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KVIFF 2026: Fruit Gathering, Incinerator, 3 Weeks After

by admin|1 week ago14 July 2026|Roger Ebert

My final dispatch of KVIFF features some heavy hitters. There’s the Crystal Globe winner, the festival’s top prize. There’s also two coming-of-age stories about how kind the world can be and how unflinchingly harsh it actually is. Each work is...

KVIFF 2026: Wrap-up and Awards

by admin|1 week ago14 July 2026|Roger Ebert

It felt good to be back. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve attended the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (after going three straight times, last year, I had to cancel at the last second due to a personal...

“Ride or Die”: Two Best Friends, Too Many Lies, and a Good Reason to Get a Fake Passport

by admin|1 week ago14 July 2026|Roger Ebert

“Ride or Die” arrives on Prime Video this week, and its title is accurate in multiple ways. Calling someone your “ride or die” means they’ve got your back no matter what: you need to bury a body, they’ve got the...

Echoes: TAXALI GATE, When Pakistani Cinema Chose Courage

by admin|1 week ago14 July 2026|Screen Anarchy

Two years ago, a Pakistani film was released despite heavy restrictions from the censorship board, as well as several flaws that made it stand out from the pack. I'm talking about Taxali Gate (2024), written and directed by Abu Aleeha,...

‘The Kidnapping of Arabella’ Review: Carolina Cavalli’s Quirky-to-a-Fault Road Movie

by admin|1 week ago13 July 2026|Slant Magazine

The anti-climactic climax, though, rescues the film from obnoxious whimsicality. The post ‘The Kidnapping of Arabella’ Review: Carolina Cavalli’s Quirky-to-a-Fault Road Movie appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 500 – Mailbag Monday

by admin|1 week ago13 July 2026|Next Best Picture

Following our historic 500th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we’re excited to launch the very first edition of our new weekly companion show, Mailbag Monday! Josh Parham, Megan Lachinski, Will Mavity, Amy Kim, and Tom O’Brien join me in this new...

Freaks, Samurais, and Vampires: Our 10 Most Anticipated of Fantasia 2026

by admin|1 week ago13 July 2026|Roger Ebert

A breakdown of our most anticipated films of this year's Fantasia Festival.

Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: RAIN CATCHER Filmmaker Michele Fiascaris on Voyeurism and Building a Neo-Noir on a Limited Budget

by admin|1 week ago13 July 2026|Screen Anarchy

The Italian-born, London-based filmmaker discusses casting Dudley O'Shaughnessy, drawing on David Fincher and Brian De Palma, and transforming the Barbican into a psychological maze. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

2026 Sundance Producers Labs: Kara Grace Miller, Natalie Remplakowski & Marie Alyse Rodriguez Selected

by admin|1 week ago13 July 2026|Ioncinema

Meet the next generation of American indie producers in fiction and the docu field. Today the Sundance Institute announced the producers selected for the upcoming Producers Labs (narrative it actually began today until the 19th) and the documentary producers then...