Front-runner for most overlooked/under-appreciated category of filmmaking is editing. A well-edited film goes unnoticed amongst the majority of filmgoers (B...
Are you ready for a sex-induced sci-fi college comedy? I thought so. Gregg Araki has delivered just that with Kaboom. The film premiered at Cannes last year...
Don't you just love screentesting shortlists? They seem to be a gigantic waste of time and really amount to nothing in the end. The only real benefit is to ...
Out of all the major summer blockbusters, Joe Johnston's Captain America: The First Avenger is the one I don't know what to expect from. Matthew Vaughn's X-...
See that innocent girl from The Social Network up there? Rooney Mara played Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook crux, Erica Albright, in David Fincher's latest film an...
Shane Black's modern noir Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer, is easily one of my favorite films of the decade. Released in 2005, ...
While box office numbers weren't stellar and many, including myself, were quite disappointed with Disney's lackluster Tron: Legacy, it looks like we may be go...
It's hard to believe the directorial debut from How I Met Your Mother's Josh Radnor premiered almost over a year ago at the Sundance 2010 Film Festival. The f...
One of the oddest concerts I've been to was Dan Deacon's Baltimore Round Robin Tour. Spread over two nights, the concert featured dozens of acts that would pl...
Last year Danny Boyle tackled the tough subject of losing an arm with 127 Hours. This year, Sean McNamara takes a turn with the story of surfer Bethany Hamilt...
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.
