With Funk, Brazilian director Aly Muritiba (Private Desert) crafts a love letter to “putaria,” the kinky funk music of the favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro. That genre is unabashedly sexual in its lyrics and themes, often in very explicit fashion. With gleeful abandon, its practitioners—at least as we see them here—rap and sing about all […]
TFF #53 HAS A POSTER
The official poster for TFF #53 has been released:
BERKELEY, CA – Telluride Film Festival (September 4 – 7, 2026) is proud to announce British designer, filmmaker, and cultural curator Bella Freud as its poster artist for the 2026 Festival.
Bella Freud founded her eponymous label in 1990 and has become internationally recognized for her...
Tony Leung Chiu-wai opened the international jury press conference for the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival’s main competition promising to approach the Golden Goblet selection with an open mind – and, where needed, to argue his case. “Even though the awards process is a team effort, I will do my best to convince them,” said […]
Movie : Super Turbo Jet Boats Director: Daniel Stuelpnagel Daniel Stuelpnagel’s Super Turbo Jet Boats is a brief yet remarkably coherent short film that manages to combine quirky humor, subtle visual craftsmanship, and low-budget innovation into a tightly-paced 14-minute runtime. The film follows five film-school slackers in Los Angeles whose failed thesis project nudges them …
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Movie: Super Turbo Jet BoatsDirector: Daniel Stuelpnagel Thank you so much for doing this with us! THANK YOU! I truly appreciate so much with infinite gratitude the recognition from SIFF 2025 and I have just submitted to youSuper Turbo Jet Boats – We Love Danger (Episode 2) for 2026, I now have two more episodes …
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Movie: Horses Director: Daniel Belton Horses, directed by Daniel Belton, unfolds less like a traditional film and more like a living, breathing structure of sensation. It resists narrative comfort and instead draws the viewer into an experience shaped by motion, stillness, and visual rhythm. What makes it remarkable is its impeccable amalgamation of visual and …
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The 6th Annual IndieX Film Fest concluded at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles, bringing together filmmakers, actors, producers, and special guests from multiple countries. From red carpet arrivals and filmmaker conversations to the Industry Panel, cocktail reception, Awards Show, and post-ceremony photos, these galleries offer a look back at the event. Explore the galleries […]
Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg, 2026) 5 out of 5 stars Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans) is back and exceeds expectations in his latest science-fiction piece, Disclosure Day. At first glance, I was hesitant to believe that Spielberg could drop yet another sci-fi masterpiece, seeing how saturated his career is in the genre, and how […]
Funk (Aly Muritiba, 2026) 3½ out of 5 stars Brazilian funk music—or, more specifically, “kinky funk”—is filled with bumping, heavy-on-the-bass beats and other electronic sounds, coupled with explicitly sexual lyrics and accompanying salacious gyrations. Called “putaria” in the favelas (the dense, lower-income settlements outside major urban centers such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), […]
Kraken (Pål Øie, 2026) 3 out of 5 stars Norwegian director Pål Øie (The Tunnel) delivers a film that dives deep into the mythological lore of one of the most treacherous sea creatures known. Kraken is about a fish-farming company that has overstepped its scientific research in herding salmon, unleashing a monster from the depths […]