Film Festival

Guys, my heart. Arriving by way of Sundance, Korean-Canadian director Celine Song’s debut feature PAST LIVES tells a decades-spanning love...

2017 was a banner year for LGBTQ cinema which saw the release of, among others, BEACH RATS, GOD’S OWN COUNTRY,...

It’s February so of course it’s time to check back with the Berlinale and see what artistic director Carlo Chatrian...

New York, NY (Dec 14, 2022) – The Screenwriters Tribute Award is the highest honor presented by the Festival. Established...

September 23, 2022, Montclair, NJ – Today, Montclair Film announced its Centerpiece, Closing, Special Event films, and talent awards for...

ALL HAIL QUEEN JULIANNE. The awards of the 79th Venice Film Festival were handed out tonight and they were fabulous....

Having now seen all 23 (!) films in competition at the 79th Venice Film Festival, it’s time to play our...

Ok, so BLONDE premiered. Adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name, it’s an artful reconstruction of Marilyn...

Masterpiece alert! Guys, this is why I go to these film festivals – to be completely unprepared for and swept...

If Hirokazu Koreeda (SHOPLIFTERS, BROKER) is Japan’s king of family dramas, Kôji Fukada is his evil twin. The latter makes...

Good storytelling has magic, and when Martin McDonagh tells you a story, you know you’re in the hands of a...

Darren Aronofsky is a director who, in my eyes, has never missed. Even the least celebrated of his work shows...

Just one year after THE CARD COUNTER (which I loved), 76-year-old writer/director Paul Schrader has finished another film that completed...

When filmmakers take a break from telling other people’s stories and draw inspiration from their own past, the result can...

In 2001, Todd Field rocked the indie film world with his debut narrative feature IN THE BEDROOM, which went on...

When it was announced that Noah Baumbach’s latest will open the 79th Venice Film Festival, I debated whether to read...

"Ever wake up from a dream and it feels like you're still dreaming?" Winona asks Peter early on Unidentified Objects,...

Day five would wrap things up for me on the ground at the Nantucket Film Festival. It's been an exciting...

Day four at Nantucket would prove to be the best day of the festival. Aside from some great films, the...

In 1993, Bearsden Academy, a state secondary school in an affluent suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, welcomed 16-year-old Brandon Lee to...