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Rotterdam 2026 Review: MI AMOR
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The International Film Festival Rotterdam is host to many beginning directors, but that doesn't mean there are no regular returning guests. Writer, director and actor Guillaume Nicloux has visited the festival several times, and this year he brought a treat...
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Sundance 2026 Review: NIGHT NURSE, Promising Psychosexual Thriller Dissipates Into Abstraction
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Filmmaker David Lynch (Lost Highway, Wild At Heart, Blue Velvet) may have left this mortal plane for the next, but his influence — not to mention his filmography — survives in the work of filmmakers who found a kindred spirit...
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The 2025 Directors Guild Of America (DGA) Winners
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The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) have announced their winners representing the best in directing for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… FEATURE FILM Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.) Ryan Coogler – “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Sirāt”
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For this week’s main podcast review, Dan Bayer and Tom O’Brien join me to discuss the latest film from Óliver Laxe, “Sirāt,” starring Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Richard Bellamy, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier, and Jade Oukid. Co-written with Santiago...
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The 2025 British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Winners
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The British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) have today announced their winners representing the best for cinematography in 2025. Here are this year’s winners… CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A FEATURE FILM “DIE MY LOVE” (Mubi) – Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC ISC, cinematographer “FRANKENSTEIN”...
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Available Light 2026 Review: TRACY & MARTINA GOIN’ OUT WEST Lovingly Mocks A Refined Flavour of Canadian Delusion
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Canada is far from the only country that has a tradition of lovingly mocking some of its stranger, often poor and delusional, white-trash subcultures (I am looking at you Australia, New Zealand and Britain). However, the Canadian flavour often takes...
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Interview: Akinola Davies Jr. on ‘My Father’s Shadow’ and Carrying a Family Legacy
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Davies Jr. discusses carrying his father’s name and being drawn to masculine imperfection. The post Interview: Akinola Davies Jr. on ‘My Father’s Shadow’ and Carrying a Family Legacy appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘By Design’ Review: Amanda Kramer’s Weirdo Commentary on Commodity Fetishism
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If the film treats us, like its main character, as a piece of furniture, that’s probably by design. The post ‘By Design’ Review: Amanda Kramer’s Weirdo Commentary on Commodity Fetishism appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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A Conversation with Felipe Bustos Sierra (EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET)
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Everybody to Kenmure Street (which I reviewed here), from director Felipe Bustos Sierra (Nae Pasaran), just premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary highlights a 2021 protest in Glasgow, Scotland, over a dawn raid to kidnap two immigrant...
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‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: A Moving Portrait of a Family (and a Nation) on the Cusp of Change
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Hope and fear are inextricably bound in Akinola Davies Jr.’s semi-autobiographical film. The post ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Review: A Moving Portrait of a Family (and a Nation) on the Cusp of Change appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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