Lee Officially Directing ‘Oldboy’ Remake; Doing ‘The Right Thing’ With ‘Red Hook Summer’

While he has stayed relatively quiet since his 2008 failure Miracle at St. Anna, director Spike Lee is back in a big way as he has just revealed two project...

Todd Haynes Directing My Morning Jacket Concert, To Stream on YouTube

The newly launched Unstaged concert series has been somewhat of a gem for music and film lovers. Kicking off with iconic concert documentarian D.A. Pennebak...

WTF: Watch Spike Lee’s Charles Barkley Music Video ‘I May Be Wrong (But I Doubt It)’

First there was a T-Mobile commercial about a joke Charles Barkley music video, then Spike Lee directed the actual thing. It's hard to actually put into wor...

Aronofsky’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2’ Will At Least Look Glorious

Although I'm highly anticipating Darren Aronofsky's first foray into the superhero genre, many are decidedly mixed. The question of why he would choose a pr...

Top Ten Taboo Relationships in Film

The latest Twilight film has hit theatres and I can do like every movie blog has done for the last three years running and make fun of the ridiculous vampire ...

[TFS Podcast Ep. 30] Grown Ups and Knight and Day

In this episode of the The Film Stage podcast Jordan Raup and Dan Mecca review Dennis Dugan's Grown Ups and James Mangold's Knight and Day....

Spike Lee To Direct ‘Nagasaki Deadline’

News of Spike Lee's next project comes to us today courtesy of Deadline. According to them Spike Lee is going to direct Nagasaki Deadline, a thriller, that will shoot next year. The film will be Lee's first directing effort since the disappointing Miracle At St. Anna. In this 24-esque plot, an FBI agent will be in a race against time to stop two potential terrorist attacks that will take place on US soil. ...

Top Ten ‘One Crazy Night’ Films

This week saw the unconfirmed box office success Date Night, starring television superstars Tina Fey and Steve Carell, where the married couple decide to go out and have fun for just one night and end up getting caught in a crazy adventure [...]...

News

David Lynch Has More Ideas for Twin Peaks; Unrecorded Night Cancelled By Netflix

Stream John Carpenter’s New Album Lost Themes IV: Noir

Julia Ducournau, Andrew Haigh, Romain Gavras & More Set Next Features

Trailers

The Revelatory Films of Lee Grant, the World’s Oldest Living Director, Get Restored In Exclusive Trailers

Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel Hit Their Marks In Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Opener The Second Act

The Beatles’ Swan Song Breathes New Life In Trailer for Let It Be Restoration

Reviews

Slow Review: Asexuality Drama Drowns In Naturalism

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg Review: Scarlett Johansson Gives Voice to Redemption Story

The Contestant Review: A Breezy Look at a Baffling Reality Show Challenge

Features

Posterized May 2024: Evil Does Not Exist, I Saw the TV Glow, Gasoline Rainbow & More

New to Streaming: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World, House of Tolerance, Humane, Femme & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Bulle Ogier, Hiroshi Shimizu, Marguerite Duras & More

Interviews

Ethan Hawke on Wildcat, Flannery O’Connor, John Huston, and Not Making a Biopic

Jane Schoenbrun on I Saw the TV Glow, Trans Girl Time, Olivier Assayas, and Emma Stone’s Support

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist, Being in Harmony with Nature, and Why the Ending is Realistic

Podcasts

The B-Side – In Conversation with Nancy Savoca

The Film Stage Show Ep. 535 – Civil War (with Ryan McNeill)

The B-Side – Robert Redford (with Blake Howard)