VIDEO: ‘Sentimental Value’ Oscar Nominees Joachim Trier, Olivier Bugge Coutté On Their Collaborative Trust
Writer-director Joachim Trier and his editor, Olivier Bugge Coutté (as well as his co-writer Eskil Vogt), have collaborated on six...
Oscars 2026: Are International Features Become More Popular With The Academy?
This year’s Best International Feature nominees were fairly easy to predict. (Congrats to NEON for securing 4 out of 5...
‘The Pink Panther,’ ‘A Shot In The Dark,’ ‘The Pink Panther Strikes Again,’ ‘Revenge Of The Pink Panther’ On 4K Via Kino Lorber
Four of The Pink Panther films have been released on 4K-UHD and Blu-ray by Kino Lorber. The Pink Panther —...
VIDEO: SBIFF: ‘Bookends’ Writer/Star Noam Ash On Authentic Queer Storytelling
Mike Doyle’s Bookends, written by Noam Ash, tells the story of Nate (Ash), a somewhat anxious gay millennial writer, who...
VIDEO: Óliver Laxe On His “Really Risky” Cinematic “Beast,” ‘Sirât,’ Spain’s International Feature Oscar Nominee
I dare anyone to not have an extreme reaction to Sirât, the bold, brave, gut-punching cinematic spectacle from Óliver Laxe,...
Sundance 2026 Recs Part 4: ‘The Friend’s House Is Here,’ ‘Union County,’ ‘One In A Million,’ ‘Lady,’ ‘Run Amok’
And still more outstanding Sundance films... The Friend’s House is Here U.S. Dramatic Competition, United States/Iran (Islamic Republic of). In...
Sundance 2026 Recs Part 3: ‘Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!,’How to Divorce During the War,’ ‘Hanging by a Wire,’ ‘Hot Water,’ ‘The Huntress’
More Great Cinema from Sundance. Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty! U.S. Dramatic Competition, United States. In Japanese, English, Spanish Ha-Chan, Shake...
Sundance 2026 Recs Part 2: ‘Josephine,’ ‘Bedford Park,’ ‘The Incomer,’ ‘Carousel,’ ‘Broken English’
More outstanding Sundance films. Josephine U.S. Dramatic Competition, United States. In English Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves and Channing Tatum in...
Sundance 2026 Recs Part 1: ‘HOLD ONTO ME,’ ‘Tell Me Everything,’ ‘Shame And Money,’ ‘Frank & Louis,’ ‘Night Nurse’
Here is the first part of my take on some of the outstanding films at Sundance this year. HOLD ONTO...
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Sundance 2026: ‘HOLD ONTO ME’ Filmmaker, Star On Exceptional New Indie [VIDEO]
Myrsini Aristidou’s beguiling, emotionally resonant debut feature, HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με), cites three producing countries, Cyprus, Denmark and Greece....
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