On April 25th, the Spokane Riverkeeper is excited to announce the return of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival at the newly renovated Garland Theater in Spokane, Washington. This On Tour event is their 10th annual screening of environmental films that feature nature’s beauty, current issues affecting our planet, and heart-warming stories. This year all […]
Max Beyond (Hasraf Dulull, 2024) 2½ out of 5 stars As feature films based on video games continue to proliferate, director Hasraf “HAZ” Dulull (2036 Origin Unknown) deviates from the mainstream trend to bring a cinematic rendition of a more obscure but fascinating such game. The movie takes place in the distant future, where a […]
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The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) has set its lineup of narrative and documentary features for its 28th edition, including Jussie Smollett’s return to acting in “The Lost Holliday,” filmmaker Christine Swanson’s latest drama “Albany Road” and the acclaimed Luther Vandross doc “Never Too Much.” This year’s festival takes place June 12-16 in Miami Beach, […]
SIFF 2024 Lineup is Live
SIFF announces lineup, tributes & premieres slated for the 50th Seattle International Film Festival, returning May 9-19 261 films with 18 World, 26 North American, and 14 U.S. Premieres make up the lineup for the Festival’s 50th anniversary, screening at venues across Seattle, including SIFF’s newly opened SIFF Cinema Downtown SEATTLE – SIFF...
South Australian Anthony Frith’s close encounter with “Sharknado” production company The Asylum in “Mockbuster” is among five titles to be showcased at the Adelaide Film Festival Goes to Cannes showcase, held at Cannes Marché du Film on May 17. The five works in progress range from queer adult anime, comedic doc, and traditional non-fiction to family […]
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And last but not least, the Cannes Film Festival has announced the eleven shorts competing for the Palme d’Or.
Selected from just over 4400 submitted shorts and representing countries such as Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Kosovo, Lithuania, Portugal and the United States, I can attest that there’ll be some masterworks in the short form here in the festival’s...
Today we’ve got a baker’s dozen thirteen added to the Cannes 2024 edition. We learned beforehand that Mohammad Rasoulof and Michel Hazanavicius we competition entries and one more title trickled in from Romanian actor/director Emanuel Parvu and his Trois kilomètres jusqu’à la fin du monde — a drama featuring Bogdan Dumitrache, Laura Vasiliu and Ciprian Chiujdea.
Are we capping off the Palme d’Or competition at twenty-one? This might be the case as we learned this morning (looks like Variety has red phone direct access to Thierry Frémaux) that the anticipated (we briefly discussed it in our 11th Hour predix) animated title in The Most Precious of Cargoes from Michel Hazanavicius and a complete surprise new title by Iranian filmmaker Mohammad...
“Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line,” a documentary feature about the veteran Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has been set as the opening gala title at the Sydney Film Festival. It will have its world premiere at the State Theatre on June 5, kicking off the festival that runs until June 16. The film is written […]