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The Swimmers | Official Teaser | Netflix / Two Syrian Sisters Who Flee Their War-Torn Home in Damascus to Rio Olympic

Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for “The Swimmers,” which is set around two Syrian sisters who flee their war-torn home in Damascus, swim for hours in waves beating Mediterranean seas to reach Greece as asylum seekers before going on to compete at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. The trailer for “The Swimmers” reveals a…

MoMA and FLC Announce the Complete Lineup for the 53rd Edition of New Directors/New Films, April 3-14

FeaturesAll, or Nothing at All dir. Jiajun “Oscar” ZhangBlackbird Blackbird Blackberry dir. Elene NaverianiBlaga’s Lessons dir. Stephan KomandarevCu Li Never Cries dir. Pham Ngoc LânThe Day I Met You dir. André Novais OliveiraA Different Man dir. Aaron SchimbergDreaming & Dying dir. Nelson YeoExhibiting Forgiveness dir. Titus KapharExplanation for Everything dir. Gábor ReiszForemost By Night dir. Víctor IriarteGood One dir. India DonaldsonA Good Place dir. Katharina HuberGrace dir. Ilya…

Accidental Texan : Exclusive Interview with Director Mark Bristol

©Created by Anont Chinskul Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Synopsis : Fresh-faced recent Harvard student Erwin (Rudy Pankow) flames out of his first professional acting job when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set. His career and cell phone in tatters, he…

The Animal Kingdom Review: The Father, The Son, and The French Hybrid Creatures

©STUDIOCANAL INTERNATIONAL Losing your teenage son to adulthood can be tricky enough for some parents. But to see him turning into an animal would surely be a tough one. Well, that is what the father in Thomas Cailley’s “The Animal Kingdom” must cope with in a world where humans are transformed into hybrid animals. The…

They Shot the Piano Player : Exclusive Interview Director Fernando Trueba 

©Sony Pictures Classics They Shot the Piano Palyer : A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova, They Shot The Piano Player captures a fleeting time bursting…

The Good and the Cliche of Bob Marley: One Love

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures My brother once told me about a guy he met at a party who was staring at a poster of Jimi Hendrix. When someone asked him why he was transfixed with the poster, the man replied, “Who is that?” Now, keep in mind, this was back in the late 90s. Accessible…

The Athena Film Festival Has Announced the Line-Up!

The Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College has announced its opening night film and lineup of programming for the 2024 festival. The 14th annual festival, a partnership between Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership and the initiative Women and Hollywood, will take place from February 29 through March 3 on the Barnard campus in New York City.   2024 ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL AT BARNARD COLLEGE ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR 14TH…

Sundance Review / Love Lies Bleeding: An Extreme Yet Romantic Horror Film Noir

Compulsive love and the intense crimes that accompany it are two of the leading signs that a relationship is toxic in real life. But in a film noir piece like the new romantic drama, Love Lies Bleeding, those characteristics make such a connection titillating and exciting. The action-adventure movie is an intense, unconventional queer love…

Slamdance Film Festival Winner: ‘Inheritance’ Probes Addiction and Despair in America’s Heartland

Located on the Ohio River just across from West Virginia, the village of Pomeroy (pop. 1,673) was a prosperous industrial town in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By 1870, Pomeroy had 5,000 residents who worked in a wide variety of industries including coal mines. steel mills, machine shops, a brewery, an organ factory, a…

2024 Sundance Film Festival Names Jury Members

@Sundance Institute The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 16 jurors granting awards for artistic and cinematic excellence at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, along with the five jury members who present the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. The 2024 Festival will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt…