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THE STORY – Bela, an eight-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity that comes out of her closet. The presence, whom she calls “Other Mommy,” becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family. THE CAST...

THE STORY – When their son is kidnapped, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife find themselves drawn into a web of deception. As they scramble to raise the ransom payment, they’re forced to make choices – and reveal secrets...

The last several years have been marked by the Oscars finally honoring a long-beloved, long-overdue figure, whether it was Paul Thomas Anderson in 2025, Sean Baker in 2024, Christopher Nolan in 2023, Jamie Lee Curtis in 2022, or Will Smith...

THE STORY – A middle-aged composer allows her friend to use her apartment to film a television interview, opening up a quietly revealing space, in Nicolás Pereda’s feminist-minded domestic comedy, an expert blend of realism and subtle absurdity. THE CAST –...

DOC NYC, the festival for documentaries, is celebrating its 17th edition in person November 11th-19th at IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika, and continuing online through November 29th, and announced its Main Slate lineup today. The 2026 festival...

“California Schemin‘” (stylized as “California $chemin'”) is a 2025 biographical musical film directed by James McAvoy in his directorial debut. The film stars Samuel Bottomley and Séamus McLean Ross as the Scottish faux-American rap pairing Silibil N’ Brains, Gavin Bain...

THE STORY – After hostiles abduct former soldier Sean Walker to locate a nuclear warhead, the CIA suspects his involvement. Later, Walker and his allies plot to reclaim the bomb and clear their names. THE CAST – John Cena, Jessica Biel,...

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that Netflix’s La Bola Negra, the film from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, popularly known as Los Javis, will receive The Gotham Vanguard Tribute at the 36th Annual Gotham Film Awards on...

“My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile” is a 2026 American documentary film produced and directed by Julia Loktev. A sequel to the 2024 film “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow,” it follows several independent Russian...

THE STORY – Culled from more than 80 hours of footage shot by Eleanor Coppola, this doc takes us behind the scenes of her daughter Sofia’s third film, 2006’s “Marie Antoinette,” capturing the enormous challenge of making an expensive period film...