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Read more Screening at the Berlin Film Festival: Alain Gomis’s ‘Dao’The Friend’s House Is Here was covertly filmed in the streets of Tehran amidst violent government crackdowns against citizens. Courtesy of Sundance Institute There is a scene about…
Read more Celebrating the Power of Film and the Best of Humanity at Park City’s Last SundanceA still from Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab. Courtesy BFI London Film Festival The most challenging of times bring us the best art. Or at…
Read more London Film Festival’s Standout Works Offer Portraits of Connection in a Disconnected WorldJeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. The first and final scenes of any film…
Read more Screening at NYFF: Scott Cooper’s ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’Will Arnett. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2025 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved. Bradley Cooper’s third feature after Maestro and A Star is Born—the divorce-and-stand-up dramedy Is This…
Read more Screening at NYFF: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’After four months of renovations, the Film Society Center theater in Center City is ready to relaunch next week. And while its new bar and lobby remain locked…
Read more New mural celebrating films set and shot in Philly features these 11 moviesṢọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo and Godwin Egbo in My Father’s Shadow. Courtesy of Fatherland Productions A powerful work of memory and political fragility, Akinola Davies Jr.’s My…
Read more Screening at TIFF: Akinola Davies Jr.’s ‘My Father’s Shadow’A rushed follow-through leaves the film’s mere 105 minutes feeling somewhat purposeless in the grand scheme of things. Courtesy Venice Film Festival There’s something to be said about…
Read more Screening at Venice: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire’The director’s portrait of Francis Ford Coppola’s creative process is never allowed to probe deeply enough. Courtesy Venice Film Festival From Leaving Las Vegas director Mike Figgis, Megadoc…
Read more Screening at Venice: Mike Figgis’ ‘Megadoc’There are few things more glamorous than a red carpet, but the Venice Film Festival 2025 has found a way to level up the whole idea of making…
Read more The Venice Film Festival’s 40 Most Fashionable Entrances EverSave the date cinephiles: the renowned Chicago International Film Festival is back with a fresh lineup of screenings from Oct. 16 – 27, 2024. The Chicago International Film…
Read more 10 films to catch during Chicago International Film Festival 2024 | Choose ChicagoThe Venice Film Festival has begun—get ready for 11 days of some of the best red carpet fashion of the year. WireImage While last year’s Venice Film Festival…
Read more All the Best Red Carpet Fashion from the 2024 Venice Film FestivalPhoto: Hutton Supancic/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images SXSW is ending its partnerships with the U.S. Army and defense contractors after pro-Palestine protests this year. “After careful…
Read more SXSW Will No Longer Work With the U.S. Army or Defense ContractorsIt feels like Jeffrey Wright is in everything these days. His versatility has taken him from character acting in the likes of rThe French Dispatch and Westworld to…
Read more Jeffrey Wright Interview: American Fiction ReviewAspiring filmmakers will showcase their cutting-edge work this weekend as the D.C. Independent Film Forum hosts its annual High School Film Competition. WTOP’s Jason Fraley previews DCIFF’s high…
Read more High school filmmakers show their stuff at DC fest – WTOP NewsA still promo for the film Skinamarink. Coutesy: Bayview Entertainment Experimental horror film “Skinamarink” has been all the buzz on social media for months — and now it’s…
Read more How ‘Skinamarink’ made more than $1.5 million on a $15,000 budgetRandall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he didn’t have a project there. But the “Fresh…
Read more After 2 virtual years, Sundance returns to the mountainsStars at Saudi Arabia’s second annual Red Sea International Film Festival have had to do more than their standard promotional duties. Special guests Sharon Stone and Guy Ritchie have both defended…
Read more Sharon Stone and Guy Ritchie Raise Eyebrows at Divisive Saudi Arabia Film FestivalNEW DELHI — Israel’s envoy to India on Tuesday denounced a filmmaker from his country after he called a blockbuster Bollywood film on disputed Kashmir a “propaganda” and…
Read more Israeli filmmaker comments on Kashmir film stoke controversyNan Goldin, the subject of Laura Poitras’ Venice Film Festival-winning documentary “ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” is a name you probably either know well or not…
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