Suzu Hirose in A Pale View of Hills © 2025 A Pale View of Hills Film Partners 19TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM HEADLINED BY ACTRESS SUZU HIROSE AND DIRECTOR HIROKAZU KOREEDA North America’s Largest Japanese Film Festival Announces Schedule, Featuring Two Weeks of Contemporary Premieres, Special Guests, and Restored Classics Festival…
©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Our everyday lives are made up of countless small moments that slowly gather over time. Most of them are forgotten because they seem ordinary and insignificant. Lacking the drama of major events, they fade almost as soon as they occur. In great films such as Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (2023) Jim…
Environmental documentaries thrive on their ability to question who stands to benefit — and who is left behind — in the rush toward a green future. That’s certainly true for the new climate feature, After Oil. In the project, filmmaker Boima Tucker explores the uneven realities of the global transition away from fossil fuels. Moving between…
The gaze of second-generation immigrants captures the plight of its forbearers. This is what film director Karla Murthy projects in her documentary The Gas Station Attendant. Through the use of footage from home videos and old recorded tapes, the director and Emmy-nominated producer who began her career working for several news programs on PBS, finds…
© Still from the film by DoP: Rosa Hadit Hernández © Colectivo Colmena Sexual assault remains one of the most urgent and complex issues facing young people today. Despite increased awareness, it is still shrouded in silence, confusion, and contradiction. More troubling still, it often arises not from the outside, but within spaces meant to feel…
TRIBECA FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2026 FEATURE AND SHORT FILM LINEUP FOR MILESTONE 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR One-Night-Only Live Performances From Sara Bareilles, Peter Frampton, Mumford & Sons, The LOX, Magdalena Bay, and Noga Erez & Ori Rousso. Narrative Feature Films with Performances by Quentin Tarantino, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, Alicia Vikander and Wagner Moura, Paul Rudd,…
©Courtesy of Film Movement Kids always pick up on more than their parents realize. That is especially true of eleven-year-old Fuki Okita. She fully understands that her father Keiji is dying from cancer and that her mother Utako is dealing with it badly. In fact, she often rather awkwardly acknowledges these facts to her increasingly…
©Courtesy of Film Movement Renoir : Suburban Tokyo, 1987. Imaginative eleven-year-old Fuki begins her summer break lonely and adrift — her kind, terminally ill father has landed once again in the hospital and her mother, distracted by the inevitability of his diagnosis, hasn’t much time for her daughter. Fuki responds to the situation not with…
The gaze of second-generation immigrants captures the plight of its forbearers. This is what film director Karla Murthy projects in her documentary The Gas Station Attendant. Through the use of footage from home videos and old recorded tapes, the director and Emmy-nominated producer who began her career working for several news programs on PBS, finds…
© Still from the film by DoP: Rosa Hadit Hernández © Colectivo Colmena Sexual assault remains one of the most urgent and complex issues facing young people today. Despite increased awareness, it is still shrouded in silence, confusion, and contradiction. More troubling still, it often arises not from the outside, but within spaces meant to feel…
Check out more of our YouTube Channel Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…
Check out more of our YouTube Channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning…
A new Michael Jackson film has become available for streaming. Titled “Michael Jackson: The Verdict,” it becomes a three-part docuseries exploring the contentious 2005 criminal trial of the legendary singer. This follows a month after the theatrical release of the “Michael” biopic starring Jaafar Jackson, a film that earned approximately $850 million. Today, Netflix subscribers…
©A24 Following its $118 million opening weekend against a modest $10 million budget, it comes as no surprise that a sequel to the movie that topped the box office this past weekend, “Backrooms,” is already underway. Deadline reports that director Kane Parsons is currently searching for a screenwriter to collaborate on the sequel. They have…
©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Pictures has revealed the second trailer for “The End of Oak Street,” which stars Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway. Previously called “Flowervale Street,” the film starts when an enigmatic celestial occurrence splits Oak Street away from the suburbs and relocates its community to an unknown destination. The Platt family…
©Courtesy of A24 Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms” is currently topping the domestic box-office in its debut, aligning with expectations. The Friday takings for this title totaled $38.4 million in its opening day earnings (including previews). That’s easily the largest opening weekend ever for an A24 film, bigger than last week’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” which debuted…
