The B-Side
@tfsbside.bsky.social
For thefilmstage.com, we examine movies from movie stars - not the ones that made them famous or kept them famous. The other ones.
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This Halloween, we dive into the B-Sides of David Cronenberg! We discuss how he might be a literal genius, his aversion to the "body horror" moniker, and his revolving collaborations with actors who can match his freak. Long live the new flesh!: bit.ly/47exxiU
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We hope you have your costume ready and it includes headphones/earpods, because we have a bevy of Halloween episodes all about film history and horror just in time for the most frightening holiday of all! Halloween!
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We hope you have your costume ready and it includes headphones/earpods, because we have a bevy of Halloween episodes all about film history and horror just in time for the most frightening holiday of all! Halloween!
This Halloween, we dive into the B-Sides of David Cronenberg! We discuss how he might be a literal genius, his aversion to the "body horror" moniker, and his revolving collaborations with actors who can match his freak. Long live the new flesh!: bit.ly/47exxiU
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This Halloween, we dive into the B-Sides of David Cronenberg! We discuss how he might be a literal genius, his aversion to the "body horror" moniker, and his revolving collaborations with actors who can match his freak. Long live the new flesh!: bit.ly/47exxiU
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Had SO MUCH fun celebrating B-Pax! #filmsky
Game over, man! On our latest, @billyraybrewton.bsky.social returns to discuss the career of Bill Paxton! From BRAIN DEAD to FRAILTY (and more) we talk about what made Paxton so captivating in roles of all sizes: bit.ly/46VMRko
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Had SO MUCH fun celebrating B-Pax! #filmsky
Game over, man! On our latest, @billyraybrewton.bsky.social returns to discuss the career of Bill Paxton! From BRAIN DEAD to FRAILTY (and more) we talk about what made Paxton so captivating in roles of all sizes: bit.ly/46VMRko
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Game over, man! On our latest, @billyraybrewton.bsky.social returns to discuss the career of Bill Paxton! From BRAIN DEAD to FRAILTY (and more) we talk about what made Paxton so captivating in roles of all sizes: bit.ly/46VMRko
We're back friends! In honor of PTA's latest, we discuss the career and B-Sides of his most frequent collaborator: the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman! bit.ly/3WhYifY
October 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We're back friends! In honor of PTA's latest, we discuss the career and B-Sides of his most frequent collaborator: the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman! bit.ly/3WhYifY
In a lovely surprise, our final Audience Choice 2025 poll ended in a TIE! With both David Cronenberg and Spike Lee joining the Class of '25!
September 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In a lovely surprise, our final Audience Choice 2025 poll ended in a TIE! With both David Cronenberg and Spike Lee joining the Class of '25!
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Dear lord this was really tough. Loooooove Cronenberg, Spike and Wes so much. In the end, went Cronenberg but would be happy if either Spike or Wes won too!
The window is closing on our final Audience Choice poll of 2025, with Spike Lee and David Cronenberg contending for the top spot! Vote here: thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dear lord this was really tough. Loooooove Cronenberg, Spike and Wes so much. In the end, went Cronenberg but would be happy if either Spike or Wes won too!
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From #TellurideFilmFestival, my review of SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, a movie with great performances and some stale frames & pacing. thefilmstage.com/telluride-re...
Telluride Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Features Great Performances Inside Stagnant Frames
The line "you did the best you could" is spoken at a crucial moment in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. It's a platitude often used as a band-aid to cover up all manner of sins. But here, in writ...
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August 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
From #TellurideFilmFestival, my review of SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, a movie with great performances and some stale frames & pacing. thefilmstage.com/telluride-re...
The window is closing on our final Audience Choice poll of 2025, with Spike Lee and David Cronenberg contending for the top spot! Vote here: thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The window is closing on our final Audience Choice poll of 2025, with Spike Lee and David Cronenberg contending for the top spot! Vote here: thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
It's our final week of Audience Choice '25! David. Jim. Spike. Wes. These master filmmakers all have new films out this year. Which auteur should we celebrate? Vote here! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's our final week of Audience Choice '25! David. Jim. Spike. Wes. These master filmmakers all have new films out this year. Which auteur should we celebrate? Vote here! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
Philip Seymour Hoffman enters the ranks of our Audience Choice '25 winners as the final week of polling begins!
August 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Philip Seymour Hoffman enters the ranks of our Audience Choice '25 winners as the final week of polling begins!
The window is closing on Week 3 of our Audience Choice polls! Which PTA collaborator should we cover? thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The window is closing on Week 3 of our Audience Choice polls! Which PTA collaborator should we cover? thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
Audience Choice Week 3 is live with a PTA Meeting! With a new Paul Thomas Anderson film on the horizon, four of his collaborators face off. Vote! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Audience Choice Week 3 is live with a PTA Meeting! With a new Paul Thomas Anderson film on the horizon, four of his collaborators face off. Vote! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
Steve Martin enters our Audience Choice Class of '25 🧠🧠 Our Week 3 poll opens shortly!
