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The 65th edition of Cannes Critics’ Week was announced earlier this morning with a characteristically bold and discovery-driven lineup, as artistic director Ava Cahen, who has overseen La Semaine de la Critique since 2022, unveiled eleven features that continue the...

Lionsgate has released the official trailer for “The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping” starring Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Mckenna Grace, Ben Wang, Whitney Peak, Maya Hawke, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ralph Fiennes, and Glenn Close. The...

THE STORY – Explores the life and career of independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman and her work on the news program Democracy Now!. THE CAST – Amy Goodman THE TEAM – Carl Deal & Tia Lessin (Directors) ​ THE RUNNING TIME...

For Episode 487, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, and Will Mavity as we give our reactions to the lineup for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. For this week’s poll question, for the announcement of the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival lineup,...

For this week’s main podcast review, Katie Johnson and Dan Bayer join me to discuss “You, Me & Tuscany,” starring Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page, Lorenzo de Moor, Isabella Ferrari, Aziza Scott, Marco Calvani & Nia Vardalos. Directed by Kat Coiro and written by Ryan...

The official lineup of the 79th Annual Cannes Film Festival was announced early Thursday morning by artistic director Thierry Frémaux, and, as always, there was the usual tsunami of reactions online as to what’s in, what’s out, and what it all means....

THE STORY – A drug-addicted Florida man finds a wounded mermaid at his lowest point. When word spreads about his secret, he’ll stop at nothing to protect her. THE CAST – Johnny Pemberton, Avery Potemri, Kevin Nealon, Kirk Fox, Julia Larson,...

“The Stranger” is a 2025 drama film written and directed by François Ozon, based on Albert Camus’s 1942 novel “The Stranger”. Benjamin Voisin stars in the lead role of Meursault, alongside Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Swann Arlaud, and Denis Lavant....

THE STORY – When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal town, the storm surge brings devastation, chaos and something far more frightening: hungry sharks. THE CAST – Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak & Djimon Hounsou THE TEAM – Tommy Wirkola (Director/Writer)...

“Faces Of Death” is a 2026 American horror film and reimagining of the 1978 film by John Alan Schwartz. Directed by Daniel Goldhaber and co-written with Isa Mazzei, it stars Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler,...