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Inde Navarrette’s “Obsession” Performance Deserves To Be Taken Seriously As An Oscar Contender
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It seems every year performances or achievements in horror films get a wave of praise from fans of the genre, yet fail to crossover into the wider film discussion and awards conversation. Performances like Sally Hawkins’s in “Bring Her Back”...
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“LADIES FIRST”
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THE STORY – A ladies man finds his life upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women. With the rules of engagement changed, he goes head-to-head with a fiery female colleague in a playful satire about what...
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“THE BLACK BALL”
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THE STORY – The Black Ball, inspired by an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca, is a queer vindication about three men in three different moments of Spanish history: 1932, 1937, and 2017. THE CAST – Guitarricadelafuente, Carlos González, Miguel Bernardeau, Milo Quifes,...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Changeling”
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Our 2008 retrospective continues with Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Michael Kelly, Jason Butler Harner, Gattlin Griffith & Eddie Alderson. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, the film was based on actual events,...
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“CHANGELING”
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THE STORY – After Christine’s son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him, but when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quiet public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up...
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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’
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From Belgium, Lukas Dhont makes his third trip to the Croisette. 2018’s Girl premiered in Un Certain Regard section and won just about everything from the Caméra d’Or, Queer Palm and Best Performance (Victor Polster) in Un Certain Regard. Close...
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Cannes 2026: A Man of His Time, Moulin, Coward
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On three more films in competition at this year's Cannes.
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“COWARD”
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THE STORY – In 1916, during World War I, Pierre serves at the Belgian front alongside other comrades. Behind the trenches, the soldiers try to keep their spirits up. One day, Pierre meets the flamboyant Francis. To counter the rhetoric of...
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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9 – Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo’s ‘The Black Ball’
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Virtual unknowns in non-Spanish speaking markets, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo — often collectively known in Spain as “Los Javis” have brought their brand to queer storytelling with their musical sensibilities. Their only work to date had been the musical...
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2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’
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He has been owning Sundance since he premiered 1996 The Delta and three decades later the cinema of Ira Sachs has been expanding to new A list film fest destinations with his most recent drops at the Berlinale in for...
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