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Berlinale 2026 Review: A CHILD OF MY OWN (UN HIJO PROPIO), Documentary Reenacts a Kidnapping
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Based on a notorious crime in Mexico, A Child of My Own (Orig. Un hijo propio) examines how and why a nurse kidnapped a baby for her own. As she did in The Mole Agent, director Maite Alberdi mixes fact and fiction...
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1000 WOMEN IN HORROR: Poster Debut For Doc Celebrating Women-Led Horror
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Shudder has debuted the poster for Donna Davies' documentary, 1000 Women in Horror, a celebration of women-led horror.   The Canadian documentarian interviewed many friends of ours, contemporaries and iconic ladies within the horror genre. The cast includes Roxanne Benjamin,...
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“QUEEN AT SEA”
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Amanda and her stepfather, Martin, struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother, Leslie, who is suffering from advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And, if so,...
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Berlinale 2026 Review: SOUMSOUM, THE NIGHT OF THE STARS, Romanticised Fable for the Tainted Dead in Chad’s Immense Desert
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun tells a poetic yet haunting story of life and death driven by female agency. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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A Conversation with Zack Khalil (AANIKOBIJIGAN)
by admin|3 months ago|Hammer to Nail
“When I enter a museum, I’m not looking for what’s on the walls, I’m looking at what’s behind them,” says a participant in Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]. “I wonder if people know that they’ve paid $20 to enter a museum that’s holding...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “The Devil Is Busy” Filmmakers Geeta Gandbhir & Christalyn Hampton
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
“The Devil Is Busy” is an American documentary short film, directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton, which follows an Atlanta abortion clinic besieged by protesters. Following its world premiere at Doc NYC, producer HBO Documentary Films released the film...
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The Sundance Film Festival Announces Official Venues For Its Milestone Colorado Debut In 2027
by admin|3 months ago|Next Best Picture
Today, the Sundance Film Festival announces the 2027 edition will make its Boulder, Colorado, debut on January 21st–31st, 2027. This will be the first time the Festival will welcome global audiences to its new location. Mark your calendars for the seminal gathering...
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Berlinale 2026 Review: LALI, Newlyweds Confront Demons in Pakistani Drama
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
The lavish wedding ceremony keeps hitting snags, especially when future mother-in-law Sohni Ammi (Farazeh Syed) is accidentally shot in the leg during a fireworks celebration. It's just another sign of the bad luck that dogs bride Zeba (Mamya Shajaffar), an...
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Echoes: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat’s LALI, Eccentric Auteur Blooms in Berlin
by admin|3 months ago|Screen Anarchy
The 2026 Berlin Film Festival has concluded, and the winners have been announced, notably Yellow Letters. Despite not being able to win any prize at the 76th Berlinale, an all-Pakistani production definitely made waves at its premiere. Packed with the...
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Berlinale Review: Foreign Travel is a Rousing Ode to the Transformative Powers of Reading
by admin|3 months ago|The Film Stage
No one moves abroad in Ted Fendt’s Foreign Travel; people walk plenty—mostly around Kreuzberg, Berlin—but the kind of wandering this erudite film is concerned with is chiefly of the mental variety. It is triggered by books, those of Italian writer...
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