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The 2026 Beyond Fest Lineup
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Beyond Fest, Los Angeles’ biggest film festival and the highest-attended genre film festival in the U.S., is proud to announce its complete slate of 2026 programming comprising 10 World Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 7 U.S. Premieres, and 28 West...
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“A GOOD LITTLE SOLDIER”
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THE STORY – Carla, a 43-year-old high-performing executive newly recruited as HR manager of a major insurer, is tasked with rebuilding its brand in a corporate environment where vulnerability is not an asset. THE CAST – Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon,...
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The World Premieres We Can’t Wait To See From The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
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The festival season is officially in motion as we get the first tastes of reactions emerging from this year’s Venice Film Festival. While many of the big heavy hitters for this coming awards season come from there and the previous...
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“PLACE TO BE”
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THE STORY – An elderly woman and a middle-aged man form an unexpected bond during a cross-country journey from Chicago to NY, accompanying a lost racing pigeon back to its home. THE CAST – Ellen Burstyn, Taika Waititi, Pamela Anderson,...
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“DAU”
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THE STORY – Inspired by the physicists who built the Soviet atomic bomb, the film DAU follows a brilliant Greek-born physicist from 1928 through four tumultuous decades in the USSR. Driven to uncover the laws of the universe, the idealistic...
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“UNION TOWN”
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THE STORY – “Get up, get down, New York is a union town!” Heard at strikes across the city, this is not simply a rallying cry for unionizing laborers, but also a testament to New York’s legacy as a simmering hub...
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“THE UPRISING”
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THE STORY – In 1831 plague sweeps across Europe, killing half the population of England. As King Richard II and the oligarchs impose a brutal tax on the poorest members of society, a farmer’s simmering discontent erupts into full-blown anger. Within...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Our 2026 Telluride Film Festival Recap
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The 2026 Telluride Film Festival has concluded. Unfortunately, Will Mavity had to leave early, and J Don Birnam wasn’t staying with us again this year, so it was just Daniel Howat and me as we take you through all of the movies we saw over the...
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“A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA”
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THE STORY – Jo, melancholic, wild and only fifteen, dreams of her last breath. Tiny nuances, signs and symbols of the dream plane will quietly pop up during the day, yet she recognises nothing. All she knows is that she...
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Could “You Can See Everything” Become The First Documentary Nominated For Best Picture?
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On September 6th, hundreds of eager Telluride Film Festival attendees poured into a secret screening of a previously unannounced film. Phones were taken away, lights were dimmed, and Nathan Fielder introduced his newest project, “You Can See Everything.” He and...
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