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…
“The past has its own inevitability, but it’s never too late to change the future.” These words, spoken by Harry Belafonte, capture the spirit of FOLLOWING HARRY, an intimate documentary that retraces the final twelve years of the legendary artist and activist’s life. Directed by Susanne Rostock, the film is far more than a portrait…
©Courtesy of MUBI When famous figures are portrayed on film, it is almost always less interesting to follow the full arc of their lives – the rise, fall, and everything in between. It is far more compelling to drop into a brief period or pivotal moment and get a glimpse of who they really are,…
©Courtesy of GKIDS Check out more of Our YouTube Channel Matthew Shcuchman : 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,…
© Schubert, ROW Pictures, Walker+Worm Film & Gerald Kerkletz They say casting is everything. Before Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer sat in the director’s chair, he spent years as a casting director for auteurs like Michael Haneke, helping cast “The Piano Teacher” (2001) and “The White Ribbon” (2009), films full of astonishing performances. That eye for talent hasn’t left him….
Unabomber is the nickname utilised to define an unknown perpetrator of bombs concealed in ordinary objects. Different countries have used this term, but the most famous Unabomber is the American Ted Kaczynski, who carried out a long campaign in the United States from 1978 to 1995, targeting people associated with modern technologies and universities. He…
©Courtesy of the NYFF Mike Leigh has spent decades proving that catastrophe does not require an explosion. Sometimes, it is simply getting through a seemingly ordinary Tuesday. In the writer-director’s latest project, Tender Loving Care, that modest catastrophe becomes the movie’s entire subject. The filmmaker’s latest dramedy stars Kate O’Flynn in the lead role. She’s…
©Courtesy of Netflix Eight years ago, Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong gave us “Burning” (2018), a haunting and masterful adaptation of a short story by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. Now he is finally back with “Possible Love”, another richly novelistic film inspired by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Dekalog: Ten” (1989). Once again, Lee demonstrates why he belongs among the…
©Courtesy of the NYFF Simmering family trauma, buried resentment and the lasting consequences of violence drive the most intriguing and atmospheric crime dramas. Paper Tiger is one such film that turns those themes into a slow-burning story filled with brooding suspense and emotional tension. Rather than relying on constant action, the feature finds drama in…
©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Teiko’s shuttered hotel is sort of the Japanese equivalent of the Overlook in The Shining. It is isolated and haunted. Fortunately, she hires the perfect medium/exorcist/spiritualist. Airi is also isolated and haunted, emotionally and literally. The ghost of her late sister Miku still accompanies her on all her jobs. In this…
The American filmmaker Josef Kubota Wladyka — born to a Japanese mother and a Polish father — channels in his latest film his upbringing in an intercultural family, driven by the passion for dance. Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty — presented at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival —is a fantasy dance drama that revolves around the…
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