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Movie Reviews
Young Mothers (Jeunes mères) | Review
Bonjour Tristesse: The Dardenne Bros. Explore Teenage Pregnancy
In their...
Father Mother Sister Brother | Review
Terms of Estrangement: Jarmusch’s Amusing Triptych on Familial Labors
If...
Interviews
Interview: Albert Birney – Obex (Work in Progress)
After popular (co-signed with Kentucker Audley) feature film projects...
Interview: Murat Fıratoğlu – One of Those Days When Hemme Dies
As we reflect on the year’s best films, it’s...
Interview: Laura Wandel – Adam’s Sake (L’Intérêt d’Adam)
For her sophomore feature, Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel continues...
Interview: Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
In Mona Fastvold's The Testament of Ann Lee, Amanda...
Interview: Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
Her cinema deals with female interiority under constraint, isolation...
Interview: Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Zoe Stein & Agnès Pique Corbera – Forastera (2025)
Long before Bergman’s Persona undertook its psychological and existential...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Predictions
And we are off to the races - the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival begins today and as per tradition Kevin Jagernauth...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Venice Film Festival – Our Top 5 Most Anticipated!
It’s the fall film festival season folks! And the...
IndieSponge Episode: An Officer and a Spy (2025) Movie Review
As we slowly prepare for our official launch and...
IndieSponge Episode: Emmanuelle (2025) Movie Review
Before our official launch, Kevin Jagernauth and I had...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or Predictions
Before our official June relaunch, Kevin Jagernauth and I...
IndieSponge Episode: 2025 Cannes Palme d’Or Competition Reactions
We haven't yet relaunched, but Kevin Jagernauth and I...
IndieSponge Episode: 14 – 2020 Venice Film Festival Predictions
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, I invited Tommaso...
IndieSponge Episode 8 – 2020 Cannes vs. Venice, Apple TV+ Gets Behind Scorsese, HBO Max Gets Behind the Safdies
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 7 – The Latest on Lanthimos, Zagar, Soderbergh, Chan-Wook & David Robert Mitchell
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
IndieSponge Episode 6 – Wong Kar-Wai Plants “Blossoms”, Guadagnino Snorts “Scarface” & Blanchett registers for “Armageddon Time”
On this week’s episode of IndieSponge, Kevin Jagernauth and...
For Your Consideration - Awards CoverageLatest
The Ten Golden Globes Narratives That Will Define the 2026 Oscars
Nomination ballots are being filled out today, and with...
2026 Oscars: The Golden Globe Six Among the International Feature Shortlist
The Oscars have announced the shortlists in 12 categories...
2025 André Bazin Prize: Louise Hémon’s ‘The Girl in the Snow’ (L’Engloutie) Wins
Selected for this year's Directors' Fortnight, Louise Hémon's The...
2025 Prix Louis Delluc Awards: La petite dernière, Nouvelle Vague, Arco, Kika & Nino Nominated
While the focus for awards season these days is...
2025 Gothams: Studio-Backed ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes on True Indies; Lands Six Noms
In a cinematic landscape increasingly dominated by gargantuan, risk-averse...
2025 European Film Awards: Tereza Nvotová, Urška Djukić, Mihai Mincan, Laura Carreira & Murat Fıratoğlu Make Shortlist
From Dag Johan Haugerud's Dreams (Sex Love) to Palme...
2026 Oscars: Is It a Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ vs. Ben Hania’s ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Duel?
With the October 1st deadline fast approaching, the field...
2026 Oscars: Critic Darling ‘Sirāt’ is NEON’s Dark Horse Contender in Best Intl. Feature Film Category
It "blew up" the Croisette back in May, landed...
2026 Oscars: NEON Has Lock on Best Intl. Feature Film Category with Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent’ Repping Brazil
In any given year, a film such as Venice...
American Indie Films NewsLatest
Fastvold Fast Track: Searchlight Clothed with ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Beneath Her Feet
After being in the awards conversation in previous years...
Beauty in the Breakdown: Sachs Directs Rami Malek & Rebecca Hall in 80s New York Musical ‘The Man I Love’
Coined as a "musical fantasia of a city under...
Hired Wheels: David Jonsson & Cooper Hoffman Drive India Donaldson’s ‘The Chaperones’
Last August we learned that India Donaldson plus A24...
‘Fleur’ Power: Ellie Foumbi Directs Halle Berry as Parisian Dominatrix
Some cool news for a filmmaker who cut her...
World Cinema News
More Violence: Michel Franco’s ‘Circles’ Getting Ready for Cannes 2026?
Screen have put together 75 titles (many of which...
ARTE France Cinéma Backs Charlotte Le Bon, Philippe Lesage, Kateryna Gornostai & Diana Cam Van Nguyen
The ARTE France Cinéma committee have thrown some pre-Holiday...
We Had a Pope!: Ruffalo Confirmed for Bonello’s Vatican Thriller ‘Santo Subito!’
Back in June we jumped on the news that...
Polar Ice: Malou Khebizi & Soundos Mosbah Cast in Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz’s Debut ‘Le triangle d’or’
Earlier this week, the folks at Cineuropa provided details...
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