All 19 films in competition at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival have screened, now the question is: what would Kristen...
Read moreIt has been a very German film-heavy edition of the Berlinale, the competition lineup alone includes five entries from the...
Read moreWhen the lineup of this year’s Berlinale was announced, something that jumped out was the inclusion of BAD LIVING in...
Read moreCompetition at the 73rd Berlinale is shaping up to be one of the strongest in years, reconfirmed today by the...
Read moreGuys, my heart. Arriving by way of Sundance, Korean-Canadian director Celine Song’s debut feature PAST LIVES tells a decades-spanning love...
Read more2017 was a banner year for LGBTQ cinema which saw the release of, among others, BEACH RATS, GOD’S OWN COUNTRY,...
Read moreIt’s February so of course it’s time to check back with the Berlinale and see what artistic director Carlo Chatrian...
Read moreNew York, NY (Dec 14, 2022) – The Screenwriters Tribute Award is the highest honor presented by the Festival. Established...
Read moreSeptember 23, 2022, Montclair, NJ – Today, Montclair Film announced its Centerpiece, Closing, Special Event films, and talent awards for...
Read moreALL HAIL QUEEN JULIANNE. The awards of the 79th Venice Film Festival were handed out tonight and they were fabulous....
Read moreHaving now seen all 23 (!) films in competition at the 79th Venice Film Festival, it’s time to play our...
Read moreOk, so BLONDE premiered. Adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name, it’s an artful reconstruction of Marilyn...
Read moreMasterpiece alert! Guys, this is why I go to these film festivals – to be completely unprepared for and swept...
Read moreIf Hirokazu Koreeda (SHOPLIFTERS, BROKER) is Japan’s king of family dramas, Kôji Fukada is his evil twin. The latter makes...
Read moreGood storytelling has magic, and when Martin McDonagh tells you a story, you know you’re in the hands of a...
Read moreDarren Aronofsky is a director who, in my eyes, has never missed. Even the least celebrated of his work shows...
Read moreJust one year after THE CARD COUNTER (which I loved), 76-year-old writer/director Paul Schrader has finished another film that completed...
Read moreWhen filmmakers take a break from telling other people’s stories and draw inspiration from their own past, the result can...
Read moreIn 2001, Todd Field rocked the indie film world with his debut narrative feature IN THE BEDROOM, which went on...
Read moreWhen it was announced that Noah Baumbach’s latest will open the 79th Venice Film Festival, I debated whether to read...
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