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 
Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ Among 2026 SFFILM Honorees of the Sloan Science in Cinema Initiative 
How Badie Ali and Watermelon Pictures are Decolonizing the Film Industry [INTERVIEW] 
Olivia Wilde Takes San Francisco by Storm with ‘The Invite’ [Q&A] 
Isa Briones Reminisces on Her Two Seasons of ‘The Pitt’ and What She Sees for Santos in the Future [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
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 
2026 Las Culturistas Culture Awards Hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers to Air on Bravo and Peacock in June 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Happy (?) New Year and Hey, Just Look Up
Kind of perfect that the last Frontrunner Friday of 2021 falls on the actual last day of this tumultuous year. We might be able to... Read More
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Greater Western New York Critics go for ‘Pig,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) announced their winners today and Michael Sarnoski’s debut feature Pig took the top prize, Best Picture, along... Read More
‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Episode 1 recap: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
Not every story needs to be told. Not every story needs to be expanded upon. In this age of sequels and exploiting the most from... Read More
‘Dune’ leads North Carolina Film Critics (NCFCA) nominations with 13
Denis Villeneueve’s sci-fi epic Dune led the North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) nominations with 13, including Best Narrative Film, Best Director, Best Acting Ensemble... Read More
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 4 review: Rivals return, loyalties are challenged in the best season yet [Grade: A]
Like a fine wine, Cobra Kai is just getting better with age. While the first three seasons were full of familiar beats and callbacks to... Read More
Interview: Robin de Jesús gets real about fear, worth and working with Andrew Garfield on ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’
I’ve been a fan of Robin de Jesús since Camp, nearly 20 years ago. But de Jesús is more than Camp, he’s built a stellar... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (December)
A canceled Golden Globes, a postponed Critics’ Choice ceremony. Is it even really awards season yet? Of course it is. We have dozens of critics... Read More
Robert Altman’s melancholic murder mystery ‘Gosford Park’ turns 20 and it’s as rich as it’s ever been [Retrospective]
I remember, sitting in the theater, the distinctive feeling of immediate intimacy while watching Kelly MacDonald in a cramped front seat, looking out rain-speckled windows... Read More
Interview: Janicza Bravo on the no-frills freedom of adapting ‘Zola,’ processing trauma, and immortalizing A’Ziah King
Actor. Writer. Producer. Editor. Janicza Bravo may be a jill-of-all-trades, but she works most prolifically as a director, and remains an artist above all else.... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)
The shortlists for Documentary Feature and International Feature Film came with the usual surprise inclusions and shocking snubs but also more or less solidified what... Read More
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