Dylan Southern and Benedict Cumberbatch at the premiere of “The Thing with Feathers” (photo by George Pimentel / Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Bailey Pennick Sometimes you don’t know that you’re not okay until you see your experience reflected through art. For Dylan Southern, Max Porter’s novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers changed […]
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The sequel to hit Hong Kong period action film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” will start shooting in March next year, revealed its director Soi Cheang at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Speaking at a Q&A session for a screening of the first movie, Cheang also mentioned that the prequel will be shot immediately […]
You’ve come too far to turn back now. This is the moment where legends are carved in steel — where fear becomes fire, and hesitation becomes death. The final boss is waiting… and there are only two outcomes: You win, or everything ends. This epic dark hybrid orchestral music mix is crafted for the last fight — the moment your heart races, your hands shake, and you decide that if this is your...
In a sobering assessment of the current state of independent cinema, Tokyo International Film Festival jury president Carlo Chatrian expressed concern that most of the festival’s competition films lack distribution deals, underscoring the mounting challenges facing arthouse filmmakers worldwide. “I am not sure, but I believe most of the films selected at the festival don’t […]
Japanese actor Lily Franky will appear in Wayne Wang’s next film “Diary of a Mad, Old Man,” revealed co-star Fan Bingbing at a Q&A session for the film “Mother Bhumi,” in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Franky is best known to international audiences for playing the lead character in Hirokazu Koreeda’s Palme d’Or-winning […]
MTFB OSCAR PREDICTIONS: SUPPORTING ACTING
Today I am continuing my first wave of Oscar predictions for this year with the focus on the Supporting Acting categories. All contenders from TFF #52 films are listed in Bold.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1) Teyana Taylor/One Battle After Another
2) Ariana Grande/Wicked: For Good
3) Amy Madigan/Weapons
4) Elle...
SECOND SET OF OSCAR PREDICTIONS FOR 2025-26: LEAD ACTING
Today I am continuing my first wave of Oscar predictions for this year with the focus on the Lead Acting categories. All contenders from TFF #52 films are listed in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Jesse Buckley/Hamnet
2) Rene Reinsve/Sentimental Value
3) Cynthia Erico/Wicked: For Good
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Japan will take the spotlight at next year’s Cannes market, the business hub of the Cannes Film Festival, after being named the 2026 Country of Honor — a recognition that will see the nation lead the market’s opening festivities and mount a large-scale showcase of its film, animation, and content industries. The plans were outlined […]
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