Brad Pitt Bookends: ‘The Big Short’ to Close 2015 AFI Fest
Right after debuting the first trailer and announcing a December release yesterday, Paramount Pictures announced that The Big Short will be the closing night... Read More
Film Festivals
38th Mill Valley Film Festival Tributes and Spotlights: Ian McKellen, Sarah Silverman, Brie Larson and more
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (September 15, 2015) – Returning for its 38th year, the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), presented annually by the California Film... Read More
38th Mill Valley Film Festival Lineup: Carol, The Danish Girl, Spotlight, Beasts of No Nation, Room and more
ANNOUNCING COMPLETE LINEUP FOR THE 38TH MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL Tom Hooper, Carey Mulligan, Sarah Silverman, Brie Larson, Tom McCarthy, Catherine Hardwicke, Cary Fukanaga, Sir... Read More
‘SUFFRAGETTE’ To Close 38th Mill Valley Film Festival; Plus Carey Mulligan Spotlight Conversation
SAN RAFAEL, CA. (September 15, 2015) –The Mill Valley Film Festival is pleased to present as its Closing Night Film Focus Features’ critically acclaimed... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Freeheld,’ starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page
We now live in an era where gays have the same rights to marriage that has been open to heterosexuals in America for longer... Read More
When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film
What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off point, or in some cases... Read More
72nd Venice Film Festival Winners
The winners of the 72nd Venice Film Festival have been announced and South America triumphed with the top two wins; The Golden Lion and... Read More
TIFF15: In Conversation with Julianne Moore
For a cinephile, Film Festivals represent the utmost excitement of being among the first of audiences to partake in the year’s newest cinematic offerings, and... Read More
Trailer for Toronto Opener ‘Demolition,’ starring Jake Gyllenhaal
The first trailer for Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild) has landed just ahead of its opening of... Read More
Sandra Bullock’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Gets a Poster and a Trailer
Debuting just ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, David Gordon Green’s comedy/drama Our Brand Is Crisis gives us Academy Award winners... Read More
‘Mouse’ Review: Sophie Okonedo and Katherine Mallen Kupferer Shine in Tender Portrait of Grief and Growing Up [B+] Berlinale 
UK Casting Directors’ Guild Awards: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Adolescence’ Take Top Wins 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 139 – ‘Les Rendez-vous d’Anna’ (Chantal Akerman, 1978) 
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