Another year has come and passed and here we are at the end of 2025; it is once again time for me to share my annual Top 10 film list. These past 12 months have been very busy for me personally—getting married, going on my honeymoon, and so on and so forth—so I admit with […]
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Happy and You Know It (Penny Lane, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars Writing meaningful music for children is not easy. Just ask the composers/performers featured in Happy and You Know It, the latest documentary from Penny Lane (Listening to Kenny G), which come out Christmas Day on HBO. It’s a worthy profession, however, no […]
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Where I have previously reviewed the film (in this case, there is just one), the title is hyperlinked to that review. Where I have not, I have written a short description of the movie to help explain why I chose it. 1. Wake Up Dead Man (Rian Johnson): We are three movies into Rian Johnson’s […]
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The Testament of Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold, 2025) 1 out of 5 stars Writer/director Mona Fastvold has already proven she is capable of solid work, whether on her own (The World to Come) or with her partner, Brady Corbet (The Brutalist). Which makes her latest effort, The Testament of Ann Lee, all the more disappointing. […]
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2025 was a year that continued to solidify the reign of the I.P. (intellectual property): story reboots upon sequels upon installments of franchises permeated the cinematic experience. Yet, amongst the rising I.P. epidemic were some truly captivating works and some original concepts from the horror movie genre that took the film industry by storm. While […]
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The Housemaid (Paul Feig, 2025) ½ out of 5 stars Watching The Housemaid, an adaptation of Freida McFadden’s eponymous 2022 novel, it’s hard not to wonder whether anyone involved in its production has ever made a movie before. The flow of shots is so chaotic, the script so outrageously dumb, the performances so clumsy, and […]
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Dec 18, 2025: World Premiere of the 4K Digital Restoration of ) with Innovative Interactive Musical Accompaniment The score will be provided by South Korean composer Yongbom Lee and produced by 2eleven music. The composition will be performed by Broken Frames Syndicate. The acoustic music will be augmented by electronic sound — produced by the brain activity of the violist [...]
MTFB OSCAR TAKE: UPDATED PREDIX FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUMES, MAKEUP/HAIR, SOUND AND VISUALE EFFECTS
Today we update the final five feature categories with predictions for Production Design, Makeup/Hair, Costumes, Sound and Visual Effects. A film's previous ranking is to he right of the title in parentheses. All TFF #52 films are in Bold. Here they are:
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Third Eye opens its festival doors for the 22nd time, on 09 January 2026
A lot of film-buffs have felt that Mumbai should have been chosen as the permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Since 1976, only 3 such festivals were held here, as variations of IFFI, called Filmotsavs. During 1996-97, a group of film society members, film directors, actors and...
Jib Polhemus started his career in the contemporary art business working in New York and Los Angeles. He then transitioned into the entertainment business starting his career at CAA. In 2015, Jib founded the literary management company, source management + production where he represents cutting-edge directors and screenwriters.
In addition, Jib is President of...