4 months ago

A Farewell from Our Literary Editor, Matt Fagerholm
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
Matt Fagerholm has been a gem to work with at RogerEbert.com, and I am simultaneously sad to see him go, while overjoyed for him about the project he is undertaking. This Farewell Article contains some of his best work. Onward...
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Interview: Sara Crow & David Rafailedes / Satoshi – 2024 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
On the day that this conversation took place, Sara Crow and David Rafailedes were on their way to a reception to accept one of the Sloan Development Fellowships—an artist grant supporting projects in development involving technology. However, as we spoke,...
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Rotterdam 2024: What The Audiences Liked Best
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Three weeks ago, Rotterdam was about to wrap up its International Film Festival, and a few days after that they published the final results of their audience rating ballots. These, to me, are always at least as interesting as the...
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2024 Independent Spirit Award Winners: ‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Feature & Best Director (Full List)
by admin|4 months ago|Hammer to Nail
The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films were recognized at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Barbara, California. A24’s Past Lives took home Best Feature just moments after its writer-director Celine...
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Berlin Film Festival 2024: Who Do I Belong To, Memories Of A Burning Body, Sons
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
In Berlin’s Main Competition and its Panorama section are three films centering mothers: the worries they have about their children, the memories of their lived experiences, and the ache they feel when they lose a child. These maternal stories are...
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Berlin Film Festival 2024: Demba, The Strangers’ Case, Black Tea
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
Syria and Turkey, the Ivory Coast and China, Senegal, and a smidge of America are the countries these three films take place in. With this globetrotting dispatch is a story about a husband grieving the memory of his wife, Middle...
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2024 Berlin Film Festival Winners: Mati Diop’s “Dahomey” Wins The Golden Bear (Full List)
by admin|4 months ago|Hammer to Nail
After two weeks of new cinema, the Berlin International Film Festival came to a close with its annual awards ceremony. This year’s festival created buzz with many exciting new titles, among them being Tim Mielants’ opener Small Things Like These...
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Berlin Film Festival 2024: The Roundup: Punishment, Last Swim, Through The Rocks And Clouds
by admin|4 months ago|Roger Ebert
Not every dispatch has a unifying theme; this one is more of a hodgepodge. Among the three films is the latest installment of a highly successful Korean action franchise, a coming-of-age character study of a British-Iranian girl battling suicidal ideations,...
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Rotterdam 2024 Review: 13 BOMBS Brings Fire And Noise
by admin|4 months ago|Screen Anarchy
The International Film Festival Rotterdam is know for its slant towards new talent, often featuring low-budget arthouse cinema from all over the world. But the festival sometimes also shows the big-budget blockbusters from countries of which the output almost never...
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Interview: Kristine Gerolaga / Lamok – 2024 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow
by admin|4 months ago|Ioncinema
Further proof that the Sundance Institute’s Labs have made a firm commitment to include projects that fall in just about every genre, one of the filmmakers to find a sweet spot with the group is Kristine Gerolaga and her forthcoming...
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