Tag: top-stories
Interview: Producer Ryan Martin Brown – The Scout (Work in Progress)
While countless films have delved into filmmaking, viewing it through the unique lens of a location scout (played by Mimi Davila) we get a...
Interview: Joseph Marconi – Baby Love (Work in Progress)
Through the lens of an MMA fighter grappling with an uphill battle for survival, Joseph Marconi’s Baby Love explores how self-harm can unexpectedly lead...
Interview: Sabrina Greco – Lockjaw (Work in Progress)
Every so often, cinema offers a glimpse into the experience of living with a speech impediment—one of my favorite portrayals being the chaotic struggle...
Interview: Miles Levin – Under the Lights (Work in Progress)
Having tackled the stigmatization of epilepsy in cinema in the short form with a proof of concept film back in 2020, filmmaker Miles Levin...
Nosferatu (2024) | Review
Basic Instincts: Eggers Taps Into the Bloodlust with Vampy Remake
It would seem there’s no one more fitting than Robert Eggers to mount a remake...
Vermiglio | Review
Baby Machines: Delpero Designs Tapestry of Women’s Miseries During WWII Italy
Despite the associations suggested by its title, Maura Delpero’s sophomore film Vermiglio is a...
Babygirl | Review
Fuck Like No One’s Watching: Reijn Delivers Prudent & Provocative Sexual Odyssey
“There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had...
One Question: Gints Zilbalodis – Flow
In Gints Zilbalodis' Cannes Un Certain Regard selected animated film Flow, a diverse group of animals bands together to navigate a post-apocalyptic on....a boat....
One Question: Adrien Brody & Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
While liberty and independence are related concepts, they differ in key ways: liberty is about being free from oppressive restrictions, while independence focuses on...
The Brutalist | Review
The Safety of Objectivism: Corbet Unleashes the Survival Instinct of Rational Egoism
“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided...
One Question: Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
In Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, László Tóth (Adrien Brody) strives to rebuild his life, but fragments of his past continue to haunt him. However,...
The Room Next Door | Review
Triumph of the Will: Almodovar’s Muy Excelente English Debut
“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems,” wrote Virginia Woolf in...
2025 Oscars: Sundance’s Daughters, Porcelain War, Sugarcane & Berlinale’s Dahomey & No Other Land in Docu Mix
Documentary film items from this past Sundance in Black Box Diaries, Daughters, Frida, Porcelain War, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Soundtrack to a Coup...
2025 Oscars: ‘A Crab in the Pool,’ ‘The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent,’ and ‘The Masterpiece’ Shortlisted
Among the hundreds of short films in contention in the three categories of Animation, Live Action and Documentary we find some of our favorites...
2025 Oscars: ‘Universal Language’, ‘From Ground Zero’ & ‘Touch’ Join Heavy Favorites on Shortlist
As is the case every year out, films that had a legit chance of joining the shortlist pack of fifteen in Austria's The Devil's...
2025 Sundance: Jianjie Lin, Jorge Thielen Armand & Robert Machoian/Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck Among Selected Shorts
57 films selected from a whopping 11,153 submissions (4,909 U.S. submissions and 6,244 international) packed into eight curated Short Film Programs. Among the more...
Interview: Andrew Garfield – 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival
The perfect relationship gets put to the ultimate test in We Live In Time, the latest feature from Brooklyn director John Crowley. Told across...
Interview: Denise Fernandes – Hanami (Red Sea Intl. Film Festival)
Threading the line between magical realism and potent coming-of-age drama, Denise Fernandes' Hanami is an ambitious debut feature. Filming on location in Cape Verde,...
Nickel Boys | Review
No Country for Black Men: Ross Reforms the Cinema with Distinctive Adaptation
In many ways, Nickel Boys, the narrative debut from director RaMell Ross,...
Interview: Xiaoxuan Jiang – To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Red Sea Intl. Film Festival)
Across the Mongolian steppe, a herdsman confronts climate change, the slow encroachment of gentrification, and a fading way of life in To Kill A...
Kraven the Hunter | Review
Snack Attack: Kraven The Hunter Is More Empty Calorie Superhero Slop
The existential fear among creatives is that one day, artificial intelligence will become so...
2025 Sundance: Hailey Gates, Katarina Zhu & Eva Victor in U.S. Dramatic Comp
Among the batch of ten 2025 U.S. Dramatic Competition offerings we find the likes of actress Hailey Gates' feature debut Atropia - produced by...
2025 Sundance: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Masterwork ‘April’ Selected for Spotlight Section
With only two films selections it looks like Sundance's Spotlight section is about to be snuffed out but among the pair of films programmed...
2025 Sundance: Laura Casabé, Flora Lau, Vladimir de Fontenay & Chloé Robichaud in World Cinema Dramatic Comp
The long-awaited film by Flora Lau (LUX), Chloé Robichaud's take on a Quebec classic (1970's Deux Femmes en or) in Two Women, Vladimir de...
2025 Sundance: Cherien Dabis, Mary Bronstein, Amalia Ulman, Clint Bentley, Ira Sachs & Bill Condon in Premieres Section
On paper, this year's Premieres section offerings (fiction and non-fiction) should be all the hyope and talked about well into awards season. Some of...
