Cannes 2019 Jury Announced: Elle Fanning, Kelly Reichardt, Paweł Pawlikowski, Yorgos Lanthimos and more
Four women and four men, from four continents and from seven different nationalities will convene with president president Alejandro González Iñárritu as the jury for... Read More
Film Festivals
Please help send Valerie Complex to Cannes!
At the 2018 Cannes Film Festival (which I attended for the first time under my own accreditation), of the over 4,000 accredited journalists there were... Read More
SFFILM Festival Awards: Olivia Wilde’s ‘Booksmart’ is Audience favorite
On Sunday, SFFILM announced the winners of its Audience Awards and juried awards for the fests’ Golden Gate Award competition. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, the... Read More
2019 Tribeca Film Festival announces juries
Jurors include Angela Bassett, Tig Notaro, Kal Penn, Mira Nair, Steve Zaillian, Cory Hardrict and dozens more The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today... Read More
At the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Present is Female
The San Francisco International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in the Americas, is about to embark on its 62nd year and with it... Read More
Jack O’Connell and Laura Dern sizzle in trailer for ‘Trial by Fire’
Academy Award-winning director Edward Zwick (Shakespeare in Love, Traffic, Glory) brings the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate... Read More
72nd Cannes Film Festival: News and Details
Cannes favorites Terrence Malick, Xavier Dolan, and Pedro Almodóvar will hit the Croisette alongside newcomers like Mati Diop, who makes her feature film directorial debut... Read More
Cannes: Nadine Labaki is President of the Un Certain Regard Jury
Nadine Labaki, director of the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated film Capernaum, has been chosen as the president of the Un Certain Regard jury of... Read More
62nd SFFILM Festival lineup includes Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell,’ Olivia Wilde’s ‘Booksmart,’ tributes to Claire Denis, Laura Linney and more
The lineup of the 62nd SFFILM Festival (April 10-23)), the longest running film festival in the US, has revealed its full slate including Lulu Wang’s... Read More
World premiere of Netflix’s ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ to open 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
A episodic opener will be the first for SFIFF and features an all-star cast including Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, and Ellen Page SFFILM today announced that the 2019... Read More
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