Dan Mecca
@djmecca.bsky.social
Filmmaker in Pittsburgh.
Co-Founder of The Film Stage.
Co-Host of @tfsbside.bsky.social
Co-Founder of The Film Stage.
Co-Host of @tfsbside.bsky.social
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Lynne Ramsay discusses directing #DieMyLove, adapting impossible novels, and collaborating with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey:
“Let the Location Speak to You”: Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love, Shooting Academy Ratio, and Adapting Impossible Novels
Scottish writer-director Lynne Ramsay returns to feature filmmaking with Die My Love, eight years after You Were Never Really Here. The psycho-drama stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson as Gra...
thefilmstage.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lynne Ramsay discusses directing #DieMyLove, adapting impossible novels, and collaborating with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey:
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Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Call everybody whatever you can do
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Call everybody whatever you can do
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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Our exclusive trailer premiere for Peaches Goes Bananas, shot over nearly two decades, celebrates a trailblazing queer icon.
Watch ahead of an opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social on Dec. 3: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
Watch ahead of an opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social on Dec. 3: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our exclusive trailer premiere for Peaches Goes Bananas, shot over nearly two decades, celebrates a trailblazing queer icon.
Watch ahead of an opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social on Dec. 3: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
Watch ahead of an opening at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social on Dec. 3: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
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The new trailer for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair has arrived ahead of a nationwide theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino's uncut epic next month.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/kill-bill-th...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/kill-bill-th...
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The new trailer for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair has arrived ahead of a nationwide theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino's uncut epic next month.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/kill-bill-th...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/kill-bill-th...
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#TrainDreams, opening in theaters today, is a quiet, resilient work that will most likely age gracefully. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review:
Train Dreams Review: Captures a Small Life on a Big Scale
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Train Dreams opens in theaters on November 7 and arrives on Netflix on November 21. There is a moment in Train Dreams,...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#TrainDreams, opening in theaters today, is a quiet, resilient work that will most likely age gracefully. Read @djmecca.bsky.social's review:
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"I feel really alone when I try to make art, and it’s really difficult, and I want comfort from the idea that I’m not alone." Ira Sachs discusses the making of Peter Hujar's Day, opening this Friday:
Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day, the Loneliness of the Artist, and a Lost New York
Admittedly, I hadn’t heard the name Peter Hujar before seeing writer-director Ira Sachs’ latest film, which captures a conversation between Hujar and his friend, Linda Rosenkrantz, about the former’s ...
thefilmstage.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"I feel really alone when I try to make art, and it’s really difficult, and I want comfort from the idea that I’m not alone." Ira Sachs discusses the making of Peter Hujar's Day, opening this Friday:
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Watch the first trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee, featuring a career-best performance from Amanda Seyfried.
The Testament of Ann Lee Trailer: Amanda Seyfried Wants to Build a Utopia
Following up last year's acclaimed drama The Brutalist, Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet returned this year with The Testament of Ann Lee, this time with the former directing and the latter co-writing. ...
thefilmstage.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Watch the first trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee, featuring a career-best performance from Amanda Seyfried.
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Richard Linklater hopes to finally make his long-developing project on transcendentalists with Ethan Hawke, Natalie Portman, and Oscar Isaac:
Richard Linklater and Lynne Ramsay Update on Next Projects
Richard Linklater works at such a pace that, with two films now in theaters, it's a little surprising there hasn't been word on the next thing. For some time, though, he's been planning a film concern...
thefilmstage.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Richard Linklater hopes to finally make his long-developing project on transcendentalists with Ethan Hawke, Natalie Portman, and Oscar Isaac:
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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We talk with Jennifer Lawrence about collaborating with Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love and the directors she'd love to work with.
“I Want Somebody to Surprise Me”: Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay’s Confidence, and the Directors She’d Love to Work With
In Die My Love, Jennifer Lawrence is Grace, a writer whose life is disrupted when the arrival of a baby leads to a move to the sticks of Montana to be closer to the family of her husband Jackson (Robe...
thefilmstage.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We talk with Jennifer Lawrence about collaborating with Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love and the directors she'd love to work with.
