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Fantasia 2025 Review: THE GIRL WHO STOLE TIME, After The Animation Dazzles, The Story Grabs Your Heartstrings
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Qian Xiao grew up in a quiet fishing village, but she’s never wanted a peaceful life. She wants out, and when she spots a supply boat heading to the mainland, she sneaks aboard without a plan.   Midway through the...
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SUSPENDED TIME Review: Brief Utopia in Olivier Assayas’ COVID-19 Film
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For French auteur Olivier Assayas, one of most astute observers of our changing times, it is perhaps his most personal and autobiographical film to date. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Netflix Brings “Wednesday” Back to Nevermore for a Spookier, Stranger Season 2
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Season 2 seems to have righted the ship and given Netflix's latest mascot a more delicious meal to chew on.... so far.
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Hind Meddeb on “Sudan, Remember Us”
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An interview with the voice behind the TIFF-favorite doc about Sudanese activists fighting for freedom.
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Rose Byrne is Adrift in First Trailer for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
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Seventeen years after her directorial debut Yeast, which gave Greta Gerwig one of her very first roles, Mary Bronstein finally returns with her second feature, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The Sundance and Berlinale selection, which stars Rose...
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Exclusive Clip from Alexandre Koberidze’s Sony Ericsson-Shot Locarno Premiere Dry Leaf
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We can admire those who (brilliantly) craft entire feature films on iPhones, but the choice to shoot a three-hour feature with a Sony Ericsson––a device which ceased manufacturing in 2011––reaches an altogether different level of formal bravery. Alexandre Koberidze will...
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Boys Go to Jupiter Review: An Open-Source Nightmare-Scape of Late-Stage Capitalism
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Boys Go to Jupiter, an animated feature directed and written by Pittsburgh-based 3D artist Julian Glander, is truly a product of its time. And that time is now. As the press notes mention: “[The film] was self-produced and animated entirely...
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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Review: A Lovely Document of a Beautiful, Tragic, Talented Life
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Amy Berg’s It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley is an impressive archival document as well as a celebration of the life of a tortured artist. And while the term “tortured artist” is certainly overused, it feels especially apt when writing about Buckley. Here was a...
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Locarno 2025 Industry Preview: Talent Incubation, Co-Production Platforms, and Private Financing Take Centre Stage
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With a programme built to reflect the evolving needs of the international film community, Locarno Pro 2025 offers a curated suite of initiatives, labs, and strategic forums designed to support emerging talent, advance co-productions, and foster critical dialogue across the...
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‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Eerie, and Disarmingly Funny, Horror Freak-Out
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For every moment of electrifying horror, the film cleanses the palette with comic relief. The post ‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Eerie, and Disarmingly Funny, Horror Freak-Out appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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