Category: Film Festivals

The 51st Seattle International Film Festival starts tonight with Darren Thornton’s opening night film FOUR MOTHERS starring James McArdle and Fionnula Flanagan.  The often hilarious crowdpleaser has the heart and humor we’ve come to expect from the best of Irish comedies. It also successfully avoids some of the pitfalls of the genre thanks to strong […]

2025 Cannes Film Festival is kicking off today with a lineup of many highly anticipated films including: Alpha, Julia Ducournau Die, My Love, Lynne Ramsay The Mastermind, Kelly Reichardt Resurrection, Bi Gan Eddington, Ari Aster The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart Honey, Don’t!, Ethan Coen Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier Sound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski Mirrors […]

Tribeca Festival announced another stellar lineup of feature films for its 2025 edition that will take place June 4-15. There are many world premieres and festival favorites including films featuring Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne, Maika Monroe, Bryan Cranston, Octavia Spencer, Katy O’Brien, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Troy Kotsur, Logan Lerman, Lucy Liu, Andrea Riseborough, Vicky […]

Cannes Film Festival has announced its Directors’ Fortnight lineup for 2025. -Enzo, Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo -Miroirs No. 3, Christian Petzold -Dangerous Animals, Sean Byrne -Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor -Lucky Lu, Lloyd Lee Choi -Indomptables, Thomas Ngijol -Middle Class, Anthony Cordier -Kokuho, Lee Sang-il -The Girls We Want, Prïncia Car -The Foxes Round, Valéry Carnoy […]

Cannes Film Festival has announced its Critics’ Week lineup for 2025. – Left-Handed Girl, Shih-Ching Tsou – written by Sean Baker – Adam’s Interest, Laura Wandel (Playground) – Léa Drucker, Anamaria Vartolomei, Alex Descas – Nino, Pauline Loquès – Théodore Pellerin, Salomé Dewaels – Love Letters, Alice Douard – Ella Rumpf, Noémie Lvovsky, Monia Chokri, […]

Here is a list of films from the just announced Cannes 2025 lineup which already have US distributors:

2025 Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced this morning. There are many highly anticipated films including ones from Julia Ducournau, Joachim Trier, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Richard Linklater, Carla Simón, Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Wes Anderson, Fatih Akin, Sebastián Lelio, Raoul Peck, Kirill Serebrennikov, Scarlett Johansson, and Harris Dickinson. COMPETITION: […]

WE BELIEVE YOU from Belgian filmmakers Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys is the most compelling legal drama I have seen since Anatomy of a Fall.  Myriem Akheddiou gives an earth-shattering performance as the mother of two fighting to retain custody of her kids after her ex-husband, who is accused of sexually assaulting his son, takes […]

Iván Fund’s Berlinale Silver Bear Jury Prize winner THE MESSAGE is a poetic magical realist road trip through rural Argentina in beautifully shot black and white.  Young actress Anika Bootz portraying a girl who can communicate with animals is a great find. Her character, also named Anika, travels the country with her guardians, who use […]

In Sarah Miro Fischer’s Berlinale drama THE GOOD SISTER, Rose (Marie Bloching) and her older brother Sam (Anton Weil) are inseparable. When a woman accuses him of rape and Rose is called to testify, her world is turned upside down. Fischer makes us uncomfortable by putting us in Rose’s shoes and asking the difficult questions.  There […]