Director Petra Volpe and Actress Leonie Benesch on Maintaining Tension in Their Night Nurse Drama ‘Late Shift’
Petra Volpe’s third feature film Late Shift – after The Divine Order and Dreamland – covers a crisis. There is a shortage of nurses across... Read More
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‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Review: Hong Sang-soo’s Latest Remains Disarmingly Observational Yet a Touch Out of Focus [B] – Berlinale
South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo is losing his sight as he ages into an old man. For many directors, this would cement their retirement, but... Read More
‘Blue Moon’ Review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott Sizzle in Richard Linklater’s Tragicomic Valentine to Love and Broadway [A-] – Berlinale
On a cold, rainy November night in 1943, a disheveled man with a long overcoat and a bottle of booze fell to the ground unconscious,... Read More
‘The Wise Guy’ Review: VHS Flourishes and Idolisation of 20th Century Gangster Films Elevate Generic Coming-of-Age Story | Belfast Film Festival
As we get further and further away from the technology of the past, filmmakers who interacted with it in their childhood are placing it central... Read More
Interview: Asif Kapadia Breaks Down His Genre-Bending Venice Entry ‘2073,’ AI, and Why He Cast Samantha Morton
British director Asif Kapadia has a penchant for the tragedy; his works include a triple threat of documentaries on icons – the tragic loss of... Read More
‘September 5’ Review: Tim Fehlbaum’s Take on the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Fails in its Presentation of Palestinian People | Venice
In 1972, Munich hosted the Summer Olympic Games. At the time, Germany was separated into two factions; East Germany, under the influence of a communist... Read More
Interview: ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar Talks About the Power of Colman Domingo and Protecting His Formerly Incarcerated Cast
There are not many films this year that have been as critically acclaimed as the Greg Kwedar-directed Sing Sing. The film premiered to rapturous acclaim... Read More
‘Black Dog’ Review: Poetic Rehabilitation Drama Has Compassion For Man and Man’s Best Friend Led By an Extraordinary Eddie Peng
Major controversies surrounded the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games while they occurred, but it was only after they came to a close that the organisers were... Read More
‘Duchess’ Review: Neil Marshall’s Charmless Guy Ritchie Rip-Off is a Female Empowerment Forgery
In 1998, Guy Ritchie erupted onto the British cinema scene with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The gangster movie, which in itself took inspiration... Read More
68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) Lineup: Josh O’Connor in ‘Rebuilding,’ Tributes to André Holland, Chris Columbus 
The Academy Partners with Global Screenwriting Programs for Nicholl Fellowships, The Black List to Serve as Submission Portal 
Director Watch Ep. 91 – ‘Angels in America’ (Mike Nichols, 2003) 
2025 Sonoma International Film Festival Awards: ‘DJ Ahmet,’ ‘Mistress Dispeller,’ ‘Meet the Barbarians’ Among Winners at 28th Wine Country Fest