Iranian indie writer-director-producer Mohammad Rasoulof risked his freedom to secretly shoot the powerful new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig in...

Romania’s 40th International Feature Oscar submission is Emanuel Pârvu’s exceptional Three Kilometres to the End of the World, winner of the...

Full disclosure: I like my musicals to lean dark, intelligent and biting. Sure, the sweetness of something like Maybe Happy Ending left...

The entrancing new musical—not based on any film or book or series or album or—well you get me—Maybe Happy Ending,...

For over a decade, Cory Michael Smith has shown his tremendous range and versatility in all mediums. He is currently...

Set against the backdrop of the student rebellions of 1968 (specifically the Prague Spring) as well as the Warsaw Pact...

“I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.” This is just one of the many oft-quoted Norma Desmond lines...

As is the norm, NewFest36—the 36th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival— boasted a varied, diverse and eclectic array of...

In Blitz, Steve McQueen reinvents war-time-survival cinema by channeling past films —49th Parallel, among other Powell/Pressburger work, The Railway Children, Empire...

I’ve found this film season to be most fascinating. I’ve been so excited to see certain releases only to be...