Whether it is a creepy neighbor in Revolutionary Road or a disturbed federal agent from Boardwalk Empire, Michael Shannon normally doesn't snag family man rol...
Whether you like it or not, the most-buzzed about film in Sundance's 2011 line-up is Kevin Smith's Red State. His showboat antics created rampant chatter si...
Do you remember those things called cassette tapes? If you were born after 1995 you may not be familiar with recording medium that predated the CD, but befo...
With his third feature Win Win, writer/director Thomas McCarthy has created a commendable crowd-pleaser. His directorial debut The Station Agent won the Sun...
Drake Doremus' Like Crazy is an intensely personal film. Some may relate to its themes of longing and love, while others may find it disconnected and manipu...
I loved Richard Ayoade's directorial debut Submarine so much at Toronto International Film Festival (video review here), that I had to see it again during S...
With Gustavo Hernández's The Silent House premiering at Cannes last year, it has been a quick turn-around for Open Water filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura L...
The Film Stage is here at Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. We kicked off things yesterday seeing the Shorts Program Vol. 1, Project Nim, and...
With a cast including Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, and District 9 star Sharlto Copley, its difficult to think how Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium could get any better. ...
After months of speculation, Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs, Rachel Getting Married) has landed the role of Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in Christopher Nolan...
Jordan Raup is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Film Stage and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. Track his obsessive film-watching on Letterboxd.
