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Co-Production Boost and Sturdy Funding System Fuel a Healthy Crop of Swiss Films at Visions du Réel
Those looking for homegrown talent and stories at the largest documentary film festival in Switzerland, Visions du Réel, will be spoiled…
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The Dreamlike Journeys of “Việt and Nam” and “Grand Tour”
Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now. See enough…
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Sundance’s World Cinema Jury Prizewinner ‘Cactus Pears’ Bought for North America Ahead of New Directors/New Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s “Cactus Pears” which won the Grand Jury Prize at…
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Corazón Films Boards Horror Thriller ‘Talking to a Stranger’ From ‘La Exorcista’ Director Adrián García Bogliano (EXCLUSIVE)
Billboard Women in Music 2025 Corazón Films has officially joined the production team for the highly anticipated horror feature “Talking…
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Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan to star in Sam Mendes' Beatles films
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Mark Savage Music correspondent Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have been confirmed as part of the all-star…
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AI helped cause Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films
Regan Morris BBC News, Los Angeles Inside a soundstage once used by silent film stars Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, Hollywood…
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Richard Brody’s New Directors/New Films Picks
Beguiling blends of fiction and nonfiction are the highlights of this year’s edition of the New Directors/New Films series, at Film at…
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‘Black Bag’ May Be the Apotheosis of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Little’ Films. It’s Time for Him to Take a Bigger Swing
Certain movie directors — Hitchcock and Tarantino come to mind — constitute a genre unto themselves. Steven Soderbergh was never like…
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The Zambian Sensibility of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
Most people who see the Zambian British director Rungano Nyoni’s extraordinary new film, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” will not be Zambian.…
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Hansal Mehta’s True Story Films Teams With Mukesh Chhabra for Remake of Sri Lankan Comedy ‘Tentigo’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Acclaimed filmmaker Hansal Mehta and producer Sahil Saigal are set to bring the Hindi-language adaptation of Ilango Ram’s “Tentigo”…
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“Who by Fire” Is a Brilliant Drama of Male Rage at Its Most Elemental
The Québécois director Philippe Lesage began making documentaries in the early two-thousands. He has since switched to narrative features,…
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‘Fury,’ ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ and ‘The Goldsmith’s Secret’ Headline Slate of Catalan Films at the Berlinale
Like water taking the shape of any container in which it’s kept, Catalan cinema tends to work its way into every corner of a festival or…
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Noomi Rapace to Star in Character-Driven Action Thriller ‘Traction;’ WestEnd Films to Launch Package at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Noomi Rapace is set to star in female-led action thriller “Traction,” which WestEnd Films is bringing to the EFM. “Traction” is directed…
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The Nocturnal Masterwork “Toute Une Nuit” Comes to Light
When Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”—proclaimed the best film of all time in Sight and Sound’s…
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Female Protagonists Featured in Record Number of Films in 2024, Study Finds
Films like “Wicked,” “The Substance,” “A Quiet Place: Day One” and “Moana 2” didn’t just dominate the box office. They provided meaty…
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The Buzziest Films for Sale at EFM 2025: A Samuel L. Jackson Hitman Thriller, Barry Keoghan-Riley Keough Collab, Isabelle Huppert Vampire Mystery and More
As the European Film Market kicks off Feb. 13 in Berlin with a new market head, Tanja Meissner, at the helm, this year’s buzziest titles…
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The Art of Film Criticism
“Somebody asked me, ‘When you write a pan of a movie, are you recommending that I not see it?’ ” the film critic Richard Brody recalled.…
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Demi Moore Embraces ‘Overlooked’ Horror Films While Accepting Best Actress at Critics’ Choice: They’re ‘Not Recognized for the Profundity They Can Hold’
Demi Moore is inching closer to winning an Oscar after picking up best actress honors at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards for her…
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Independents’ Days: Standouts from Sundance 2025
I’ve never been to Park City, Utah, where the Sundance Film Festival takes place, but for years I’ve been going to Sundance in New York,…
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Oscar Nominated Short Films Pack an Emotional Punch, From Ethnic Cleansing to Animal Poaching and Everything in Between
Little films are a very big deal at this year’s Academy Awards. Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and…
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Willem Dafoe-Led Drama ‘The Birthday Party’ Heads to Berlin With Heretic, Bankside Films Launching Sales; First Look Revealed (EXCLUSIVE)
Bankside Films and Heretic are co-repping worldwide sales on Miguel Ángel Jimenéz’s “The Birthday Party,” featuring a star-studded cast…
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No Other Land: Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'
A Palestinian and an Israeli sit in a West Bank village at night. They wonder aloud whether Basel will ever be able to freely visit…
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AFI Awards Honor David Lynch, Los Angeles Firefighters and the Top 10 Films and Television Programs of 2024
Originally slated for Jan. 10 but postponed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the American Film Institute’s AFI Awards took place nearly a…
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How the Oscar Race Got as Messy as “Conclave”
Stop me if you’ve seen this one. A committee of august personages convenes, with much pomp and circumstance, to choose the best of their…