A very jet-lagged Scarlett Johansson reunited with co-stars Adam Driver and Miles Teller for the New York Film Festival premiere of “Paper Tiger,” which kicked off the festival’s 64th edition. “I’m hallucinating,” said Johansson, who just got off a long international flight, where she’s filming another movie. “It’s 5 in the morning — which is […]
THE COMPOSITE TELLURIDE FOR 2026
We cap off the run of posts that highlight the way people rated the films at Telluride today with what I call The Composite Telluride in which I add up a film's ratings from both The People and the Pros.
This year nine films had enough responses from both groups to make this list. There are seven films that made one...
John Williams has been commissioned to write a brand-new, original five-to seven-minute fanfare for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), according to a report by The Los Angeles Times. The fanfare will serve as the opener for LACO’s debut season…
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From the surprise election of mayor Zohran Mamdani to the Knicks winning the NBA championship, it’s been a time for underdog stories in the Big Apple. The New York Film Festival is continuing the trend, pulling off a coup by securing several major world premieres in a year that’s been frustratingly light on festival fanfare. […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — RioMarket, the business section of the Rio International Film Festival, will be held over Oct. 1-11, featuring for the first time a partnership with TikTok and online one-on-one business meetings. The event, taking place in a warehouse in Rio’s port area renovated for the 2016 Summer Olympics, will gather execs […]
Turkish arthouse distributor Baska Sinema has acquired domestic theatrical rights to “A Woman Asleep,” an experimental English-language AI feature directed by pioneering artist and filmmaker Vikki Bardot. Bardot is considered one of the early practitioners of photographic AI art and video art. She delivered a TEDx talk on AI and art in 2023, and her […]
Tim Blake Nelson’s prison saga “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,” Diego Luna’s migration drama “Ashes,” Boots Riley’s anticapitalist satire “I Love Boosters,” and Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film “The Debut” are among standout international titles that will launch into Italy at the upcoming Rome Film Festival. As previously announced, the 21st edition of the […]
The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival has announced a slate of cultural programs running alongside its main competition, headlined by a 13-film retrospective honoring Mizoguchi Kenji on the 70th anniversary of his death, a symposium exploring a potential new international anime award, and a 10th-anniversary celebration of its Teens Cinema Workshop. The Mizoguchi tribute, staged […]
Primetime (Lance Oppenheim, 2026) 3½ out of 5 stars Beloved news correspondent Chris Hansen has been in the public eye ever since his hit show “To Catch a Predator” first aired in 2006. Capturing would-be child predators through sting operations, Hansen gained the trust and admiration of the American public, with many complimenting him for […]
At the heart of Aesthetica Film Festival is a belief that knowledge should be accessible to everyone. Our Masterclass Programme is designed to open opportunities to hear directly from some of the most exciting and influential voices working across the […]
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