Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Stephen Cone (director of Princess Cyd, which opens in New York/Chicago this Friday) to talk Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, and more, which is now streaming on Netflix. 00:00 - 05:44 - Introductions 05:45 - 01:25:11 - The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) review The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. Subscribe on iTunes or see below to stream/download. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 269 - The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel, Bill Graham and I are joined by Allison Shoemaker to talk about the colorful new film by Sean Baker, The Florida Project. 00:00 - 05:44 - Introductions 05:45 - 40:21 - The Flordia Project review 40:22 - 1:08:13 - Spoilers The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 268 - The Florida Project

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today, Michael Snydel and I are joined by Dan Mecca in order to talk about the rough and tumble tour through hell that is Brawl in Cell Block 99, the newest film from writer/director S. Craig Zahler. 00:00 - 07:12 - Introductions 07:13 - 36:44 - Brawl in Cell Block 99 review 36:45 - 1:13:47 - Spoilers The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 267 - Brawl in Cell Block 99

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and I begin to question who is real, what is real, and what reality even matters in the end. That’s because we are talking about the new Denis Villeneuve film, Blade Runner 2049. 00:00 - 07:12 - Introductions 07:13 - 39:10 - Blade Runner 2049 review 39:11 - 1:42:21 - Spoilers The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 266 - Blade Runner 2049 (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and I tackle our second Stephen King adaptation of the year, the confinement thriller Gerald’s Game, starring Carla Gugino. 00:00 - 07:58 - Introductions 07:59 - 35:59 - Gerald’s Game review 36:00 - 1:12:01 - Spoilers The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 265 - Gerald’s Game

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and I explore the rat-infested streets of Baltimore while discussing the documentary/video essay Rat Film by Theo Anthony. 00:00 - 06:38 - Introductions 06:39 - 1:09:01 - Rat Film review The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 264 - Rat Film

It was only a matter of time. Sooner or later, a movie would break one of us. This week on the Film Stage Show, Michael, Bill, and I sit down to talk about mother!, the newest film from Darren Aronofsky. However, the movie proves to be too much for one of us, and so Jordan must take their place! Who will make it to the end? What did we think of one of the most controversial and divisive films of the year? Listen to find out. 00:00 - 04:55 - Introductions 04:56 - 36:57 - mother! discussion 36:58 - 1:31:37 - Spoiler discussion The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 263 - mother!

Welcome, one and all, to the newest episode of The Film Stage Roundtable, a spin-off podcast from the madmen who bring you The Film Stage Show. On this episode we talk about J.J. Abrams taking over for Trevorrow on Star Wars, and how CGI ruins horror movies. 00:00 - 04:59 - Introductions 05:00 - 23:56 - J.J. Strikes Back! 23:57 - 56:37 - CGI Ruins Horror Movies The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. M4A: The Film Stage Roundtable Ep. 24 - J.J. Strikes Back

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and I are joined by Allison Shoemaker, of Consequence of Sound and the Losers’ Club Podcast. The four of us band together to tackle It, the new adaptation of the Stephen King novel that destroyed the box office this weekend.  00:00 - 07:05 - Introductions 07:06 - 17:52 - Introductions 17:53 - 1:06:06 - It discussion 1:06:07 - 2:00:55 - Spoiler discussion The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 262 - IT

Welcome, one and all, to the latest installment of The Film Stage Show! Today Michael Snydel, Bill Graham, and I discuss the Parisian terrorist tale, Nocturama. Does the plan make sense? Does it have to? Is this kind of empathy constructive? We try to find out. 00:00 - 07:53 - Introductions 07:54 - 38:59 - Nocturama discussion 39:00 - 1:16:07 - Spoiler discussion The Film Stage is supported by MUBI, a curated online cinema streaming a selection of exceptional independent, classic, and award-winning films from around the world. Each day, MUBI hand-picks a new gem and you have one month to watch it. Try it for free at mubi.com/filmstage. (Also, don’t be scared but we have a new Patreon page! Read up on the great rewards available and become a patron today!) M4A: The Film Stage Show Ep. 261 - Nocturama