Festivals
New York 2026 Review: THE DAY SHE RETURNS, Hong Sang-soo's Multi-Take Continues
Hong Sang-soo can find inspirations for his films anywhere.
New York 2026 Review: BITTER CHRISTMAS, Weird Act of Artistic Self-Deprecation
Pedro Almodóvar's latest feature film.
New York 2026 Review: DOUBLE FREEDOM Asks If We Were Ever Truly Free
Argentine director Lisandro Alonso makes a sequel to his debut film, a quarter century later.
New York 2026 Review: BEHEMOTH!, Total Ungrip of the Heart
Pedro Pascal stars in director Tony Gilroy's new film.
New York 2026 Review: FATHERLAND, Unrealized Utopia
Pawel Pawlikowski's new film revolves around a hefty subject, conveyed with visual grace and succinct editing with beautiful, subtle performances by both Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller.
Vlissingen 2026 Review: ISABEL Shows Mid-Life And Hangovers
Ten years ago, filmmaker Gabe Klinger released his debut feature with Porto (reviewed here by Shelagh), and in that film he put some serious question marks at the popular cinematic trope of people being destined for each other after having...
New York 2026 Review: HEIL JUPITER!, Experiment That May Surprise but Not Enthrall
Carlos Reygadas' new film.
Tokyo 2026 Exclusive: SISTER BROTHER MANHOLE COVER Poster Premiere
Milcho Manchevski returns to Tokyo with an offbeat social comedy about survival, solidarity, and the families people create for themselves.
New York 2026 Review: BUCKING FASTARD, Kate and Rooney Mara Dig a Tunnel of Love
Real life sisters Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters in Werner Herzog's modern fairytale.
New York 2026 Review: MY WIFE CRIES, Love Abstractions
Agathe Bonitzer and Vladimir Vulevic star in Angela Schanelec's new film.
SUCUMBIR (SUCCUMB): Your First Look at Colombian Rural Horror, Heading to Sitges Next Month
In an isolated rural community in the Colombian mountains, evil takes shape inside Abraham and Isabel's home through the existence of Lazarus. Guided by their own local beliefs and ancestral rituals, they confront the unknown in a desperate attempt to end their torment.
THE DARK GETS IN Teaser: Mock-True Crime Documentary to Premiere at Beyond Fest
When a documentary team set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young girl, events soon take an unexpected turn, leading the filmmakers down an increasingly dark and horrifying path.
New York 2026 Review: A LONG WINTER, Hauntingly Beautiful Drama of Longing for a Change
Director Andrew Haigh's new drama stars Fred Hechinger, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Caitríona Balfe.
Chilliwack Independent Film Festival 2026: Indie Fest Announces Lineup And Partnership With CREEP's Mark Duplass
Filmmaker Mark Duplass has partnered with the Chilliwack Independent Film Festival as an industry mentor for its new micro-budget film grant initiative, which the festival is celebrating with a secret pop-up screening of Creep 2 and a live Q&A with director Patrick Brice.
New York 2026 Review: POSSIBLE LOVE Examines Class Divide
It's surely one of the finest films of the year, and yet another masterpiece by Lee Chang-dong.
Toronto 2026 Review: THE SMELL OF APPLES, Subtle, Unsettling Coming-of-Age Drama Under Apartheid
John Trengove adapts Mark Behr's novel into a restrained, disquieting coming-of-age drama that filters apartheid-era privilege, racial hierarchy and paternal idealization through a child's limited understanding.
Netherlands 2026: DOWNTOWN Opens Festival, Wins Dutch Film Critics' Award
There's something special going on with Michiel van Erp's new film. That the cast and crew received a standing ovation at the opening of the Netherlands Film Festival (NFF) last Friday isn't all that unusual (festival opening, enthusiastic audience), but...
Toronto 2026 Review: TEHRAN, UNDER THE SKIN Reveals the Politics Beneath the Promise of Transformation
Afsaneh Salari's formally controlled documentary examines cosmetic surgery in Iran as an unstable expression of conformity, resistance, consumer desire, and bodily autonomy.
New York 2026 Review: NAZA, AI-Assisted Genocide
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor directed the documentary. Once we delegate our moral obligation to AI, we've already lost whatever we are fighting for.
New York 2026 Review: ROSE By Any Other Name
Sandra Hüller and Caro Braun star in Markus Schleinzer's period drama.
