Category: Film Festivals

Amanda Kramer’s BY DESIGN starring Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Samantha Mathis, and Robin Tunney is screening at the Seattle International Film Festival and will be on their streaming platform starting May 29.  If you’re familiar with Kramer’s films, By Design is exactly what you’d expect after reading the synopsis of a woman swapping bodies with […]

HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY, Sam Feder’s follow-up to their 2020 Sundance doc Disclosure, will screen in person and stream via Seattle International Film Festival and NewFest Pride.  It follows trans rights activist and lawyer Chase Strangio as he prepares to go before SCOTUS. The film cannot be timelier and includes the voices of many whose lives are […]

Sinéad O’Shea’s BLUE ROAD: THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY, screening at the Seattle International Film Festival, tells the story of the Irish novelist who passed away last year.  It’s a well-edited and entertaining documentary that mixes great archival material with compelling footage shot for the film. Jessie Buckley voices her whenever O’Brien is not on the […]

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: […]