NewFest 2021 announces full lineup including Pete Buttigieg doc ‘Mayor Pete,’ ‘Flee’ and Rebecca Hall’s ‘Passing’
NewFest today revealed the lineup for the 2021 edition of its hybrid flagship LGBTQ+ film festival that will include the East Coast premiere of Mayor... Read More
Film Festivals
Mill Valley Film Festival to host advanced screening of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ with Ben Platt Q&A
The 44th Mill Valley Film Festival will kick-off with a special pre-festival screening of the highly anticipated Universal Pictures release Dear Evan Hansen to be... Read More
From ‘Dune’ to ‘Last Night in Soho,’ Venice 2021 was a film festival to remember
The Venice Film Festival was a serene, sun-blessed blast of a festival. Nothing beats getting up at the crack of dawn and sleepwalking onto the... Read More
44th Mill Valley Film Festival lineup: ‘C’mon C’mon’ is Centerpiece;’ 55% of all films directed or co-directed by women
The festival will screen 118 films, 65 features, 53 shorts, representing 39 countries, with 37 premieres, and 55% of all films across the 2021 Festival... Read More
Venice Review: Netflix’s ‘7 Prisoners’ is a tension-filled tale of morality [Grade: B+]
7 Prisoners is a well-rounded, tense second feature from director Alexandre Moratto. Produced by renowned Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, known for his iconic, Rio-set film... Read More
Telluride Dispatch: ‘Cyrano,’ ‘Belfast’ and ‘King Richard’ make their case in the Oscar race
The Telluride Film Festival was in full swing yesterday with two major world premieres, Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, which followed... Read More
‘Cyrano’ to open 44th Mill Valley Film Festival on October 7
The Mill Valley Film Festival announced today the California Premiere of Cyrano to open the 2021 festival, Thursday, October 7. The film is having its world premiere... Read More
Telluride snags world premieres of ‘Belfast,’ ‘King Richard,’ ‘C’mon C’mon’ – here’s the full lineup
Telluride snags world premieres of ‘Belfast,’ ‘King Richard,’ ‘C’mon C’mon’ – here’s the full lineup
The Telluride Film Festival takes place Thursday, September 2 – Monday, September 6, 2021 After confirmations, non-firmations, rumors and healthy guessing, the official lineup of the... Read More
Geena Davis’s BFFoundation forms new inclusion-focused production company
Bentonville Way Entertainment will provide development pipeline for festival alumni; inaugural slate of films announced The BFFoundation today announced the formation of its new production company,... Read More
Denis Villeneuve to receive Mill Valley Film Festival Award, screen newest epic ‘Dune’
The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), presented by the California Film Institute, announced today a Spotlight program on Academy Award-nominated director Denis Villeneuve. Villeneuve will... Read More
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