The Legend of Ochi, Review: Conversations with a baby monster
Whenever Hollywood films take-up a subject that is steeped in folklore, mythology, talking animals, birds, creatures or monsters, it creates a universe for them. In other, similar films, the creature is neither a hero or villain among his own ilk. Then there is the choice between full-fledged animation, or a combination...
On Sunday, April 27, Lionsgate proudly presented a marquee, sold-out screening of Shadow Force at the 49th annual Atlanta Film Festival, led by Emmy Award winner, star, and producer Kerry Washington. The screening took place at the historic Plaza Theatre, a celebrated landmark for independent and groundbreaking cinema.
Auntypreneur, Review: Stock market saves sassy Aunty’s housing society from demolition
There are very few of his kind. Pratik Rajen Kothari is a cool, calm live-wire. I had seen him only in plays so far, so it came as a pleasant surprise that he has directed a Gujarati feature film. His father, Rajen Kothari, was an ace cinematographer, who died young. But Pratik is a real chip of...
Written by Nicole Trinkl A few months ago, I had the opportunity to interview some of the female filmmakers who were nominated at ÉCU 2024 Independent Film Festival, including writer, producer, and director Binnur Karaevli, Esin Özalp Öztürk and writer, actress, and director Violeta Valcheva. With ÉCU’s 2025 festival coming in less than a month, we wanted to remember […]
(L–R) Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne, Nyle DiMarco, Jerry Covell, Greg Hlibok, and Davis Guggenheim attend the premiere of “Deaf President Now! at Eccles Theater in Park City. (Photo by George Pimentell/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Jordan Crucchiola On the morning of January 28, a crucial piece of history was resurfaced in the Premieres […]
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The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has confirmed its major strategic pivot for its upcoming 30th anniversary, transitioning from a non-competitive showcase to a competition format in a bid to cement its position as a powerhouse in the Asian film landscape. Set to unspool Sept. 17-26, BIFF’s new competitive section will feature some 14 Asian […]
Two years after her debut “How to Have Sex” won Un Certain Regard’s top prize, British director, screenwriter and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker will be back at Cannes Film Festival to preside over the section’s jury. Manning Walker will be joined by French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, who presented her film “Holy Cow” last […]
The Locarno Film Festival will honor Jackie Chan with a lifetime career award honoring the martial arts master who helped define Hong Kong action cinema before becoming a Hollywood mainstay. Chan is “beloved for action films that bridged the gap between East and West,” the Swiss event dedicated to indie cinema noted in a statement. […]
Another Simple Favor, Review: Hope, Charity, Faith and the other ‘f’ word forever
An author who writes reality fiction and has a huge following on her ‘Moms’ social platform; she spills the beans on a gym instructor at a school, who films his children in the buff; he shoots and kills himself; she also provides material in her next book on a woman who, she says, murdered her sister;...
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa on April 20, 2025. The author of some twenty masterful experimental films, and a professor at Binghamton University, United States, Tomonari Nishikawa was at Cinéma du Réel in March 2024 to present the last of them, Light, Noise, Smoke and …