Festivals Videos
CPH:DOX 2025: Exclusive GIRLS & GODS Poster Premiere
Feminist activist Inna Shevchenko trades protest for conversation in a documentary that confronts the uneasy intersection of religion and women's rights on a global scale.
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD Official Trailer: Opens Nationwide on May 9th.
If you were at the local movieplex this past weekend to catch the opening of Flying Lotus' cosmic horror Ash, you were among the first to see the official trailer for Eli Craig's Clown in a Cornfield. Premiering exclusively in...
Berlinale 2025 Review: LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS Merges Irreverent Humor with Queer Sci-Fi Coming of Age
Leela Varghese and Emma Hough Hobbs directed the funniest film of this year's Berlinale, a campy queer coming-of-age space opera.
SXSW 2025 Review: MY UNCLE JENS, Torn By Tension, Comic and Otherwise
Brwa Vahabpour's surprising feature debut stars Peiman Azizpour, Hamza Agoshi, and Sarah Francesca Brænne.
Berlinale 2025 Review: REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND Dissects the Eurospy Genre
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani continue their deconstruction of genre cinema in a visual rollercoaster, consisting of formal pyrotechnics and a disorienting narrative.
SXSW 2025 Review: CORINA, Style Corrector of Her Own Life
Naian González Norvind and Cristo Fernández star in Urzula Barba Hopfner's directorial debut from Mexico, a gentle and affecting story.
Berlinale 2025 Review: WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU, Subtle Shifts and Social Barriers in Hong Sangsoo's Latest
Hong Sangsoo's latest film continues his exploration of fleeting social encounters, using his signature minimalism to dissect class, artistic ambition, and underlying tensions within intimate spaces.
SXSW 2025 Review: THE STUDIO, So You Want to Make a Movie?
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg helm the Apple TV+ series, starring Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Katherine Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and more stars than live in Hollywood.
Berlinale 2025 Review: DREAMS (SEX LOVE), Shapeshifting Coming-of-Age Examines Desire Across Three Generations
Dag Johan Haugerud examines the fluid boundaries between love, desire, and memory in a film where language shapes both personal discovery and intergenerational reflection.
Berlinale 2025 Review: KONTINENTAL '25, Between Docu-Essay and Dramedy, Romanian Punk Neorealism
Radu Jude's latest film continues his engagement with social critique in exploration of guilt, complicity, and systemic inertia while returning to the stripped-down aesthetics of his earlier works.
Berlinale 2025 Review: CONFIDANTE, Power and Morality Collide in Chamber Thriller
Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti craft a restrained chamber thriller, merging socio-political inquiry with genre filmmaking to explore agency, entrapment, and power dynamics within the confines of an erotic call center in late-1990s Turkey.
Berlinale 2025 Interview: THE LONGING Director Toshizo Fujiwara Talks Social Realism, Mentorship, and Learning From Each Other
Toshizo Fujiwara is leaning forward in his Zoom window as I speak, listening intently and smiling in recognition. We’re discussing the warmth that he demonstrates towards people in his filmmaking, and the more that he shares, the more the rhythms...
Rotterdam Video Interview: ME, MARYAM, THE CHILDREN AND 26 OTHERS Blurs Boundaries Between Fiction And Reality
What happens when the boundaries between fiction and reality blur, not only on screen, but also during filmmaking itself? In Fiction & Reality – Vice Versa, journalist and filmmaker Ronald Glasbergen sits down with Iranian director Farshad Hashemi, actress and...
Rotterdam 2025 Review: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL Gets You, Pacing Be Damned
Back in 2009 we were treated to one of the best films ever made about autism, and it was, surprise surprise, an animated puppet feature. That was Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot, who had previously won an Academy...
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) Review: Sly Stone Doc Enlightens, Entertains
Win a well-earned Academy Award on your first try and chances are, you’d be tempted to call it a day and quit while you were ahead. For Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, though, winning a Best Documentary Oscar for Summer of...
Rotterdam 2025 Review: I'M STILL HERE Will Not Fade From Your Memory
In 1970, Brazil was suffering under a military dictatorship. Political opponents and critics were arrested, tortured and murdered. As much as 20,000 people were "disappeared" under the regime. One of them was Rubens Pavia, an architect who had been a...
Sundance 2025 Review: 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA, Brutal Realities of Modern Warfare
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov offers an unvarnished and unflinching look at the frontlines of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Berlinale 2025 Preview: Richard Linklater, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Radu Jude, Hong Sangsoo, Gabriel Mascaro
The 2025 Berlinale Film Festival marks a new chapter in its storied history, debuting under the artistic leadership of Tricia Tuttle with a line-up that seeks to embrace audience friendly world cinema.
Rotterdam 2025 Review: ACTS OF LOVE Attempts to Unearth the Repressed Past
Jeppe Rønde's family drama tackles memory, trauma, and transgression in a small New Age Christian community.
Sundance 2025 Review: In GEN_, Doctor Fights for Equitable Healthcare
Gianluca Matarrese's documentary offers an emphatic exploration of the delicate balance between personal aspirations and systemic limitations, as seen through the humanistic lens of Dr. Maurizio Bini within Italy's conservative healthcare system.
