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A Bit of Light | 2026 Venice Film Festival Review
by admin|1 month ago|Ioncinema
Under the Cherry Moon: Asgari Lets the Sun Shine In Ali Asgari continues to highlight the precariousness of navigating modern day Tehran with his latest feature, A Bit of Light, which speaks directly to citizens living day-to-day with the threat...
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“GOD LAUGHS”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – In the heart of the 17th century, one man speaks of God as no one has ever done before: Friar Leopoldo da Casamacchia. While the Church preaches in Latin, Leopoldo tells the Gospel with a contagious joy...
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“THE JULIA SET”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Julia, a gifted mathematician, navigates the cutthroat world of academia. Pascal, a teaching assistant, recruits her to join an exclusive training program for the prestigious and notoriously difficult Putnam mathematics competition. THE CAST – Chase Infiniti, Christopher Briney,...
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‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Sneakily Resonant Western Noir
by admin|1 month ago|Slant Magazine
Grisebach’s film moves with the bow-legged gait of a lifelong horse rider. The post ‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Sneakily Resonant Western Noir appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Hope”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
For this week’s main podcast review, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, and Brendan Hodges joined me before I left for Telluride/TIFF to review and discuss the latest film from South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin, “Hope,” starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron...
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Toronto 2026 Review: THE REMOTES, The Voices that Haunt the Night
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
Many of us (myself included) have come to rely on our smartphone apps maybe a little too much, especially ones that tell us where to go. Even in our own hometowns, we can turn to google maps or Mapquest to...
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“THE ILLUSION OF AN EVERLASTING SUMMER”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Filmed over 25 years, it traces the lives of two inseparable cousins, Guillermina and Belinda, as they grow up in the vast Argentine Pampas. THE CAST – Guillermina Aranciaga & Belinda Stutz THE TEAM – Alessandra Sanguinetti (Director)...
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Toronto 2026 Review: Singaporean Drama AH GIRL Elevated by Assured New Director and Astonishing Young Lead
by admin|1 month ago|Screen Anarchy
The debut feature from Singaporean writer-director Ang Geck Geck Priscilla is a semi-autobiographical story of a family’s separation, as seen through the eyes of a seven year old girl. Struggling to fully understand the gravity of the situation, and what...
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“THE STUNT DRIVER”
by admin|1 month ago|Next Best Picture
THE STORY – Chronicles the daredevil stuntman Ken Carter’s quest to execute a bold stunt of launching a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River from Canada to the United States in the 1970s, facing absurd challenges along the way. THE...
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Black Zombie Review: Unpacking the Psychology, Spirituality, and Heritage of a Horror Touchstone
by admin|1 month ago|The Film Stage
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Fantasia coverage. The film opens on September 11. More than reclaiming the zombie motif from the knee-jerk response that Night of the Living Dead inhibited, Maya Annik Bedward’s Black...
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