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2022 Venice Film Festival: 70 Predictions (Part II) Aroonpheng, Lindholm, Hogg & Rolf de Heer

Only hours before TIFF unveil what should be a sizeable amount of their line-up (and in the same sweeping motion confirm a lot of...

The Conversation: 10 Most Anticipated Films – Venice 2019

There’s much to be excited for in the upcoming 2019 Venice Film Festival, the 76th edition of the world’s oldest major film festival. Of...

The Birth of a Nation | Blu-ray Review

Around this time a year ago, Nate Parker’s Sundance Award Winning directorial debut The Birth of a Nation was a surefire bet to be...

The Birth of a Nation | Review

Born Again: Parker Resuscitates Turner Narrative in Painful Labor of Love An odd, continued legacy of unquestioned applause greets the reception of actor Nate Parker’s...

The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell – The 2016 Edition

Tis the season for fevered wish lists and constantly fluctuating prognostications concerning the soon to be revealed 2016 program at the Cannes Film Festival....

Best of Fest: Sundance 2016’s Top 10 New Voices

Commonly known as a lieu that breeds new filmmaking talents, Nicholas Bell and I look back at the filmmakers who made the most noteworthy...

Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women Leads Nicholas Bell’s 2016 Sundance Film Fest Top Ten

Sundance 2016 has come to a close, once more showcasing a lack of differentiation based on what constitutes the Audience and the Grand Jury....

Sundance ’16: Antonio Campos, So Yong Kim, Elizabeth Wood & The Daniels Among U.S. Dramatic Competition

In last year's selection of sixteen U.S. Dramatic Competition offerings, it was Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Me & Earl & the Dying Girl that landed both...

Every Secret Thing | Review

Baby Blues: Berg’s Troubled and Troubling Feature Debut Treated to a chilly reception following its premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival last spring, the...

Beyond the Lights | Review

Why you wanna fly, Blackbird?: Mbatha-Raw Vibrantly Imbues Prince-Blythewood’s Showbiz Melodrama A systematically underrated director, Gina Prince-Bythewood returns with her third feature film, Beyond the...

About Alex | Review

Still the Chill: Zwick Assembles Fine Cast for Routine Exercise Jesse Zwick, son of director Edward Zwick, has amassed a fine cast of young actors...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #160. Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Blackbird

Blackbird Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Writers: Gina Prince-Bythewood Producers: Stephanie Allain, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Ryan Kavanaugh U.S. Distributor: Relativity Media Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover, Nate Parker Sharing the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #57. David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints Director/Writer: David Lowery Producer(s): Parts and Labor’s Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen, Primary Productions’ Amy Kaufman, Sailor Bear’s Toby Halbrook, Evolution...

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From the Sun to the Moon to the..: Kurdwin Ayub Begins Casting for ‘Stars’

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