Cannes Film Festival Sets 2019 Date
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Cannes Film Festival announced on their Twitter feed today the dates for the 72nd : May 14-25th, 2019. This moves... Read More
Film Festivals
‘Barbarians,’ Robert Pattinson among 53rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival Winners
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Romanian meta-drama I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians is the Grand Prize winner of the... Read More
Barry Jenkins shares ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ first look at Essence Fest with Regina King, Stephan James and KiKi Layne
It’s been less than two years but people have been highly anticipating the follow-up to Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning Moonlight, which won Best Picture, Supporting Actor... Read More
2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Oscar race
The Foreign Language Film Oscar is fully underway with the Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals already providing us with a wealth of contenders and plenty... Read More
Belarus enters Foreign Language Film Oscar race first with Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Crystal Swan’
Belarus is the first country out of the gate to officially submit for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race for the 91st Academy Awards with... Read More
14th Traverse City Film Festival to feature ‘The Eyes of Orson Welles, Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] For the last decade and a half, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine) has brought world-class films and filmmakers to... Read More
Frameline42 Unveils Roster: Transmilitary, Ideal Home, We the Animals, Studio 54 and more
Frameline42, the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, will take place June 14-24 in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland, with an expected attendance of over... Read More
Wrapping Up: Cannes Isn’t Back, It Never Left
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival has ended and with it came the fight with Netflix, causing them to... Read More
2018 Cannes Awards: Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee Takes Grand Prix for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda has won the highest honor from the Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters. He previously won the Jury Prize for... Read More
Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Burning’ Tops ICS Cannes Awards
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The International Cinephile Society (of which I am a member) has chosen its own Cannes winner just ahead of the festival’s... Read More
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