Author: Sarah Williams
2022 Berlin International Film Festival Lineup
Highlights of the lineup for this year’s Berlin Film Festival, running from February 10-20, include: A new film from Kamila Andini, whose Indonesia-set coming of…
Indie Focus: Behind Closed Doors (Kaitlyn Boxall)
Ginger Paradise Productions, a project from independent filmmaker Kaitlyn Boxall, is best known for their tribute videos. This year, the young filmmaker has been working…
Cahiers Du Cinema Releases 10 Best Films of 2021
The annual Cahiers Du Cinema favorites list tends to be a check-in with some of the most unpredictable critics in Europe. The long-running French magazine…
78th Venice Film Festival Official Selection
Running from September 1st-11th, the Venice International Film Festival has announced its official selection, complete with buzzy new premieres from directors Ana Lily Amirpour, Jane…
74th Locarno Official Selection
The 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival announces its 2021 lineup, with 12 films in its Piazza Grande selection, and 17 competing in the…
74th Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard Winners
Today, before the competition films are awarded, and this includes the prestigious Palme D’Or, Cannes has two other ceremonies happening. The first of two, followed…
Festival de Cannes Review: Cow (Andrea Arnold)
This may be a personal issue, but there’s something about Andrea Arnold‘s brand of wallowing realism that never quite brings a point to its misery….
10 Smaller Contenders We’re Curious About Screening at Cannes
Between the Annettes, Benedettas, and French Dispatches of the world, Cannes is also home to some surprises. Screening out of competition, and at Critics Week,…
1988 in Film: Jane B by Agnes V
Actress Jane Birkin exists in multitudes. From Rivettian chess piece in Love on the Ground and La Belle Noiseuse to unsteady androgynous lover in La…
Long Distance Film Festival, Marguerite Duras, Palestinian Cinema & More: Online Screening Roundup
The past year has led to a rise in unique digital film programming, in particular greater accessibility for short-form and experimental films globally. Festivals like…
Berlinale 2021 Dispatch- Teddy Award (Miguel’s War, Genderation, Bliss)
Eliane Raheb’s documentary Miguel’s War is based on impressions, and how to construct a life around hiding the past. Based on a chance encounter the…
2021 Cesár Awards Play It Safe, Bye Bye Morons Takes Home Top Prize
After 2020’s Cesár Awards brought storms, the following year has brought nothing more than scattered dust showers. France’s Oscar equivalent has decided that the best…
Berlinale 2021 Review: Beans
78 days long, the 1990 Oka crisis was a protest led by two Mohawk communities in Quebec, when the white government zoned a golf course…
Film Review: Saint Maud
With agony comes ecstasy, and with holiness comes a darkness. Rose Glass’s Saint Maud is the next big thing in a wave of so-called elevated…
