Stevens regularly writes for print publications such as Sight & Sound;[2] his Bradlands column appears every month on the magazine's website.
He has worked on DVD and Blu-ray releases in various capacities, recording commentary tracks for the Masters of Cinema discs of Nosferatu and Tabu, and (in collaboration with Abel Ferrara) the Arrow discs of The Driller Killer and The Addiction, as well as writing sleeve notes for many films, including The Complete Buster Keaton Short Films, Ms. 45, La Notte, Obsession (1976 film), Thief, White of the Eye, The Long Goodbye, Blue Collar, Hardcore, Castle Keep, Wolf, Knightriders and Les Diaboliques.
According to David Davidson, "Over the years, Brad Stevens has created his own canon of films...his own ‘Essential Cinema’...which does not look like any other list out there".
[6] Jonathan Rosenbaum has argued that, "Stevens is a pioneer in a new and rigorous if relatively unambulatory kind of film research ruled by the Internet and tracking down various videos and DVDs from around the world".
[7] James Rocarols described him as, "The high priest of (a) particular strain of rabid auteurism...always willing to go the extra mile in defending the latest duds from once-great directors".