Tag: top-stories
New Diao Yinan Thriller & Jia Zhangke Road Movie Aiming for Cannes 2027
In the if-true-then-definitely-newsworthy category, as we put all our focus on the upcoming Cannes Film Festival we're also taking inventory of the films that...
2026 Cannes: Balagov, Radu Jude, July Jung, Lisandro Alonso, Barnard, Sotomayor and Dupieux Load Up Alluring Quinzaine Line-Up
Artistic Director Julien Rejl is poised to draw major crowds this year, as the selection committee makes a compelling case that the Théâtre Croisette...
2026 Cannes: Sara Ishaq, Blerta Basholli, Marine Atlan, Zou Jing & Félix de Givry in Critics’ Week Line-Up
The radiant Ava Cahen topper of La Semaine de la Critique since 2022 gives us eleven reasons to want to explore the section that...
2026 Cannes: Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard Selected for Cannes Premiere (!?)
There was no mention this morning for a film title we imagined would not play in competition but would none the less surface somewhere...
2026 Cannes: Wollner, Martelli, Marrakchi, Dusabejambo & Schoenbrun Load Up Un Certain Regard Section
With a touch of queer, the opening film slot for the Un Certain Regard section goes to American indie slasher film by the filmmaker...
2026 Cannes: Mysius, Kreutzer, Harari, Grisebach, Herry, Bourgeois-Taquet Among New Faces in the Palme d’Or Comp
A competition section of (currently) twenty-one features with, according to Thierry Frémaux, one more potential last minute Palme d'Or contender addition to be announced...
2026 Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn, Quentin Dupieux & Bertrand Mandico on the Croisette
The Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings selections have been unveiled and we've got our usual collection of auteurs who...
Cherry on Top: Wagner Moura Begins Filming on Lisandro Alonso’s ‘O Aroma da Pitanga’
If 2026 was meant to deliver the fruits of Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso's recent creative output, it seems 2027 will also add another chapter...
2026 Le Groupe Ouest Selections: New Features by Laura Wandel, Valéry Carnoy & Léa Todorov in the Works
Located in France’s north westernmost region of Brittany, Le Groupe Ouest have selected eight projects (ten participants) with notable Belgian filmmakers Laura Wandel and...
2026 Cannes: Felipe Gálvez, Emanuel Pârvu, Juho Kuosmanen & Magnus von Horn Headed to Investors Circle
Set up in 2023, Marché du Film’s initiative connects private investors with alluring high-end film projects and today they've unveiled the eight lucky filmmakers...
Interview: Producer Tristan Scott-Behrends – Bunnylovr (Work in Progress)
In what seems to be an exploration of duality, Katarina Zhu steps both in front of and behind the camera to craft a portrait...
Interview: Gabriel Mascaro – The Blue Trail (O Último Azul)
We have long admired the cinema of Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro. His films amplify the social frictions embedded within systems that quietly erode personal...
The Curtain Falls: Sébastien Pilote Working on Fired Theatre Critic Project
They say no news is good news, but in this case a little news goes a long way: Chicoutimi-based filmmaker Sébastien Pilote appears to...
Marriage, Power & Collapse: Mubi Backs Zvyagintsev’s Political Fable ‘Minotaur’
It what might be considered one of those smart Cannes Film Festival competition pre-buys, Variety reports that the folks at MUBI have landed North...
The Blue Trail (O último azul) | Review
Crimes of the Future: Mascaro Envisions Trouble Ahead
“Getting old ain’t no place for sissies,” a quote often attributed to Bette Davis (or similar variations...
From Beau Travail to Let the Sunshine In: Claire Denis Receives Directors’ Fortnight’s Carrosse d’Or
Claire Denis will receive the Carrosse d'Or Award on May 13, 2026, in Cannes, during the Directors' Fortnight opening ceremony. Established in 2002, this...
Exclusive Clip: Women at the Helm in Gabriel Mascaro’s ‘The Blue Trail’
Selected for 2025's Berlinale where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian-dipped drama The Blue Trail finally drops stateside (this...
2026 Cannes: Pierre Salvadori to Paint the Croisette with Fest Opener ‘La Vénus électrique’
French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori will open the 79th edition of Cannes with his 11th feature film -- a period piece set in 1928's Paris...
Living the Land | Review
Land of Steady Habits: Meng Reflects Familial Upheaval in Quiet Saga
“Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go...
DJ Ahmet | Review
All DJs, Great and Small: Unkovski’s Debut Can’t Stop the Music
While its location might feel inherently unique, the happenings in Georgi M. Unkovski’s narrative...
