50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Pride Kickoff Films 
‘Death by Lightning,’ ‘Big Mistakes,’ Rachel Sennott Lead 2026 Gotham Television Awards Nominations 
On the Shelf: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy,’ a Nancy Meyers Double Feature and Action-Packed Spectacles Highlight the Physical Media releases for the Week of April 27 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 151 – ‘The Annihilation of Fish’ (Burnett, 1999) 
2026 San Francisco International Film Festival Reviews: ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me,’ ‘Filipiñana,’ ‘Elder Son’ [SFFILM] 
‘Idiots’ Review: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore [B] Atlanta Film Festival 
How Badie Ali and Watermelon Pictures are Decolonizing the Film Industry [INTERVIEW] 
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Announces Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Pride Kickoff Films 
‘Death by Lightning,’ ‘Big Mistakes,’ Rachel Sennott Lead 2026 Gotham Television Awards Nominations 
2026 Oscars: Official Submissions for International Feature Film
The race for the next International Feature Film Oscar has begun and this year Turkey is first out of the gate. Murat Fıratoğlu’s One of... Read More
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Today, Frameline, the queer media nonprofit that will host the landmark 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) June 17–27, announced three of its major Festival screenings... Read More
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations in twelve competitive award categories for the 2026 Gotham Television Awards, recognizing a range of... Read More
The last week of April 2026 brings us a new joint from legendary director Spike Lee, alongside a new trilogy box set from director John... Read More
On episode 151 of the Director Watch Podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter discuss the last film in their Charles Burnett series, The Annihilation... Read More
With the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival underway, what better way to get a taste of its program than with some capsule reviews of... Read More
It doesn’t matter whether you call writer-director Macon Blair’s raucous new comedy by its festival-circuit title, The Shitheads, or its cleaner, more marketable new name,... Read More
Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ Among 2026 SFFILM Honorees of the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative
Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ Among 2026 SFFILM Honorees of the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative
Today, SFFILM announced $115,000 in awards and grants for the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative at the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival, which runs... Read More
In 2004, amplifying Palestinian voices in America meant physically carrying the evidence through the streets. As a DePaul University student and co-founder of its Students... Read More
Olivia Wilde Takes San Francisco by Storm with ‘The Invite’ [Q&A]
The 69th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM) kicked off last night Olivia Wilde’s Sundance hit The Invite, starring Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton... Read More
Isa Briones Reminisces on Her Two Seasons of ‘The Pitt’ and What She Sees for Santos in the Future [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Isa Briones is quickly becoming a standout star on both our television screens and live on stage. Playing Dr. Trinity Santos for two seasons so... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ ‘John Singleton’s Hood Trilogy,’ a Nancy Meyers Double Feature and Action-Packed Spectacles Highlight the Physical Media releases for the Week of April 27 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 151 – ‘The Annihilation of Fish’ (Burnett, 1999)