Arabian Nights, an expansive collection of Islamic folktales, is as influential to contemporary literature and pop culture as the works of Shakespeare—an expan...
Premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival, Akinola Davies Jr.'s acclaimed debut My Father's Shadow went on to pick up a Special Mention for the C...
One of the breakout features at Cannes Directors' Fortnight earlier this year, Hasan Hadi's directorial debut The President's Cake picked up the section's Audi...
One of our favorite traditions in best-of-the-year festivities is a lineup that tends to find a more interesting path than any guilds or critics groups. The wo...
A sprawling odyssey of the Black experience, Independent journalists fighting back in Russia, the life of a bullfighter, a deep dive into the video-store era, ...
Exceeding all expectations, Sinners became a critical and box-office hit when it was released this past spring. Written and directed by Ryan Coogler, the film ...
Krisha actor and producer Chase Joliet has crafted his feature directorial debut with Grapefruit, a drama starring Rosanna Arquette, Steph Barkley, Alexandra B...
One of the most formally assured debut features I saw last year, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s A Useful Ghost tells a peculiar, transfixing paranormal tale. A p...
A mother and two daughters move into a cramped apartment in Taipei, a tentative step towards financial independence. Their struggle to survive provides the bac...
As we enter the final month of the year, we'll be sharing an extensive look at the best in cinema of 2025 (bookmark here), but first, let's look at the highlig...
