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Gen X Film Stars Gone Too Soon
August 19, 2023
Let’s remember these Gen X film stars gone too soon.
Ted Lasso director Declan Lowney
August 17, 2023
Declan Lowney, whose many directing credits on Ted Lasso include the show’s sweepingly emotional finale, grew up in a rural […]
Believable Movie Couples
August 13, 2023
Here are 15 movie couples with electrifying onscreen chemistry, from Casablanca to The Empire Strikes Back.
Smash or Pass
August 11, 2023
Old flames reconnecting, dating-apps drama and disabled dating-show contestants battling ableist tropes were among the subjects of films in the […]
NYAD
August 10, 2023
NYAD, the new Netflix biopic starring Annette Bening as Olympic marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, directed by the Free Solo team […]
Aubrey Powell in Squaring the Circle The Story of Hipgnosis by Anton Corbijn
August 10, 2023
In Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis, Anton Corbijn tells the story of the prolific album cover designers Hipgnosis
Pixar Movie
August 9, 2023
Pixar movies have never been afraid to confront the big questions in life. Including some pretty heavy stuff.
Stars of the 1950s Who Are Still Going Strong
August 5, 2023
Wow — these stars of the 1950s are still working as hard as ever.
Hayley Erin in New Life, directed by John Rosman
August 4, 2023
New Life, by John Rothman, premieres Tuesday at the Fantasia Film Festival. It’s excellent, but it’s hard to say why without spoiling it for you.
Julian Thedford When I Wake
August 3, 2023
Julian Thedford was out walking his dog with his 9-year-old brother when they witnessed a shooting on Chicago’s South Side. […]
Get Away Michael Gabriele
August 3, 2023
“Get Away” filmmaker Michael Gabriele based his captivating horror short on a feeling every horror fan knows well: wishing you […]
The Phantom Unmasks the Fantasia Film Festival Strengths
August 2, 2023
I had no intention of seeing Phantom last night. I was on my way to another film at Montreal’s beloved […]
Hundreds of Beavers
August 1, 2023
I can’t think of anyone in the obvious target audience for Hundreds of Beavers, but I also can’t think of […]
Where the Devil Roams by the Adams Family
August 1, 2023
“They say that ambiance is really important,” someone says in Where the Devil Roams, the latest creepy homespun horror movie […]
Fantasia
July 31, 2023
Les Chambres Rouges and Stay Online were among the Fantasia Film Festival winners at a ceremony held over the weekend in Montreal.
Sympathy for the Devil
July 28, 2023
Sympathy for the Devil cinematographer Steven Holleran takes us inside a hellish car ride with Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman.
SALLAD
July 27, 2023
As a mixed media visual artist, Tramaine Townsend is based in the worlds of photography, design, film and animation. But […]
Richard Williams
July 27, 2023
Stuart McClave is white, but grew up with a unique insight into the challenges Venus and Serena Williams faced in […]
Sinead O'Connor
July 26, 2023
Sinéad O’Connor was a pop star who was wrong when it was right to be wrong.
August at Twenty-Two
July 25, 2023
August at twenty-two writer-star Ali Edwards based the queer coming-of-age story partly on her own diaries. But the film also […]
Little Trumpet
July 25, 2023
Growing up in New Orleans, Megan “Megz” Trufant-Tillman watched musicians march in Mardi Gras parades — then went home and […]
Black Madonna
July 25, 2023
The short film “Black Madonna,” a recent highlight of NewFilmmakes Los Angeles festival on Black Cinema, came about from a […]
Nothing, except everything
July 23, 2023
Nothing, except everything, the ambitious and head-spinning new short film from 19-year-old filmmaker Wesley Wang, starts with a curious promise: […]
We Were Meant To, the Indy Shorts winner for Best Narrative Short Award
July 23, 2023
“We Were Meant To,” a film directed by Tari Wariebi that presents a world in which Black men can fly, […]