2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part II
Welcome back to the second portion of our Cannes Film Festival Competition predictions. Earlier we had ten titles jostling among our prognostications; today we...
2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Palme d’Or – Part 1
In less than two weeks, Thierry Frémaux will unveil the (never 100% complete but always tantalizingly close) lineup for the 79th edition of the...
YES | Review
Break My Soul: Lapid Explores Compromised Artistry During Wartime
Essentially, YES, the latest film from Israeli auteur Nadav Lapid, is a portrait of an artist...
Kontinental ’25 | Review
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Jude Skewers the Status Quo
Ownership is an unsaid key word in Kontinental ’25, the latest perambulating spasm from Romanian...
Alpha | Review
Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease Allegory
“Death is the cure for all illness,” wrote English writer Thomas Browne, which is a...
2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Midnight, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, Out of Comp
Before we dive headfirst into full-on Palme d’Or predictions tomorrow (with a part deux that will drop brunch time on Sunday) - we now...
2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Un Certain Regard
Introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, the Un Certain Regard sidebar typically presents around twenty films championing distinctive styles and unconventional storytelling. In recent...
2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Directors’ Fortnight
It’s nearly impossible to predict what the programming crew led by Artistic Director Julien Rejl will cook up for year four, but if the...
2026 Eurimages: Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet, Bertrand Bonello & Mungiu/Uricaru Land Coin
World cinema heavyweights Mia Hansen-Love, Justine Triet and Bertrand Bonello are among the filmmakers who received some Eurimages fund via the first project evaluation...
2026 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Critics’ Week
The parallel selection dedicated to debut and sophomore features films had a chockfull of crème de la crème options last year beginning with solid...
Group Think: Christian Petzold Bringing Muses Nina Hoss & Paula Beer Under the Same Theatre Group Roof
Christian Petzold is doing the rounds stateside for the release of Miroirs No. 3 and fans of the German filmmaker will be pleased to...
2026 Cannes’ La Résidence: Pillion’s Harry Lighton & Toxic’s Saulé Bliuvaité Among Half Dozen Selected
The Cannes Film Festival’s La Résidence is welcoming Harry Lighton, Emma Branderhorst, Joecar Hanna, Saulé Bliuvaité, Mansi Maheshwari and Oliver McGoldrick to their 51st...
Reinventing the Kneel: Schoenaerts, Samba & Csokas Join Ellie Foumbi’s Paris Escort Drama ‘Fleur’
Matthias Schoenaerts, Makita Samba and Marton Csokas have been cast in Ellie Foumbi's spicy sophomore feature which gathered plenty of steam when Halle Berry...
2025 Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe: Asmae El Moudir, Maya Da-Rin & Kamila Andini Projects Get Support
A lucky eight film projects have landed support via Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe support schemes. The HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme provides advanced financing...
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Visiting Father-daughter Tensions with Pale Sun (Yorgun Günes) this Summer
Where there's smoke, there's fire and today we can confirm some exciting news - the Nuri Bilge Ceylan camp is indeed moving forward on...
Interview: Annemarie Jacir – Palestine 36
With her sweeping and ambitious fourth feature, Palestine 36, Annemarie Jacir gives emotional weight to the history books, excavating the roots of nearly a...
2026 Oscars Score Card: No Surprises Here as One Battle After Another Wins Best Picture
Not that we have any issue with a legitimate tie, but it does make you wonder how many voters there actually are in the...
Pencils Down: Our 2026 Oscar Predictions!
After dazzling the critic elite at Telluride and cementing its frontrunner status at TIFF, Hamnet appeared poised to gallop away with the Oscar race,...
Itching for Istanbul: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Planning Summer 2026 Shoot
We are nearing the four-year gap between projects that celebrated Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan typically allows between films so while this tidbit of...
Brutalist Trio Part of ‘Diamond Shitter’ Quartet as Andrea Riseborough & Guy Pearce Join
The Brutalist family reunion continues as Screen Daily reports that Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ sophomore feature Diamond Shitter (which will also be known as the generic...
For Better or Worse: Tessa Thompson Gets Hitched with Jonas Carpignano’s ‘A Separation’
For those who might not have caught wind of the news this past Monday, we finally have a new film project by auteur American...
Condom Counterculture: Grace Van Patten Pilots Hanna Gray Organschi’s ‘Rubber Hut’
One of the rare Sundance Institute promoted projects that participated in all three Sundance Labs (Screenwriters, Directors, and Producers) filmmaker Hanna Gray Organschi has...