August 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Steve Martin enters our Audience Choice Class of '25 🧠🧠 Our Week 3 poll opens shortly!
There's still time to vote in the Comedy Legends round of our Audience Choice 2025 polls! Brooks, Lewis, Martin, or Pryor, the healing power of laughter is yours! Vote: t.co/dIIFv8ffXT
August 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There's still time to vote in the Comedy Legends round of our Audience Choice 2025 polls! Brooks, Lewis, Martin, or Pryor, the healing power of laughter is yours! Vote: t.co/dIIFv8ffXT
Audience Choice Week 2 is live! Which comedy legend will be the subject of a future episode? Vote in the link below! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Audience Choice Week 2 is live! Which comedy legend will be the subject of a future episode? Vote in the link below! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
Chow Yun-Fat enters our Audience Choice Class of '25 💥 Our Week 2 poll opens shortly!
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Chow Yun-Fat enters our Audience Choice Class of '25 💥 Our Week 2 poll opens shortly!
Last chance! Cast your vote for future episodes of The B-Side all month long.
First up, it's action time as Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Pam Grier, and Jean-Claude Van Damme face off!
Vote now: t.co/dIIFv8ffXT
First up, it's action time as Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Pam Grier, and Jean-Claude Van Damme face off!
Vote now: t.co/dIIFv8ffXT
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August 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Last chance! Cast your vote for future episodes of The B-Side all month long.
First up, it's action time as Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Pam Grier, and Jean-Claude Van Damme face off!
Vote now: t.co/dIIFv8ffXT
First up, it's action time as Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Pam Grier, and Jean-Claude Van Damme face off!
Vote now: t.co/dIIFv8ffXT
It's Audience Choice month once again! Head to the link and cast your vote each week for future episodes of The B-Side! First up: Action Stars! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
August 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's Audience Choice month once again! Head to the link and cast your vote each week for future episodes of The B-Side! First up: Action Stars! thefilmstage.com/vote-in-the-...
Our dear @oneblakeminute.bsky.social returns to mine the B-Sides of the legendary John Frankenheimer! We talk PROPHECY, 52 PICK-UP, DEAD-BANG, AGAINST THE WALL and more. Charting Frankenheimer's pivot back to TV in the '90s and why he's one of the best to ever do it: bit.ly/44YPCR1
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our dear @oneblakeminute.bsky.social returns to mine the B-Sides of the legendary John Frankenheimer! We talk PROPHECY, 52 PICK-UP, DEAD-BANG, AGAINST THE WALL and more. Charting Frankenheimer's pivot back to TV in the '90s and why he's one of the best to ever do it: bit.ly/44YPCR1
Our final episode of the summer (before our annual Audience Choice polls begin!) drops TOMORROW:
August 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Our final episode of the summer (before our annual Audience Choice polls begin!) drops TOMORROW:
With the release of the excellent SHE RIDES SHOTGUN (in theaters tomorrow, go see it!) we chatted with author @jordanharper.bsky.social about adapting his novel for the big screen, as well as some choice B-Sides that share the film's DNA. Listen up, and enjoy!: bit.ly/4mhulrf
The B-Side – Jordan Harper on She Rides Shotgun
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars, movie directors, and sometimes––sometimes––movie writers! Today, we speak with author and screenwriter Jordan Harper, whose novel She Rides Shotg...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
With the release of the excellent SHE RIDES SHOTGUN (in theaters tomorrow, go see it!) we chatted with author @jordanharper.bsky.social about adapting his novel for the big screen, as well as some choice B-Sides that share the film's DNA. Listen up, and enjoy!: bit.ly/4mhulrf
On a special bonus episode, we sit down with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler of Killer Films! We discuss three decades of the company's pioneering history (and our start as interns there!), talking B-Sides like OFFICE KILLER, A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD, and more: bit.ly/4mbjzTr
The B-Side – Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler of Killer Films
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars, movie directors, and sometimes - sometimes - the companies that made the movies those stars and directors made! We were lucky to speak with Chris...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On a special bonus episode, we sit down with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler of Killer Films! We discuss three decades of the company's pioneering history (and our start as interns there!), talking B-Sides like OFFICE KILLER, A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD, and more: bit.ly/4mbjzTr
On our latest we chat with the wonderful Embeth Davidtz about her directorial debut DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (In theaters now, and expanding this weekend!), and a few B-Sides including Robert Altman's THE GINGERBREAD MAN and more! bit.ly/3Iuwx05
July 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On our latest we chat with the wonderful Embeth Davidtz about her directorial debut DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (In theaters now, and expanding this weekend!), and a few B-Sides including Robert Altman's THE GINGERBREAD MAN and more! bit.ly/3Iuwx05