Tag: top-stories
2024 TIFF: Torill Kove, Andrés Ramírez Pulido, Rúnar Rúnarsson & Nebojša Slijepčević Shorts in Toronto
Yesterday TIFF announced a scorching Primetime programme with auteur names such as Janicza Bravo, Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Joe Wright alongside their Short...
Rustling in Pristina: Visar Morina Begins Production on “Hatixhe and Shaban”
Production has begun on Hatixhe and Shaban, the third feature film by Kosovar filmmaker Visar Morina. A project that won the prestigious Baumi Award...
Death Will Come (La Mort viendra) | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review
And Bear Your Eyes: Hochhäusler’s Grim Sketch of a Tangled Underworld
Death, it seems, does not quite become Christoph Hochhäusler, the Berlin School alum making...
2024 TIFF: Miguel Gomes, Wang Bing (X2) & Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias in Wavelengths Programme
We have two exciting updates from TIFF: first, the Wavelengths line-up has been unveiled; second, NYFF has confirmed that Luca Guadagnino's Queer will have...
2024 San Sebastián: Luis Ortega, Rondero & Valadez, Iair Said & Juliana Rojas in Horizontes Latinos section
After premieres in the Venice competition, a Toronto splash and an eventual NYFF slot, Luis Ortega's Kill The Jockey is among the fourteen films...
2024 TIFF: Eddie Huang, Steve Pink, Jen Gatien & Billy Corben World Preems in Docs Programme
The Toronto Intl. Film Festivals folks are slowly coming to the end of their selection announcements (we are still expecting them to announce some...
2024 NYFF: Corbet, Tsangari, Baker, Lesage, Guiraudie Plus Surprise Devor & Loktev Titles in Main Slate
We got a nice sampling of Berlinale (e.g. the Golden Bear winner Dahomey) and Cannes (e.g. the Palme d'Or winner Anora) items with a...
2024 TIFF: Kulumbegashvili, Zilbalodis, Lojkine, Soderbergh, Rankin & Sofia Bohdanowicz in Centrepiece Programme
It's year two for the Toronto Intl. Film Festival's Centrepiece programme - the place where we find films from the film festival circuit as...
Shared Báth: Huppert, Rois, Minichmayr & Eidinger Set for Ottinger’s “The Blood Countess”
It has been over a dozen years in the making. We can confirm that Isabelle Huppert has indeed remained on board, so has Sophie...
Exclusive Clip: Bérénice Béjo is Fight-or-Flight in César Díaz’s Mexico 86
Winner of the prestigious Caméra d'Or in 2019 for his debut Our Mothers (we were on hand - check out our coverage) Guatemalan filmmaker...
UCR Creative Juices: Xavier Dolan Moving Out of Retirement with new Horror Genre Film
Someone is emerging from early (filmmaker) retirement, and we might have Cannes topper Thierry Frémaux to thank for it. After a cool volunteer job...
2024 San Sebastián: Alberdi, Ozon, Oppenheimer, Costa-Gavras, Leigh & Laura Carreira & Xin Huo Debuts in Comp
Eleven Golden Shell competition films have been announced this morning, joining the previously selected quintet. This year's lineup features a mix of veteran directors,...
Final Cut?: Lou Ye’s “An Finished Film” is…. Not Finished
It was arguably the most engaging film at this year's Cannes (Thierry Frémaux might have included it in the competition if not for Caught...
One Question: Sean Wang – Dìdi (弟弟)
Today, Focus Features release Dìdi (弟弟) - the 2024 Sundance Film Festival winner of the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and the U.S. Dramatic Special...
Survival of the Fittest: Anamaria Vartolomei Joins Laura Wandel’s “L’Intérêt d’Adam”
Earlier last month we reported that actresses Léa Drucker and Noémie Merlant were going to topline Laura Wandel’s highly anticipated sophomore feature, L’Intérêt d’Adam....
2024 TIFF: Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” Opens the Midnight Madness Programme
It was considered a "risky" film selection by Thierry Frémaux that divided critics but found a large swath of defenders (including our chief film...