After presiding the 2026 Cannes Film Festival Jury, Park Chan-wook has been part of the 27th edition of La Milanesiana conceived and directed by Elisabetta Sgarbi. Two days homaged the award-winning South Korean director — with a Masterclass moderated by Marco Müller and a screening marathon of his The Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,…
©Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Film director Yoshihiro Nishimura, known for “Tokyo Gore Police”, “The ABCs of Dearth” passed away on the 25th at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 59. According to Eiga.com, his death was due to liver disease following a hospital stay of about two weeks. While Nishimura was by no means a…
A new Michael Jackson film has become available for streaming. Titled “Michael Jackson: The Verdict,” it becomes a three-part docuseries exploring the contentious 2005 criminal trial of the legendary singer. This follows a month after the theatrical release of the “Michael” biopic starring Jaafar Jackson, a film that earned approximately $850 million. Today, Netflix subscribers…
©Courtesy of Netflix Netflix unveiled the trailer for “In the Hand of Dante“, giving viewers a preview of Julian Schnabel’s star-laden historical crime epic. The movie, Schnabel’s latest film since 2018’s Oscar-nominated portrait of Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate,” is an adaptation of Nick Tosches’ 2002 novel. Isaac plays dual roles: New York author…
©Universal Pictures Universal Pictures recently released the final trailer for Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming UFO movie “Disclosure Day,” a film that hits theaters just over two weeks from now. Leading the cast is Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, and Wyatt Russell. The film, marking Spielberg’s directorial work since 2022’s “The Fabelmans“,…
©Courtesy of Vertical A new trailer for “Couture” has been released by Vertical, which is scheduled for release in theaters on June 26th. Angelina Jolie plays as Maxine, an American filmmaker, comes to Paris during the frenzy of Fashion Week. Maxine’s relationship with a familiar collaborator leads her to a deeply personal journey of self-discovery…
©Courtesy of Neon Nicolas Winding Refn‘s new thriller “Her Private Hell” has also been premiered by distributor NEON, following the premiere of the teaser trailer for “Hope” yesterday. Leather Man, a vicious killer who is known as Leather Man, is taking the lives of women in a futuristic metropolis when a mysterious mist engulfs it…
©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Our everyday lives are made up of countless small moments that slowly gather over time. Most of them are forgotten because they seem ordinary and insignificant. Lacking the drama of major events, they fade almost as soon as they occur. In great films such as Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (2023) Jim…
The gaze of second-generation immigrants captures the plight of its forbearers. This is what film director Karla Murthy projects in her documentary The Gas Station Attendant. Through the use of footage from home videos and old recorded tapes, the director and Emmy-nominated producer who began her career working for several news programs on PBS, finds…
© Still from the film by DoP: Rosa Hadit Hernández © Colectivo Colmena Sexual assault remains one of the most urgent and complex issues facing young people today. Despite increased awareness, it is still shrouded in silence, confusion, and contradiction. More troubling still, it often arises not from the outside, but within spaces meant to feel…
©Courtesy of Film Movement Kids always pick up on more than their parents realize. That is especially true of eleven-year-old Fuki Okita. She fully understands that her father Keiji is dying from cancer and that her mother Utako is dealing with it badly. In fact, she often rather awkwardly acknowledges these facts to her increasingly…
Check out more of our YouTube Channel Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…
Environmental documentaries thrive on their ability to question who stands to benefit — and who is left behind — in the rush toward a green future. That’s certainly true for the new climate feature, After Oil. In the project, filmmaker Boima Tucker explores the uneven realities of the global transition away from fossil fuels. Moving between…
©Courtesy of Film Movement Renoir : Suburban Tokyo, 1987. Imaginative eleven-year-old Fuki begins her summer break lonely and adrift — her kind, terminally ill father has landed once again in the hospital and her mother, distracted by the inevitability of his diagnosis, hasn’t much time for her daughter. Fuki responds to the situation not with…
Photo by Courtesy of IFC/Shudder – © Courtesy of IFC/Shudder Versatile performers often portray characters who journey across distant worlds, exploring unfamiliar realms and encountering otherworldly beings. Acclaimed Spanish and British actress Dafne Keen has been garnering international acclaim since her breakout role at only 12-years-old in Logan. The Critics’ Choice Awards nominee has been bringing…
Check out more of our YouTube Channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning…
©Courtesy of Bitters End Check out more of Our Youtube Channel 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧 is a Director, Actor, Founder and Film Festival Director of the International Film Festival Manhattan, New York, now in its 13th edition, proudly promoting Filipino, Asian, Scandinavian and European films and presenting them in New York. 👉https://iffmusa.com/ A winner of numerous awards…
