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Interview: Director Todd Stephens and acting legend Udo Kier on ‘Swan Song,’ premiering at SXSW

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Director Todd Stephens and acting legend Udo Kier on ‘Swan Song,’ premiering at SXSW

Erik Anderson March 17, 2021

“Erik, I wish I could see you. Okay, I sent you a picture of myself.” That’s how my Zoom interview with legendary actor Udo Kier... Read More

Focus Features sets November 2021 release for Kenneth Branagh’s coming of age story ‘Belfast’

Erik Anderson March 17, 2021

Focus Features will release Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast on Friday, November 12, 2021 in theaters domestically. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Belfast is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss... Read More

SXSW Review: Martin Edralin’s ‘Islands’ is an ode to those who live a tranquil life

Ryan McQuade March 17, 2021

Over the last year, we’ve lived in isolation due to a once in a lifetime virus. Many people had to learn how to adapt to... Read More

SXSW Review: ‘Potato Dreams of America’ is a true queer coming of age fable with a unique and bent vision

Jason Adams March 17, 2021

Jean-Claude Van Damme and a Jonathan Bennett Jesus make Wes Hurley’s autobiographical tale an inventive kaleidoscope of Derek Jarman, John Waters and Gregg Araki They... Read More

SXSW Review: Mari Walker’s ‘See You Then’ is a truthful, intimate discussion on broken relationships

Ryan McQuade March 16, 2021

In our current climate, honesty seems to be lost in the average conversation. Today’s human beings feel as if they bring up any subject, eggshells... Read More

Academy Award nominee Shaka King named Honorary Chair of 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Erik Anderson March 16, 2021

$75,000 in grants given by Premier Sponsor Genesis Motor North America Film Independent has named filmmaker Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah) as its... Read More

Spike Lee to head jury of 74th Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson March 16, 2021

Prevented last year due to the health crisis, the Festival de Cannes inaugurates this new decade with an outstanding President of the Jury, one of... Read More

Trailer: Idris Elba takes the old town road in ‘Concrete Cowboy’

Trailers

Trailer: Idris Elba takes the old town road in ‘Concrete Cowboy’

Erik Anderson March 16, 2021

When fifteen year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin, Stranger Things) is expelled from school in Detroit, he is sent to North Philadelphia to live with Harp (Idris... Read More

Interview: ‘Wolfwalkers’ director Tomm Moore on his Oscar nomination and day drinking to celebrate [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Interviews (Film)

Interview: ‘Wolfwalkers’ director Tomm Moore on his Oscar nomination and day drinking to celebrate [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Dewey Singleton March 15, 2021

While Monday’s Academy Award nominations brought some surprises, one of the biggest locks this season was Apple’s critically raved feature, Wolfwalkers being nominated for the... Read More