Love it or hate it, Cannes is the queen bee of film festivals. The announcement of its lineup is for...
Read moreSarasota, FL (April 9, 2021) – The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced today Roadside Pictures’ documentary RITA MORENO: JUST A...
Read moreSo that was it. Another year, another – very unusual – Berlinale. Compressed and entirely virtual, with a 24-hour screening...
Read moreA thought I’m often struck by towards the end of any film festival is how I absolutely love, and feel...
Read moreI love a good thriller as much as the next guy, and Swiss filmmaker Andreas Fontana’s feature debut AZOR is...
Read moreThe race for the Golden Bear heats up today with the premiere of two films in competition at the 71st...
Read moreLisa is moving. From one nondescript apartment to another in an unnamed city. We don’t know why she’s leaving the...
Read moreWars are such acts of extraordinary inhumanity they’ve always inspired and continue to inspire art that examines, re-examines their every...
Read moreWhere Venice has starry Oscar vehicles lining up for a slot each year and Cannes has established itself as the...
Read moreOne year ago to the day, the 70th Berlinale drew to a close. On the same evening, the first COVID-19...
Read moreThe framing device used in Night of the Kings is a popular one. The story takes place in a bleaker...
Read moreAs this year’s TIFF nears its end, we’re treated to more titles that received the Cannes 2020 label and officially...
Read moreMy favorite thing about watching films at film festivals is the variety. You may watch one that spends two hours...
Read moreWhen you’re watching a film about a Chukotkan whlae hunter, you don’t necessarily expect it to open in a seedy...
Read moreGod bless the French for making so many movies about love. The good kind of love, the bad kind of...
Read moreIn two films I saw today, the protagonist ends up in court, a place for finding the truth and administering...
Read moreOne of the great joys of covering film festivals is the discovery of talents, the sense of being struck by...
Read moreOne of the most hotly anticipated films of this festival season finally premiered today. Written for the screen, directed and...
Read moreBeing a longtime admirer, it’s a particular thrill for me to receive accreditation to cover the Toronto International Film Festival...
Read morePlot twist: We’ve been able to see one more film from the official selection of the 77th Venice Film Festival...
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