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What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
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We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
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“I knew something was up at Cannes when Toho was not promoting the film, even though they had financed it." Paul Schrader talks with Nick Newman about the Japanese premiere of Mishima and his next films:
Paul Schrader on Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters‘ 40-Years-Late Japanese Premiere
Japan is hardly known for placing limits on cinema; one might posit that young cinephiles largely enter the nation’s incomprehensibly dense corpus through its most extreme offerings. While most accura...
thefilmstage.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“I knew something was up at Cannes when Toho was not promoting the film, even though they had financed it." Paul Schrader talks with Nick Newman about the Japanese premiere of Mishima and his next films:
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"When they are talking about ceasefire––and [Trump is] claiming that he has reached a deal––it’s the worst moment in the history of Palestine." Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk director Sepideh Farsi discusses her heartbreaking new documentary with @jpraup.bsky.social:
Capturing Life Under Genocide: Sepideh Farsi on Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
One of the most heartbreaking documentaries of the year, Sepideh Farsi's Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk premiered at Cannes just weeks after the Israeli occupation murdered the film's subject, 25...
thefilmstage.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"When they are talking about ceasefire––and [Trump is] claiming that he has reached a deal––it’s the worst moment in the history of Palestine." Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk director Sepideh Farsi discusses her heartbreaking new documentary with @jpraup.bsky.social:
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Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🦇💀🧡
On a special new episode of The B-Side, we discuss the career of Canadian genius David Cronenberg and his most overlooked films, featuring special guest Veronica Fitzpatrick.
Tune in: thefilmstage.com/the-b-side-e...
On a special new episode of The B-Side, we discuss the career of Canadian genius David Cronenberg and his most overlooked films, featuring special guest Veronica Fitzpatrick.
Tune in: thefilmstage.com/the-b-side-e...
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🦇💀🧡
On a special new episode of The B-Side, we discuss the career of Canadian genius David Cronenberg and his most overlooked films, featuring special guest Veronica Fitzpatrick.
Tune in: thefilmstage.com/the-b-side-e...
On a special new episode of The B-Side, we discuss the career of Canadian genius David Cronenberg and his most overlooked films, featuring special guest Veronica Fitzpatrick.
Tune in: thefilmstage.com/the-b-side-e...
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R.I.P. Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
R.I.P. Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
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We recommend 15 films to see in theaters this November:
15 Films to See in November
As the year nears its conclusion, November brings another incredible slate of films, including a few that'll certainly be among my top ten of 2025 list. While not included below, this month also bring...
thefilmstage.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We recommend 15 films to see in theaters this November:
We love a proper theatrical release window!
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another will hit 4K UHD and Blu-ray on January 20, 2026, nearly four months after its theatrical opening.
Pre-order here: amzn.to/4oTacJv
Pre-order here: amzn.to/4oTacJv
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We love a proper theatrical release window!
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“It’s kind of a form of meditation. I get extremely focussed. I think it’s about whatever the truth is behind the line that one is saying.” In a new Profile, Jennifer Lawrence discusses acting, fame, and her new movie, ”Die My Love.”
Jennifer Lawrence Goes Dark
She has been cast in maternal roles since her teens. Now, playing a mother for the first time since becoming one, she has chosen the part of a woman pushed past the edge of sanity.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“It’s kind of a form of meditation. I get extremely focussed. I think it’s about whatever the truth is behind the line that one is saying.” In a new Profile, Jennifer Lawrence discusses acting, fame, and her new movie, ”Die My Love.”
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Burt Lancaster in a pair of noir classics directed by Robert Siodmak! THE KILLERS (1946) & CRISS CROSS (1949) screen in 35mm this Monday & Tuesday, November 3rd & 4th. Tickets: buff.ly/tgalJz9
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Burt Lancaster in a pair of noir classics directed by Robert Siodmak! THE KILLERS (1946) & CRISS CROSS (1949) screen in 35mm this Monday & Tuesday, November 3rd & 4th. Tickets: buff.ly/tgalJz9
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Welcome to the definitive pop culture glossary for Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, featuring a deep dive breaking down the film’s inspirations, influences, and pop culture references.
One Battle After Another: Pop Culture Glossary
Breaking down the film’s inspirations, influences, and pop culture references—from Steely Dan to Star Wars. Like all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films, his tenth feature, One Battle After Another is a r...
thefilmstage.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Welcome to the definitive pop culture glossary for Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, featuring a deep dive breaking down the film’s inspirations, influences, and pop culture references.