When Miroslav Terzić was writing his new film back in 2023, titled “3 Weeks After,” there was a mass shooting at a Serbian school, the country where the director was born. “It was terrible when you realize what you are writing, it’s happening somewhere right now — it’s not a film, it’s real life,” Terzić […]
Megan Falley, Andrea Gibson, and Ryan White attend the premiere of Come See Me in the Good Light during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Photographer: Stephen Speckman By Jessica Herndon When Andrea Gibson took the stage at Denver’s Paramount Theatre for what would become their final live performance, the poet had one request for filmmaker […]
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Zoey Deutch, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, and Ben Wang appear in “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” by David Wain, an official
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Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson appear in Passing by Rebecca Hall, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
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Cypriot filmmaker Tonia Mishiali tackles immigration, the patriarchy and the strength of women in “The Lion at My Back,” which is playing in the Crystal Globe competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The feature follows the bond that grows between Senegalese immigrant Mariama (Sokhna Diallo) and Stella (Elena Kallinikou), a woman who works at […]
Acclaimed Bulgarian directing duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov return to the Karlovy Vary Film Festival competition with “Black Money for White Nights.” They won the Crystal Globe in 2019 with ‘The Father,” which repped Bulgaria in the foreign-language film Oscar race. An indictment of modern Bulgarian corruption and moral decay set in 2022, “Black […]
David Baldwin, Producer of Cinema & Screen at Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham, shares learnings from Expanding The Frame, their project to embed accessibility into their cinema programme. Around 25% of the UK population has a disability of some kind – a huge audience for whom accessibility is essential. When I started working as the […]
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In only two directorial outings, Karlovy Vary Film Festival honoree Maggie Gyllenhaal has managed to subvert more than 100 years of cinematic female stereotypes — “The Lost Daughter” acknowledged the darker aspects of motherhood and what’s expected of women, while “The Bride” gave the Bride of Frankenstein agency and autonomy. Gyllenhaal received the President’s Award […]
The Invite (Olivia Wilde, 2026) 4½ out of 5 stars An adaptation of the 2020 Spanish film Sentimental (or “The People Upstairs,” as it was called in its American release), Olivia Wilde’s new movie The Invite sparkles with wit, vim, and a lot of vigor. Featuring a screenplay by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (co-writers […]
The Venice Production Bridge have unveiled the projects lining up the Venice Gap-Financing Market and we find auteurs such as Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés, Damian Kocur, Asmae El Moudir and a slew of great auteurs are among the 38 feature-length fiction and documentary projects showcased this upcoming September.