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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
Audio Interview: Mascha Schilinski & Cinematographer Fabian Gamper – Sound of Falling
It’s only the second day of Cannes competition when...
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...
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
2026 European Film Awards: ‘Sentimental Value’ Wins Big while Laxe’s ‘Sirāt’ Nabs Five!
It was perhaps poetic justice for the "2nd place"...
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...
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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