2024 NYFF: Steve McQueen’s Blitz Selected to Close 62nd Edition
After showcasing three of the five Small Axe films, Steve McQueen is set to have the international premiere of Blitz at the New York...
2024 TIFF: César Augusto Acevedo, K’naan Warsame, Laura Carreira & Durga Chew-Bose in Discovery Programme
Reserved for debut and sophomore films from emerging filmmakers, this year's Toronto International Film Festival's Discovery programme consists of two dozen feature films and...
2024 World Cinema Fund: New Lisandro Alonso & Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese Projects Backed
Last year the likes of Nara Normande and Tião (Venice 2023 selected Sem Coração) and Mo Harawe's (Cannes 2024 selected The Village next to...
2024 TIFF: Valchanov/Grozeva, Nacho Vigalondo, Carlos Marqués-Marcet & Rodrigo Prieto in Platform Programme
Named after the influential film Platform (2000) by the great "Sixth Generation" master filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke, it'll soon be a decade since TIFF introduced...
2024 Venice: Corbet, Guadagnino, Haugerud, Kulumbegashvili, Salles, Tsangari & Yeo Siew Hua In Golden Lion Competition
21 films were selected for the 2024 Venice Film Festival competition and in the pack we find some surprises and several shoe-ins for the...
2024 Venice: Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Fabrice du Welz, Asif Kapadia, Errol Morris & Harmony Korine Out of Comp
While we might still be on the fence about what is being described as a first-person shooter-type experience in Harmony Korine's Baby Invasion, but...
2024 Venice: Avranas, Alex Ross Perry, Rosenberg, Kerekes, Friedland, Neo Sora & Elizabeth Lo in Orizzonti Selections!
The Un Certain Regard section in Venice, recent winners of the Horizons (Orizzonti) section include Gábor Reisz's Explanation for Everything, Houman Seyyedi's World War...
2024 TIFF: 10 Key Take-Aways From Gala & Special Presentations Announcement
The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its Gala and Special Presentations programs and now have have confirmations not only...
2024 NYFF: RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” Selected as Opening Night Film…Heading to Telluride/Venice?
London BFI have Steve McQueen's Blitz and San Sebastian Film Festival tied up Audrey Diwan's Emmanuelle, we now have the NYFF folks pitching their...
2024 Venice: Aude Léa Rapin & Lawrence Valin Bookend + Bernhard Wenger, Alexandra Simpson & Muhammed Hamdy in Venice Intl. Critics’ Week Comp
While tomorrow is the big daddy of announcements for the fall film festival season, this morning, we learn the identity of the nine feature...
2024 Venice: Valerio Mastandrea’s “Nonostante” & Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5” Horizons Sections Openers
The full line-up will be unveiled on Tuesday, but we got a little Lido appetizer pair this morning. Opening the Horizons (aka Orrizonti) section...
2024 Venice: Jan-Willem Van Ewijk, Isabella Torre & Jiang Xiaoxuan in Giornate Degli Autori Line-Up
The first feature films of the 2024 Venice Film Festival lineup have been unveiled through the Giornate Degli Autori section. Artistic Director Gaia Furrer's...
2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Luca Guadagnino, Brady Corbet & Dea Kulumbegashvili
Pedro Paramo
Dir. Rodrigo Prieto
Prod: Rafael Ley, Stacy Perskie, Francisco Ramos
A Netflix backed project that went into production in March of last year, Mexican cinematographer...
2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Todd Phillips, Fabrice Du Welz & Pablo Larraín
Joker: Folie a Deux
Dir. Todd Phillips
Prod: Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joseph Garner
It would be kind of neat if the head jury person of...
2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Walter Salles, Athina Rachel Tsangari & Harmony Korine
So here we are. The programming teams headed by Artistic Directors Gaia Furrer (Giornate degli Autori), Beatrice Fiorentino (Settimana Internazionale della Critica) and Alberto...
Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret Prefer “Ma frère”, Emmanuel Marre Goes Solo on “Notre salut”
As usual, the folks at Cineuropa get the dibs on CNC’s advance receipt news and today we learn that The Worst Ones (Les Pires)...
