Le Faux Soir (Michaël R. Roskam, 2026) 4 out of 5 stars We have by now seen what feels like every permutation possible of a World War II narrative. Not so, it turns out, for Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam (The Drop) has managed to find a new angle with his Le Faux Soir, which […]
TFF #53 IN THE BOOKS
Here's your regularly scheduled post for a Thursday from MTFB with TFF #53 still pretty close in the rear view mirror.
***Overall thanks go to Larry and Mitzi Mallard who jumped in and upgraded our accommodations for the fest. When in Telluride...stay at The River Club.
***Thanks to all you readers of MTFB. There were a bunch...
Ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival, the "American Horror Story" star and first-time filmmaker talks directing a powerhouse coterie of actresses: not only Paulson, but also Naomi Watts and Dianne Wiest.
Eugene Kotlyarenko’s “Vintage Violence” is a movie that speaks directly to America’s phone-obsessed culture. The kinetic action adventure, which has its world premiere Sept. 12 at Toronto International Film Festival, is about livestreamer Carter Tipe (Cole Sprouse) who stumbles upon a supply of vintage denim in a cave. He’s encouraged by a Japanese fan named […]
Andrew Scott will receive the Mill Valley Film Festival’s Acting Award for his latest performance in “Elsinore.” Scott stars in the Focus Features film portraying Ian Charleson in his celebrated performance as Hamlet at London’s National Theatre, before the actor, known for starring in “Chariots of Fire,” died at the peak of the AIDS crisis […]
“NAZA,” the new documentary from Israeli “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, earned a massive 24.5-minute ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere on Thursday. This marks the longest-ever standing ovation in Venice — besting the 22 minutes for “The Voice of Hind Rajab” last year — and apparently the longest at […]
In Joshua Giuliano’s debut feature “River,” the line between beauty and carnage is razor thin. The slasher film, set to premiere Sept. 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival, concerns a trio of siblings (Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe and Max Mattern) who, after a tense reunion, take their father’s boat downriver in order to spread […]
Every “Bad Lieutenant” film has had to answer the same question in its own way: what happens to a corrupt man when there’s no God left to save him? Abel Ferrara’s 1992 original built its entire moral architecture around Catholic guilt, climaxing with its lapsed-Catholic detective collapsed before a church altar, pleading for absolution from […]
Virginie Efira will receive the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) Award for Screen Artistry at the festival’s 49th edition, organizers announced. The actor is honored for her performance in “All of a Sudden,” which screens at the festival. Efira shared the Cannes Film Festival award for best actress earlier this year with co-star Okamoto Tao […]
Jungle Book Studio has taken international sales rights to “Angh,” the debut feature from Nagaland filmmaker Theja Rio. The film is world premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is the sole Indian entry in TIFF’s Platform competition. Set in the remote hills of Nagaland in the early 1960s, it centers on a Konyak […]