Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life has picked up the coveted prize of Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The past ten winners were The Pianist, El...
Although it didn't hit the $100 million mark, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides took in $90.1m despite garnering terrible reviews. This is less th...
In Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place, Sean Penn plays a spoof of The Cure's Robert Smith named Cheyenne. Dressed in all black with disheveled hair and...
Since you're all reading The Film Stage for our cinematic history lessons, I've got a good one for you: in 1982, Martin Scorsese followed his supremely awes...
In 1998, a young college student by the name of Matthew Shepard was tortured and killed in what became a widely publicized hate crime, bringing national attention to the gay rights movement and the issue of hate crime legislation. Matt’s image and story of his death became known by many, the face of an issue in need of attention. Now, twelve years later, documentary filmmaker and childhood friend of Shepard’s, Michele Josue, is making a film that will tell Matt’s full story, showing that he was much more than just a image....
Takashi Miike is one of the most interesting and prolific filmmakers to come out of Japan, making over 80 films in nearly every genre imaginable since his d...
Tired of hearing about a famous, controversial director who made some wacky, off-color and right-wing remarks? Well, Lars Von Trier has been banned from Can...
Remember when this tall, goofy dude named Chevy Chase was a major movie star? No? Then congratulations, you were born after 1987 and missed out on the 80's. Goo...
Director Joseph Kosinski's much maligned follow-up to Tron: Legacy has finally found it's legs. After Disney dumped Oblivion, a sci-fi epic based on Kosinsk...
Deadpan comedies are a trademark of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki. He specializes in creating atmospheres devoid of overtly acted emotions, opting instea...