2024 TIFF/Venice: David Gordon Green “Nutcrackers” Opens Toronto, Almodóvar a Lock for Venice?
Sundance has Sebastian Silva. Cannes has the Dardenne Bros. And at this point, we can call him a VIP guest at Toronto Intl. Film...
Teaser for Chloé Robichaud’s “Deux femmes en or”
We've got the first (really early) look at Chloé Robichaud's fourth feature film -- which is set to drop next summer (domestic Quebec release)...
Lynne Ramsay Re-Teams with “We Need to Talk About Kevin” Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey on “Die, My Love”
Filming is imminent for Lynne Ramsay's highly anticipated fifth feature, and we just learned that a key creative member in cinematographer Seamus McGarvey from...
The Deep Blue V: Sophie Letourneur Sets Sails for “L’Aventura”
Savory wine, blissful beaches, rugged topography, and an elusive Philippe Katerine who plays Jean-Philippe -- we've been keeping close tabs on what will be...
Interview: Yann Mounir Demange & Rosa Attab – Dammi (short)
Yann Mounir Demange quite literally blasted onto the scene back in 2014 with his feature debut about a stranded British soldier (Jack O'Connell) with...
2024 Locarno Film Festival: César Díaz, Simon Jaquemet & Tarsem Singh in Piazza Grande
It has to be among the best open-air public spaces at any festival to premiere a film and it also counts as a safe...
Two for 2025?: Xavier Giannoli’s “Jean et Corinne Luchaire” & Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Vie privée” Receive CNC Support
We have the first details on the next feature films from a pair of French auteurs who arguably are both coming off what might...
2024 Locarno Film Festival: Ramon Zürcher, Kurdwin Ayub, Hong Sangsoo & Pia Marais in Pardo d’Oro Comp
Former Pardo d’Oro champs Hong Sangsoo (Right Now, Wrong Then - 2015) and Wang Bing (Mrs. Fang - 2017) will be measuring up against...
2024 TIFF: Anderson .Paak, John Crowley & Sophie Deraspe World Preems Added to Line-Up
After the first sextet of titles released back in the middle of June, the Toronto International Film Festival are throwing us another fivesome of...
Third Time’s A Charm: Dupieux & Exarchopoulos Re-team on “L’Avant-dernière séance”
After collaborating with the other half of the Blue is the Warmest Color tandem, Quentin Dupieux is re-teaming with actress Adèle Exarchopoulos for L’Avant-dernière...
Newark Confiture: Balagov’s “Butterfly Jam” Set for a September Start Date
In what promises to be a vintage 2025 year for auteur cinema, Kantemir Balagov's next might also join the fray. Originally titled "Monica" and...
Interview: Monia Chokri & Magalie Lépine Blondeau – The Nature of Love
In a creative output that saw her add a harvest of three feature films in the last five years, after 2019's A Brother's Love...
The Nature of Love | Review
Heart in the Right Place: Chokri Lets the Body & the Camera Do the Talking in Rom Dramedy
French Canadian filmmaker Monia Chokri adds another...
MaXXXine | Review
A Touch of Minx: West Concludes Ersatz ‘Trilogy’ with a Moan
It’s an impressive endeavor to unleash three consecutive, thematically related films within the span...
Music | Review
Oedipus Shrugged: Schanelec Finds Tragedy is the Song That Doesn’t End
There’s little use clinging to the description of Angela Schanelec’s latest film Music as...
2024 Venice Gap-Financing Market: Ulrike Ottinger, Aga Woszczyńska, Shahrbanoo Sadat, Erige Sehiri & Theo Court Among Selected Projects
The projects for the upcoming Venice Gap-Financing Market have been unveiled (27 feature-length fiction) and there'll be several listed here projects that we'll discuss...
Last Summer (L’Été dernier) | Review
One Deadly Summer: Breillat Agitates Another Sexual Taboo
Suddenly, last summer, a successful lawyer who has it all risks throwing her life away with an...
2024 Eurimages: Visar Morina, Hlynur Pálmason, Nadav Lapid, Valentyn Vasyanovych & Dardennes Receive Support
The results of the second Eurimages Project Evaluation Session for 2024 have just been announced and we are finding some major projects in the...
