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Telluride Dispatch #4: ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Tuner,’ and the Friends We Made Along the Way

Mark Johnson September 2, 2025

The final day of the 52nd Telluride Film Festival, September 2, always hits with a bittersweet pang. The cinematic highs are tempered by the looming... Read More

‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Politics Apocalypse is a Potent Potboiler [B+] Venice

Mina Takla September 2, 2025

In her first film in almost a decade, Kathryn Bigelow returns with A House of Dynamite, an incredibly timely film with an inventive narrative structure,... Read More

‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Jim Jarmusch’s Family Affair is an Uneven Triptych of Ties that Bind [C+] Venice

Mina Takla September 2, 2025

Jim Jarmusch is known for his often quiet, contemplative and meditative films that have a lot to say without actually saying much. The enigmatic beauty... Read More

On the Shelf: ‘Lost in Space,’ ‘The Two Jakes,’ Original Superman Film Collection Fly Home on 4K Blu-ray This Week

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On the Shelf: ‘Lost in Space,’ ‘The Two Jakes,’ Original Superman Film Collection Fly Home on 4K Blu-ray This Week

Ryan McQuade September 2, 2025

Happy Labor Day week to all who celebrate. Taking a look at the month of September, it looks to a giant month of releases stretched... Read More

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Poster Plus All Character Names and More in New Rian Johnson Mystery Revealed

Erik Anderson September 2, 2025

Well, one mystery has been solved. Netflix has released the first poster for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker... Read More

‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Benny Safdie’s Cautious Fighter Drama Pulls its Punches [C] Venice

Mina Takla September 1, 2025

Some films don’t know what they want to be – and that’s certainly the case with Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, a film that continuously... Read More

‘Jay Kelly’ Review: Fame Comes at a Reflective, Personal Price in Noah Baumbach’s Newest Masterpiece [A-] Telluride

Ryan McQuade September 1, 2025

“All my memories are movies” says the titular Jay Kelly (George Clooney) to his mentor, veteran director Peter Schneider (Jim Broadbent) as they stand in... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 114 – ‘Late Spring’ (Yasujirō Ozu, 1949)

Ryan McQuade September 1, 2025

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More

Telluride Dispatch #3: Dad Mode with ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Frankenstein’

Mark Johnson September 1, 2025

Day three of the 52nd Telluride Film Festival has revealed a striking theme woven through its lineup: imperfect fathers. Across many of the films I... Read More