2022 Cannes Film Festival Lineup Unveiled
After a skipped year and then a delayed year, the Cannes Film Festival is now back in its usual spring slot, taking place May 17 through 28. After many rumors ...
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A New David Lynch Film Tipped For Cannes Premiere
If you knew where to look during the pandemic, there were a number of bread crumbs that David Lynch was up to... something. The director, of course, churned ou...
SXSW Review: Seriously Red is a Hilarious Yet Predicable Comedy Following a Dolly Parton Impersonator
Dolly Parton was everywhere at SXSW, from her documentary Still Working 9-5 to her collaboration with Blockchain Creative Labs which involved both a well-recei...
SXSW Review: Look at Me: XXXTentacion is a Kaleidoscopic Peek Behind the Lyrics
An authorized but often unflattering portrait of rapper Jahesh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, known as XXXTentacion, Look at Me is a comprehensive study of his career,...
SXSW Review: Andrea Riseborough is Brilliant in the Harrowing West Texas Drama To Leslie
British-born Andrea Riseborough deserves credit for her ability to seemingly morph into any character like a chameleon. With veteran TV director Michael Morris...
SXSW Review: Raquel 1:1 is a Restrained Thriller That Could Use a Little More Liberation
A good deal more restrained and nuanced than The Craft and Carrie, Raquel 1:1 takes itself perhaps a little too seriously, presenting a rather straightforward ...
New Directors/New Films 2022 Lineup Announced
Returning from April 20-May 1 for its 51st edition, New Directors/New Films has announced this year's lineup. Taking place at NYC's Film at Lincoln Center and ...
SXSW Review: Lily Gladstone Traverses the Lonely Road in The Unknown Country
Beginning with a departure in the dead of night in the middle of winter, and ending perhaps where its lead Tana (Lily Gladstone) was destined to go, Morrisa Ma...
SXSW Review: Anonymous Club is a Kodachrome Trip Through Courtney Barnett’s Creative Process
A current of loneliness runs through Danny Cohen’s beautifully haunting Anonymous Club, a rich documentary filmed in 16mm chronicling little more than a year i...
SXSW Review: Under the Influence Finds Casey Neistat Turning His Lens on David Dobrik and the YouTube Culture of Enablers
What initially starts as a light-hearted look at YouTube star David Dobrik and his “Vlog Squad” evolves into a portrait that doesn’t quite know what to make of...