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Bart Weiss is a longtime North Texas filmmaker, film programmer, teacher (at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he just recently retired), and all around source of wisdom about everything related to cinema. He just published his first book, titled Smartphone Cinema: Making Great Films with Your Mobile Phone. I got to know Bart…
As a special holiday gift to The Film Stage podcast feed, listen to a new Box Office Bonanza! Here we talk about random box office weekends and where they fit into our lives. The movies, the memories! This episode features Dan Mecca, Conor O’Donnell, Mitchell Beaupre, Jordan Raup, and Cory Everett. The box office weekend…
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Dheepan””The Fast and the Furious” (and most of the franchise)”Focus””Rob Peace””Silverado””The Sisters Brothers””Superbad””Take Shelter””The Whale””Whiplash” 13 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Nothing ever dies. No one knows that better than Beetlejuice. Over three decades after Tim Burton’s beloved original, the director finally made a follow-up, and the result is one of…
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumThe Wages of Fear plays in a 4K restoration, while Labyrinth screens on Sunday. IFC CenterA 4K restoration of Carrie plays daily; Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Ichi the Killer, Threads, and Alien show late. Roxy CinemaFriday brings Bob Saget and Norm MacDonald’s seminal Dirty Work on 35mm, while City Dudes…
Those who’ve seen his films know Ed Lachman as a key collaborator of (naming just some) Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, Steven Sodebergh, Paul Schrader, and Pablo Larraín, with whom his latest collaboration, Maria, is now in theaters and soon on Netflix amidst the studio’s awards blitz. Those who attend EnergaCAMERIMAGE know him as a figurehead,…
Paramount+ and Showtime’s “The Agency” doesn’t have the spy action that fans of “Mission: Impossible” or James Bond may expect, but I found the two episodes sent to press consistently riveting due to the sharp dialogue, incredible ensemble, and tight filmmaking. In an era of broad escapism like “The Night Agent” (which has value too,…
In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini was killed by authorities. She was arrested for alleged non-compliance with the country’s mandatory hijab laws, subsequently collapsing and dying while in their custody. The Iranian government denied any brutality and blamed her death on a pre-existing medical condition, but the young women of Iran…
Netflix waited until Thanksgiving to drop its best original series since “Ripley” earlier this year, a very different kind of thriller featuring another magnetic performance from the incredible Colman Domingo. A cleverly modern riff on “The Fugitive,” “The Madness” is a show about a TV journalist who has been a part of our increasingly insane…
Three gauchos on horseback gallop across an Argentine landscape, their connection to their animals and their surroundings palpable. In a crumbling church, an elderly gaucho confers with a parish priest, worried that his life has lost its meaning. A young girl risks injury to become part of the gaucho tradition. Moments like these make up…
At the top of wish lists for movie lovers this holiday season should be “CC40,” a lavishly assembled collection designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Criterion, the most important company when it comes to preservation and appreciation of physical media. To celebrate their big event, Criterion undertook a fascinating project. For years, the company…
