Documentarian Gabrielle Brady (Island of the Hungry Ghosts) has a new film out, The Wolves Always Come at Night, which just premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival—aka TIFF—where I reviewed it. The movie is made using hybrid fiction/non-fiction techniques, with the primary subjects, Davaasuren Dagvasuren (Davaa) and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg (Zaya), working with Brady […] The...

Harper Steele and Will Ferrell (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance) As the lengthy standing ovation subsides after the Sundance Film Festival premiere of Will & Harper, Josh Greenbaum is choked up. “I’m just really overwhelmed,” the director says as he looks out at the packed-to-the-gills Eccles Theatre. “The love that these two friends have […] The post “Will & Harper”...

The competing movies, along with daily video presentations and the awards’ show, will be available to watch for free—without the need of registration or credit cards—beginning on September 26 and until October 13. The awards show will be broadcast on October 7. The 13th annual Global Nonviolent Film Festival announced today its lineup. The festival …

A big city and its inhabitants are the focus of filmmaker Afolabi Olalekan’s engaging feature debut. Shot on location in the Nigerian capital of Lagos, the film has a palpable understanding of this big metropolis. Its pace is fast like the city, and it follows many characters whose stories continue to converge, as if Lagos were […]

This year’s Olympics is one people will never forget. From Noah Lyles becoming the fastest man in the world to Simone Biles becoming the most decorated gymnast in history, the Olympics has been nothing but thrilling and exciting. Each Olympian is incredibly inspirational and has a story to share. Let’s dive into the ten most inspiring Olympic stories from the 2024 Paris Games. 

 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 19:  Matthew Reeve, Alexandra Reeve Givens, Peter Ettedgui, Ian Bonhote, and William Reeve attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival “Super/Man” premiere at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center on January 19, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Marc Sagliocco/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Stephanie Ornelas  When Matthew Reeve, William […] ...

HIFF44 PRESENTS: FULL PROGRAMMING LINEUP HIFF44 ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM SELECTIONS, HONOREES, AND SIGNATURE PROGRAMMING The Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani celebrates its 44th year (HIFF44) as the premiere cinematic film festival in the Pacific with the theme “Creating New Traditions” highlighting the best in new cinema from Hawai‘i, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and...

Spotlight on Hong Kong: 2024, The Road to Recovery The Hong Kong film industry has risen from the doldrums of the pandemic with the rise of local films gaining prominence and high box office grosses in 2024. This is best personified with Soi Cheang’s neo-noir action extravaganza TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN broke box office records and kicked off a new franchise in

Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s coming-of-age saga “In the Summers” took top honors at this year’s 50th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, claiming both the Grand Prize and the Fondation Louis Roeder Revelation Prize, awarded by a parallel jury. At once intimate and expansive, the film traces a Latin-American family portrait, using four vignettes to […]