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Bitter Christmas Review: Pedro Almodóvar Explores His Creative Process In Comforting Metafiction
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Bitter Christmas announces that Pedro Almodóvar has entered his late era, returning once again to the metafiction well for another structurally ambitious analysis of the creative process with at least one character to whom he bears a passing resemblance. It...
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‘Idiots’ Review: Macon Blair’s Low-Effort Buddy Road Comedy About Low-Effort People
by admin|2 months ago|Slant Magazine
Like a disappointing offspring, there are excuses one could make for Idiots. The post ‘Idiots’ Review: Macon Blair’s Low-Effort Buddy Road Comedy About Low-Effort People appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Locarno 2026 Masterclass: Darren Aronofsky on Risk, Movie Jail, and Knowing When to Let a Film Go
by admin|2 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Honoured with Locarno's Pardo d'Onore, Darren Aronofsky reflects on turning poverty into style, surviving "movie jail," casting actors at the right moment and learning when to let a film go. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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No Other Land Team Returns With Jonathan Glazer-Backed Naza, Added to Venice 2026 Lineup
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
Two of the filmmakers behind the most essential, vital documentary of 2024, No Other Land (winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary and Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award), are returning with another look at destruction and violence inflicted on...
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Coyote vs. Acme Review: A Resurrected Comedy That Delivers
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
An attempted burial might have actually been the best thing to ever happen to Coyote vs. Acme. The live-action/Looney Tunes hybrid was originally slated for HBO Max in 2023 before being dropped down a black hole by Warner Bros. Discovery in...
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Locarno Review: The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer Captures a Vital Portrait of Life on the Pampas
by admin|2 months ago|The Film Stage
While long established as a launch site for adventurous cinema, Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present sidebar has recently become appointment viewing. Similar in structure to Cannes’ Critics’ Week, where only first or second features are considered, the last three editions...
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The 2026 Venice Film Festival Adds A New Film To Its Competition Lineup: “NAZA”
by admin|2 months ago|Next Best Picture
A new title has been added to complete the Competition section of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia (September 2nd – 12th 2026). The film is “NAZA,” a new work by Yuval Abraham and Rachel...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 506 – Telluride Film Festival Preview, “Club Kid,” “Wildwood,” “Whalefall” & “Without Blood” Trailers
by admin|2 months ago|Next Best Picture
For Episode 506 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Amy Kim and Dan Bayer. This week, we’re discussing what we believe will screen at the 53rd annual Telluride Film Festival, and we’re announcing the nominations for the 2008 NBP Film...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Tony”
by admin|2 months ago|Next Best Picture
For this week’s main podcast review, Katie Johnson and Sara Clements join me to review and discuss the latest film from Matt Johnson, “Tony,” starring Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Dagmara Domińczyk, Rich Sommer, Stavros Halkias, Leo Woodall, and Antonio Banderas. Telling the early years...
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘Yorgun Güneş’ – Everything We Know So Far …
by admin|2 months ago|Ioncinema
A seven-time Cannes competition filmmaker and Palme d’Or winner for 2014’s Winter Sleep, Turkish master auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan has settled into a remarkably consistent rhythm, unveiling a new feature roughly every four years. Defined by his meticulous compositions, natural...
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