Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made...
As the culmination of what George Lucas began four decades prior, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker needs to conclude the Skywalker Saga and directly follow thi...
After the saga kicked off in 1977–an event that changed blockbuster filmmaking forever–at least a part of the ever-growing Star Wars universe is coming to e...
You'll be forgiven for not realizing one of this decade's most enveloping, complex, haunting, and haunted performances exists almost exclusively on a bite-sized Adult Swim series....
After a smashing TIFF premiere, we still have more than two months to go before we can see Rian Johnson's murder mystery-comedy Knives Out, but a new traile...
No stranger to a good mystery—noir (Brick) or comedy (The Brothers Bloom)—Knives Out sees Rian Johnson back to a wholly original property before returning to th...
It’s summertime, and that means a roundup of film-related books must include some lighter fare—hence this column’s inclusion of reads about Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Alien, and Dungeons & Dragons....
After helming one of the most compelling films in the Star Wars series, before he jumps back into the franchise with his new trilogy, Rian Johnson was thank...