Suzu Hirose in A Pale View of Hills © 2025 A Pale View of Hills Film Partners 19TH ANNUAL JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM HEADLINED BY ACTRESS SUZU HIROSE AND DIRECTOR HIROKAZU KOREEDA North America’s Largest Japanese Film Festival Announces Schedule, Featuring Two Weeks of Contemporary Premieres, Special Guests, and Restored Classics Festival…
TRIBECA FESTIVAL MARKS 25 YEARS WITH STAR-STUDDED TALKS, REUNIONS & RETROSPECTIVES Bruce Springsteen to Receive Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award, Presented by Bono; Followed by a Conversation Between Springsteen and Bono; Robert De Niro and Patti Smith to Join in Tribute World Premiere of Katy Perry’s “The Lifetimes Tour – Live in Paris”…
TRIBECA FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2026 FEATURE AND SHORT FILM LINEUP FOR MILESTONE 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR One-Night-Only Live Performances From Sara Bareilles, Peter Frampton, Mumford & Sons, The LOX, Magdalena Bay, and Noga Erez & Ori Rousso. Narrative Feature Films with Performances by Quentin Tarantino, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, Alicia Vikander and Wagner Moura, Paul Rudd,…
©Courtesy of Japan Society Japan Society Announces Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s Anarchic Ethos A Focus on The Man Who Stole the Sun Filmmaker and Associated Works May 8–16, 2026 Japan Society is pleased to announce Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s Anarchic Ethos, a long overdue focus on a crucial figure in Japanese cinema, the late Kazuhiko Hasegawa (1946-2026), the widely influential and tenacious director of the monumental picture The Man…
©Courtesy of The Cannes Film Festival Today, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival lineup was revealed, with Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda as well as two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and veteran American indie director Ira Sachs as the main names to debut new works. The competition lineup features a plethora of auteurs with a…
The American comedy drama anthology television series created by Lee Sung Jin returns to Netflix with a second season that will keep you on the edge of your seat. We are introduced to Joshua “Josh” Martín (Oscar Isaac) and his British wife Lindsay Crane-Martín (Carey Mulligan). Josh is the general manager of a country club,…
@Courtesy of HBO MAX After the worldwide success of the two movies dedicated to Pennywise and the Losers, Andy Muschietti decided that there was more to say about IT, the masterpiece novel written by Stephen King. Inspired by the interludes that in an obscure and elusive way talk about the genesis of the evil entity…
@Courtesy of Netflix Black Rabbit : When the owner of the hottest restaurant in New York allows his troubled brother to return to the family business, he opens the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built. Creator : Kate Susman, Zach Baylin. Executive Producer : Zach Baylin, Jude…
@Courtesy of HBO MAX Task : Set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man. Creator : Brad Engelsby Executive Producer : Brad Engelsby, Ron Schmidt Network : HBO Genre : Crime, Drama Original…
@Courtesy of MUBI “Mussolini: Son of the Century” Traces the birth of Fascism in Italy and Mussolini’s ascent with an innovative approach that has sparked debate about the Fascist dictator’s legacy in Italy and abroad. Director : Joe Wright Screenwriter : Stefano Bises, Davide Serino, Antonio Scurati Network : MUBI Genre : Biography, History, Drama Original Language : Italian…
©Courtesy of Unsplash Here are always new movies being released and reviews to read from respected critics. However, despite the conveyor belt of fresh releases that come out in cinemas and on Netflix, sometimes loading up a classic film is a preference for movie lovers. For basketball fans, in particular, there are some much-loved productions…
©Courtesy of IFFM Festival Director Luis Pedron is excited to announce that the 4th Annual International Film Festival Manhattan Industry screening as part of the Short Film Corner / Rendez-vous Industry Events at the Festival de Cannes will be happening on May 20, 2026 @ 18:00 – 19:50 at the Palais G Palais de Festivals…
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko Written by Paulius Narkevičius It’s hard to explain the Kentucky Derby to a non-horse racing fan. In fact, it is even harder to compare it to a different sporting event. We’re talking about a spectacle that has been going on for more than 150 years, and it is often called “the…
©Courtesy of Noël Coward. (The rights to the film “Brief Encounter” are currently held by the estate of Noël Coward) There is a specific kind of ache that the best cross-cultural romance films understand better than any other genre. It is not simply the ache of two people wanting each other, it’s the ache of…
Written by Bradley James Watching a James Bond film can make you want a lot of different things: fancy cars, secret agent training, the company of a beautiful woman (or handsome man), or even a new wardrobe full of sharp formal wear. The films are designed as much to be eye candy as anything else. Above all…
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