By Jessica Herndon Before the lights dim and the first premieres begin, we’re taking you inside the spaces that will shape the Sundance Film Festival experience in Boulder, Colorado. From the historic Boulder Theater to Macky Auditorium and Dairy Arts Center, this series offers a look at the venues where unforgettable Festival moments will unfold. […] The post Inside the 2027 Sundance...

For “Sacred Creatures” director Frieda Luk, belief can be comforting, ridiculous, exhilarating and hard to explain. “I’m really fascinated by when people believe in something,” she tells Variety. “One person believes in something, and then a group of people, and then it slowly becomes this massive phenomenon. It goes viral.” That fascination drives Luk’s debut […]

Would “Trainspotting” get financed today? Could Lynne Ramsay survive the jump from shorts to a first feature? And might “The Wicker Man,” once treated as a problem child, now look like exactly the kind of genre package buyers chase? That was the conceit of a lively session hosted by Wendy Mitchell, with Picturehouse’s creative director […]

“Mutrion,” a short film set in the Venice lagoon by 26-year-old Italian director Marco Cavazzin, has scooped the best director award at the Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di Domani (Leopards of Tomorrow) section. “Mutrion,” which is the only Italian entry in the section, stars Manfredi Marini, who previously starred in Giovanni Tortorici’s “Nineteen,” and Giulio Maroncelli and is produced […]

Kim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31st BIFF’s Korean Cinema Award. The honor goes to figures whose work has shaped Korean cinema and helped raise its profile abroad. Kim began his career at the Ministry of Culture and Information, now the Ministry of […]

TWENTY (PLUS) BETS FOR TFF #53-VOL. 9 Hi there!  Down to three weeks before the 53rd edition of the Telluride Film Festival.  Personally, I feel like it's going to be a banger this year. Here's your weekly update-now expanded to 20 films  that MTFB thinks are going to screen over labor Day weekend.  First, though, a reminder of the "Bets" from last week:...

At long last we found a home (the New York Film Fest’s Currents section) for Carlos Reygadas‘ latest work (formerly titled Wake of Umbra) has arrived.

The final titles have trickled in for the 2026 Toronto Intl. Film Festival and we can now confirm what are Telluride updates, and the only film to hit the major four fests of the fall – this after being selected for Cannes (premiere section).

Peter Frampton to Attend Opening Night; Lineup Includes Anton Corbijn’s Drama A Talent for Murder starring Helen Mirren and Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care, the Grand Ole Opry Centennial Film and 24 World Premieres NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aug. 12, 2026 — The Nashville Film Festival today announced the initial lineup of feature films, shorts, episodic … Read more "NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL...

Writer-Director Andrius Blaževičius and crew attend the premiere of “How to Divorce During the War” at The Ray Theatre on January 26, 2026, in Park City, UT. (Photo by Jason Peters/Sundance Institute) By Jessica Herndon Set in Lithuania, How to Divorce During the War is a film about identity, comfort, and conflict. The day after […] The post Love, Separation, and the Cost of Comfort in...