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TIFF ‘26 is expanding with today’s announcement of five additional films in this year’s Special Presentations program. These compelling new works from celebrated filmmakers Rachel Morrison, Benjamín Naishtat, Ben Shirinian, Bassam Tariq, plus David and Nathan Zellner provide a glimpse...

Film at Lincoln Center announces James Gray’s “Paper Tiger“ as the Opening Night selection of the 64th New York Film Festival, presented in partnership with Rolex. The film will make its North American premiere in a gala debut at Alice Tully...

La Biennale di Venezia is pleased to announce that INK, directed by the Academy and BAFTA award winning Danny Boyle (28 Years Later Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), written by multi-Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter James Graham (Dear England, Sherwood, Brexit), and starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, is the opening film, in a world premiere in...

With the release of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” arriving in theaters, our 2008 retrospective revisits his comic book action film that not only re-defined the genre, but changed the whole industry up until the Oscar nominations where it forced the...

THE STORY – When a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness. THE CAST – Christian Bale, Michael...

It’s that time of year again, when the major fall film festivals start unveiling which Oscar hopefuls (and just, all-around great movies) will make their world premieres. Venice, known for hosting almost exclusively world premieres, sets the tone early. Telluride,...

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the nominees for the annual Critics Choice Super Awards, a special event honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action and Animation. The winners...

THE STORY – After ten years of war, King Odysseus sets sail for Ithaca, eager to reunite with his beloved. But his journey home is far more treacherous than the battlefield, as he must face deadly monsters and vengeful gods to...

THE STORY – “Lucky” centers on a young woman (Anya Taylor-Joy) who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to...

Tomorrow, we will know the full scale of reactions and the full review scores for “The Odyssey,” and whether they validate the initial social reactions and Oscar predictions. But even if those turn out somewhat misleading, there’s still a solid...