Montclair Film Festival announces complete 2021 lineup; Maggie Gyllenhaal to receive Breakthrough Director and Writer award
Today, Montclair Film announced the full program for the 1Oth annual Montclair Film Festival (MFF), presented by Investors Bank, taking place October 21-30, 2021, in... Read More
Film Festivals
2021 Middleburg Film Festival to open with ‘King Richard,’ close with ‘The Power of the Dog’
Belfast is the Centerpiece Film; Red Rocket, The Hand of God and Flee are Spotlight Films The Middleburg Film Festival announced today a first round... Read More
Scott Cooper’s ‘Antlers’ to world premiere at Beyond Fest in October
Searchlight Pictures and Beyond Fest announced today the World Premiere of Scott Cooper’s new horror thriller Antlers as the October 11th Closing Night selection of... Read More
TIFF 2021: ‘Belfast’ is the People’s Choice Award winner, boosting its Oscar hopes
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical story Belfast has been chosen by TIFF audiences as the People’s Choice Award winner of the 46th Toronto International Film Festival. Branagh’s... Read More
‘King Richard’ to close AFI Fest 2021
Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST 2021 will close with Warner Bros. Pictures’ King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green with... Read More
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
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
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