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Jon M. Chu to Receive Vanguard Director Award from SCAD Film Festival

Erik Anderson September 5, 2025

The 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival announced today that acclaimed filmmaker Jon M. Chu will receive the Vanguard Director Award in recognition of his visionary storytelling. Chu will be honored on... Read More

‘Driver’s Ed’ Review: Bobby Farrelly’s Middle of the Roadtrip Teen Comedy is Stuck in Neutral [C] TIFF

Kevin L. Lee September 5, 2025

Driver’s Ed is exactly what you would expect from a Bobby Farrelly teenage comedy — awkward, weird, unfunny, and shockingly tame despite all the swearing,... Read More

‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ Review: Cai Shangjun’s Latest is Often an Aimless Take on ‘Past Lives’ [C] Venice

Roberto Ruggio September 5, 2025

The underlying theme of the 2025 Venice Film Festival seems to be the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by human beings: the implications of one’s... Read More

‘Maddie’s Secret’ Review: John Early’s Directorial Debut Isn’t Quite the Gag-Worthy Parody It Should Be [C+] TIFF

J Don Birnam September 5, 2025

Once upon the 1980s there was a little NBCmovie about Kate, a seemingly perfect, beautiful housewife who harbored a dark and disturbing secret—she furtively ate... Read More

‘Late Fame’ Review: Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Sparkle in Kent Jones’s Fizzled Fable [C+] Venice

Yasmine Kandil September 5, 2025

Sudden fame would feel unnatural for anyone—let alone Ed Saxberger, an aging post office worker turned native New Yorker. One evening, he returns home from... Read More

Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ to Open 48th Mill Valley Film Festival, Star Jessie Buckley to Receive MVFF Award

Erik Anderson September 5, 2025

Hot off its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last week, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet is set to open the 48th Mill Valley Film Festival... Read More

‘Girl’ Review: Shu Qi’s Directorial Debut Finds Heart in the Face of Grim Oppression [B] Venice

Mina Takla September 4, 2025

Acclaimed Hong Kong-Taiwanese actress Shu Qi (known for her arthouse and commercial films including The Assassin, Three Times and most recently Bi Gan’s Resurrection) makes... Read More

2025 Telluride Film Festival Recap: The Films, the Drama, the Parties, the Oscars and Oprah

Erik Anderson September 4, 2025

The Telluride Film Festival is a bit of a fever dream. No matter where you’re coming from, the path to the quaint hamlet high up... Read More

Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Being a TIFF Platform Jury Member: “I’ll Be Open”

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Being a TIFF Platform Jury Member: “I’ll Be Open”

Brandon Lewis September 4, 2025

“But he’s so good!” That was Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s reaction to the news that Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair’s chief film critic, had been let go from... Read More

Telluride Silver Medallion and Tribute to Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Reflecting on ‘It Was Just an Accident’ and Lifelong Political Filmography

J Don Birnam September 3, 2025

The Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado has seen legendary, subversive non-American filmmakers celebrated by the Telluride Film Festival over the past 52 years. From... Read More

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