Stephen Cone
Revisited: Stephen Cone (Princess Cyd) Talks His Favorite Thanksgiving Movie, Home for the Holidays
Writer-director Stephen Cone looks back on a movie that changed how he saw cinema, and himself.
Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Blockers
Though Kay Cannon's debut has many of the trappings of a straightforward studio comedy, underneath is a much more complex, satisfying movie.
Films for Children at the End of the World: An Appreciation of Carroll Ballard
Stephen Cone on why, in this digital age, Carroll Ballard's nature movies are more important than ever.
Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember Jonathan Demme
Allison Anders, Charlie McDowell, John Krokidas and more pay tribute to the late Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs.
Personal Shopper and the Movies That Haunt Us
Stephen Cone on Olivier Assayas' beguiling new film, and the other rare movies that have powerfully lingered with him in the same way.
Underrated/Overlooked: Stephen Cone on Being 17
Stephen Cone on the latest film by the criminally undervalued French filmmaker André Téchiné, a director very important to Cone's life and work.
Why Point Break Still Delivers 25 Years On
Stephen Cone shares his ongoing, ever-growing appreciation for Kathryn Bigelow's high-octane thriller, which is a quarter century old this summer.
Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember Abbas Kiarostami
Talkhouse Film contributors, including Alex Winter and Robert Greene, offer their tributes to the late great Iranian director.
Terence Davies’ “Old-Fashioned” Sunset Song is Timely and Urgent
Writer-director Stephen Cone, an ardent, longtime Davies fan, connects strongly with the British auteur's latest feature.
“Never Make Another Movie Again”: Filmmakers Choose Their Favorite Negative User Reviews
Talkhouse Film contributors dig around on IMDb, Amazon, Netflix and more to find the most hilariously outspoken takes on their movies.
Horace and Pete, or How Louis CK Saved Cinema with a Goddamn Web Series
Stephen Cone celebrates the multihyphenate genius' stealth project, which goes back to basics to create something entirely new and exciting.
Stephen Cone (Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party) Talks His Favorite Thanksgiving Movie, Home for the Holidays
Two decades after its theatrical release, a filmmaker looks back on a movie that changed how he saw cinema, and himself.