2025 Sundance: Grace Glowicki, Meera Menon & Bryn Chainey Projects in the Midnight Section
Long-time indie actress Grace Glowicki, Sundance alumni in Meera Menon (2016's Equity) and Bryn Chainey are among the seven film projects selected for the...
2025 Sundance: Kahlil Joseph, Amanda Kramer & Albert Birney in Next Section
Always our go-to section for truly unique singular voices working in micro cinema, Kahlil Joseph (a major music video filmmaker who needs no introduction)...
2025 Sundance: U.S. & World Documentary Competition
The U.S. Documentary Competition consistently showcases some of the most talked-about documentaries of the year. Year after year, it delivers at least a quartet...
Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review
First Blood: Khaled Mansour’s Debut Follows A Man Ready To Fight For The Fate Of His Dog
In First Blood, John Rambo is a quiet...
Taste The Revolution | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review
Revolution Summer: Klein Unearths A Political Satire Over 20 Years In The Making
Making a movie is all about timing. If you’re lucky, you get...
2024 Golden Globe Awards: Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist & Anora Take Pole Positions
It'll be a Cannes Film Festival competition rematch alongside the critical darling (Best Director) winning competition film from the Venice Film Festival. Emilia Pérez...
2024 Rathaus Film Grant: Arrielle Sadé Mock
Last week the SFFILM Rainin Grant announced the recipients of much-needed coin support (see the complete list of finalists), and today we learn the...
2024 European Film Awards: Jacques Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scoops Up Four Awards
Except perhaps Souleymane's Story's Abou Sangare biking away with the European Actor award (beating out Conclave's Ralph Fiennes) there were no surprises at last...
2024 Marrakech Intl. Film Fest: Scandar Copti, Damian Kocur, Silvina Schnicer & Mo Harawe Feted
Scandar Copti's Happy Holidays, Damian Kocur's Under The Volcano, Silvina Schnicer's The Cottage and Mo Harawe's The Village Next to Paradise shared the awards...
The Order | Review
The True Story of a Racist Gang: Kurzel Explores Formative Chapter of American Domestic Terrorism
There’s a brooding, sinister quality to Justin Kurzel’s filmmaking, whose...
Oh, Canada | Review
Pieces of a Man: Schrader Explores Atonement in Toned Down Adaptation
Throughout his illustrious career as a director and screenwriter, Paul Schrader has specialized in...
Nightbitch | Review
All About My Mother: Amy Adams Goes to the Dogs In Marielle Heller’s Barking Mad Dramedy
“Motherhood is fucking brutal,” Amy Adams’ unnamed Mother seethes...
The Girl with the Needle | Review
Casa de los Babys: von Horn Hits a Bleak Streak
You know you’re in for something dark and dreary when a film opens upon a...
Power Alley (Levante) | Review
That Time of the Month: Halla Offers Ringside Seats to the Courts - Both On and Off
In one’s timeline, it’s the pre-adulthood teenage years...
The Seed of the Sacred Fig | Review
Way of the Gun: Rasoulof’s Bold, Blunt Indictment of Iranian Regime
There’s been little opportunity for artists to clearly or critically speak truth to power...
Queer | Review
(Disem)Body Talk: Guadagnino Pays Homage to the Paradoxical Beat Pariah
If Ayn Rand had dared to write a character who was a genius gay white...
2024 Eurimages: Maryam Touzani, Emily Atef, May el-Toukhy & Kaouther Ben Hania Land Coin
The results of the third Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2024 have been unveiled and among the batch of filmmakers we find the likes...
Maria | Review
Songs from the Specious Floor: Larrain Imagines the Last Days of a Diva
A penny for the thoughts of Maria Callas regarding Pablo Larraín’s glossy...
2024 Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award: No Other Land
Selected for this year's Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals, winner of the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2024...
Gladiator II | Review
Eternity and a Day: Scott Rehashes the Dying Embers of an Empire
“The movie doesn’t have to be great; it can be stupid and empty...
Interview: Julia Verdin, William Baldwin & Xander Berkeley – Americans with No Address
In conjunction with her new narrative feature No Address, which will be released in 2025, director Julia Verdin and co-director Stephen Wollwerth embarked on...
Stitched Together: Ella Rumpf, Louis Garrel & Garance Marillier Join ‘Coutures’
Production is officially underway on Alice Winocour's fifth feature film, Coutures aka Stitches, and the casting announcements keep getting bigger. Joining yesterday's reveal of...
Interview: Soi Cheang – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
We sat with director Soi Cheang to talk about his latest film, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, which premiered in the Midnight section...
Interview: Tia Kouvo – Family Time
We sat with director Tia Kouvo to talk about her directorial debut, Family Time, which premiered in the Encounters program of the 2024 Berlin...
Upcoming Collections: Angelina Jolie Strikes a Pose for Alice Winocour ‘Stitches’ (aka Coutures)
Back in September we reported that French filmmaker Alice Winocour had begun pre-production on her fifth feature film and a major casting announcement has...
