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Hammer to Nail’s 15 Most-Anticipated Films at Tribeca 2025

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|Hammer to Nail

The New York City Mayoral race may be between Cuomo and Zohran, but this year’s Tribeca Festival has its own fierce competition. Who will win the coveted Nora Ephron prize? As always, there is a strong selection of non-fiction features,...

Cannes 2025 Review: PEAK EVERYTHING, Love in the Time of Climate Crisis and Mental Anxiety

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|Screen Anarchy

Piper Perabo and Patrick Hivon star in Canadian filmmaker Anne Emond's atypical romantic comedy. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

SUNLIGHT Review: Taking This Monkey Show on the Road

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|Screen Anarchy

We've likely all had very strange reactions to a great trauma in our lives, be it the death of a loved one, the loss of a treasured lover, intimate abuse. Or at least we might have thought about doing something...

Cannes 2025 Review: Duty and Desire Collides in CARAVAN in a Touching Portrait of Motherhood and Womanhood

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|Screen Anarchy

Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová draws on her background in documentary and her Cannes-awarded short Bába to craft a restrained psychological drama exploring motherhood, identity, and the unspoken costs of care. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

Japan Cuts’ 2025 Lineup Features Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Teki Cometh & More

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|The Film Stage

The last decade of cinema has brought no greater certification than Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Japan’s preeminent filmmaker. The thought occurs to me looking at the programming for Japan Society’s 2025 edition of Japan Cuts, sponsored by GU, running July 10—20,...

Cannes Review: The President’s Cake Has All The Ingredients of a Breakthrough Directorial Debut

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|The Film Stage

Among the best things in The President’s Cake are the colors. There’s the deep red of a rooster’s comb as it peeks out from a young girl’s carrying pouch; there’s the white decorations that adorn her uncle’s blue car; and...

Humanizing the Sharks: Sean Byrne on “Dangerous Animals”

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|Roger Ebert

An interview with the writer-director of IFC Films' shark-themed serial killer thriller.

A Great Businessman in the Persona of a Wonderful Entertainer: Todd Purdum on Desi Arnaz

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|Roger Ebert

An interview with the author of a new memoir on the pioneering actor, producer, and husband of Lucille Ball.

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Trailer: Kogonada Sets Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell on an Adventure

by admin|1 year ago03 June 2025|The Film Stage

Following his tender, formally precise indie dramas Columbus and After Yang, video-essayist-turned-filmmaker Kogonada is stepping up to the big leagues with his next project. The Seth Reiss-scripted A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, was once...