When asked about formative movie experiences, Jane Schoenbrun has spoken of the month spent watching all the Nightmare on Elm Street sequels at 11 years ol...
Without putting too fine a point on it, the 2026 Directors' Fortnight in Cannes has kicked off with a bit of a dog. The latest from exiled Russian filmmaker Ka...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 IFFR coverage. The film opens in theaters on May 8.
Seven years after collaborating on The Pl...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Thessaloniki coverage. The film opens in theaters on May 1.
It doesn’t take long to work out ...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Locarno coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 24.
Writing about another great Loc...
A few weeks ago, I landed in Copenhagen for this year's CPH:DOX in the early hours of the evening, still a little dazed from covering the Oscars the night befo...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 IFFR coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 10.
Learning about Gabriele D'Annunzio...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The film opens in theaters and arrives digitally on April 10.
I could name f...
Isabelle Huppert's performance in Ulrike Ottinger’s The Blood Countess, a vampire fantasia set in Vienna (and co-starring no less of a local icon than Conchita...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Berlinale coverage. The film opens in theaters on April 3.
The Blue Trail, the lively new fil...
Irish-born, Berlin-based, Rory O'Connor has been covering the European film festival circuit since 2012. A regular contributor to The Film Stage, his work has also appeared in Frieze, The Playlist, and CineVue.
