Jenna Ortega hopes that her new film, the dystopian sci-fi “Klara and the Sun,” can remind people to live in the moment in the age of AI and all-consuming technology. “I think we gotta put our focus on one another and put down the computers and phones,” the star told Variety on the red carpet […]

Longtime producer and president of the Board of New York Women in Film & Television, Kim Jackson is used to fighting hard for her projects. Her latest, “The Plea,” follows twelve sharply divided jurors deliberating a controversial case. Ahead, Jackson explains why she won’t let this one “disappear into the blackhole of the streamerverse.”

The Legacy of John Williams presents a new installment of its “Legacy Conversations” series, this time also available in video format: a look back to Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi epic A.I. Artificial Intelligence, the project long-gestated for decades by genius director… Read more →

John Williams – Intégrale 1957-1962 – Jazz et musiques de films Album description: John Williams is universally renowned as the composer of some of the greatest film scores in cinema history, including Star Wars, Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones,… Read more →

(Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Patty Consolazio One of the magical things about film is its ability to bring to life the times, places, and people we would never otherwise experience. Though born over 100 years ago, renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo speaks so candidly, sharing her pain and passion, her body and […] The post In Brilliant Color, “Frida”...

Marking the awards season kickoff, a starry crowd of filmmakers and talent including Jack O’Connell and Danny Boyle (“Ink”), Sandra Hüller (“Rose”), Taron Egerton (“Everybody Wants to F*ck Me”), Rosalind Eleazer (“Misty Green”), Billie Piper (“Elsinore”), Gemma Chan (“Josephine”) and Florian Zeller (“Bunker”) turned up at Variety‘s intimate yet glamorous dinner at Soho Mews House […]

Veteran Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi has won Best Film at the 31st Busan International Film Festival for “Midday Meal,” his simple, starkly powerful contemporary parable about a rural schoolteacher making difficult moral choices to ensure his students continue to receive a free lunch in the face of government cuts. Majidi received the prize from this […]

Provo, Utah-based genre festival FilmQuest is detailing its inaugural film market. Named the “Marché du Cthulhu” in tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s famed cosmic beast, the market is described as “taking a curated approach to presenting buyers, distributors, sales agents, and more with films they believe have commercial value and that will sell in markets around […]

 THE DIGGING PROCESS Nope...this isn't a segment musing about Inarritu's Digger. Periodically I sit down and go through my "Future Telluride" folder.  Yes, it's true.  I see something that looks interesting regarding Telluride, I stuff it in there for future reference.  Is it valuable?  I think so.  As an example...here are some of the films that I had...

Alien. Blade Runner. Gladiator. Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) was founded by Ridley and Tony Scott in 1968, and is the creative force behind some of the most beloved and iconic films ever made. For over 50 years, through its associated […] The post Ridley Scott Associates at Aesthetica Film Festival 2026 first appeared on Aesthetica Short Film Festival.