Night Stage was the Closing Gala at London's 2025 Flare film festival - so I had high hopes for what was billed as a "dark erotic thriller".
Things started off reasonably well. The film festival used a few different scenes from Night Stage in their publicity, and for good reason. The movie is absolutely beautifully shot. The theatre scenes are particularly gorgeous, and it helps that the cast themselves are beautiful.
But the trouble is that beautiful scenes aren't enough for a good movie. The sex scenes didn't seem plausible - they just looked performative, and often the angles were just wrong!
And whilst the final scenes of a movie are always difficult, in Night Stage they just seemed absurd. Without giving away the plot, it was telling that the guy beside me in the cinema was moved to exclaim with incredulity!
So do go and see this film if you enjoy beautiful scenes - just don't expect a well crafted / credible storyline.
