Festivals
FANTASIA 2025: Final Wave Announced. Tartakovsky's FIXED To Close, Guests Aplenty!
With two weeks until the fest opens on July 16th, Fantasia 2025 has dropped the full and final lineup on us and there is so much to be excited about! PRIMAL's Genndy Tartakovsky brings his latest animated feature FIXED to...
Chattanooga 2025 Review: Four "Funsize Epics" Bring the Atmosphere and Ambiguity
The "Funsize Epics Vol. 1" shorts program at the Chattanooga Film Festival this year brings ten shorts over ten minutes to attendees. They're all interesting and worth checking out, but four in particular grabbed my attention. The Angel (pictured at...
Chattanooga 2025 Review: UNDER THE BURNING SUN Brings an Abortion Road Trip Movie to the Apocalyptic Wasteland
Directed by Yun Xie, the film stars Stephanie Pardi, Stevie Kincheloe, and Martyna Frankow.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN, A Compassionate Portrait of a Complex Man
There is no filmmaker quite like Andy Milligan. A connoisseur of the depraved and debaucherous, Milligan’s lot in life was troubled, but out of the pain he suffered beginning in his youth he managed to create a unique oeuvre that...
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE SQUARE, Illicit Romance in North Korea Gets Animated
Swedish diplomat falls in love with a North Korean in Kim Bo-sol's animated feature.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE ROSE: COME BACK TO ME Follows Indie Rock Group's Career
Director Eugene Yi's doc follows the fall and rise of an indie rock group from South Korea.
Neuchâtel 2025: Swiss Fantastic Film Festival Announces Full Programme
Today, the fine folks over at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival announced the programme for this year's festival, running from July 4th through 12th. The festival is bringing some of the best of the festival circuit to the lakeside...
Tribeca 2025 Review: RE-CREATION Takes Another Look at a 1996 Murder
Vickey Krieps, Aidan Gillen, and Colm Meaney star as Jim Sheridan tackles the real-life trial of a journalist accused of murder.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE SCOUT Tracks a Film Worker's Day
In Paula González-Nasser's debut feature, a location scout grapples with life.
Tribeca 2025 Review: INSIDE, Harsh, Edgy Prison Drama with Stellar Performances
Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis, Vincent Miller, Toby Wallace, and Tammy Macintosh star in director Charles Williams's dramatic thriller.
Tribeca 2025 Review: OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR, Fear and Loathing on the Net and IRL
Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Chris Bauer, and Jennifer Ehle star in Oscar Boyson's debut feature.
Tribeca 2025 Review: WESTHAMPTON, Not Another Garden State
For the second time in the Tribeca Festival program, a film starts with a Q&A session that doesn’t go overly well. At least, the filmmaker protagonist of The Travel Companion mostly has to just stand there awkwardly, digesting the fact...
Tribeca 2025 Review: A TREE FELL IN THE WOODS, Both Love and Truth Hurt in Debut Dramedy About a Holiday Gone Wrong
Two married couples gather in a cabin in the woods on the day before New Year’s Eve. The four people are tied together through the decades of friendship between Debs (Alexandra Daddario), a writer suffering from the second book block,...
Tribeca 2025 Review: YANUNI Tracks Daring Activist Fighting Pollution in the Amazon
Richard Ladkani's documentary follows Amazonian activist fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples.
Frontières 2025: Full Program Announced For Fourteenth Edition
What began in a small classroom high above Concordia Hall, fourteen years ago, in front of a small group of like-minded, potential backers, has grown and continues to be one of the most essential and successful co-production events of the...
Tribeca 2025 Review: AFTER THIS DEATH, Wonderfully Bizarre Thriller Explores Desire, Complex Nature of Creative Process
Mia Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend, Gwendoline Christie, and Philip Ettinger star in Lucio Castro's mystery-thriller.
Tribeca 2025 Review: TOW, Rose Byrne Shines in True Story Dramedy, As One Woman Battles Against the System
Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer, Dominic Sessa, Ariana DeBose, Demi Lovato, and Simon Rex star in Stephanie Laing's drama.
Tribeca 2025 Review: ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE, Stylized Action Aims a Blow, Doesn't Pack a Punch
Shameik Moore stars in RZA's new film.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE WOLF, THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD, Sprawling, Unwieldy, and Utterly Mesmerizing
Jessica Reynolds stars in David Verbeek's wildly imaginative adventure.
Tribeca 2025 Review: ON A STRING, Sharp Comedy About Struggling Musicians
Isabel Hagen directs herself in a sharp look at struggling musicians.
