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‘Will & Harper’: Press Conference With Will Ferrell, Harper Steele and Director Josh Greenbaum

 @Courtesy of Netflix Will & Harper : Three years ago, Will Ferrell was filming a movie when he received a most surprising email: his‬ dear friend of nearly 30 years was coming out to him as a trans woman.‬ That friend was Harper Steele, a writer he met on his first day at‬‭ Saturday Night…

NYFF/ Maria : Q&A with Actresses Angelina Jolie, Alba Rohrwacher, Production Designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, Cinematographer Edward Lachman, Director Pablo Larraín

Maria : The tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. Director : Pablo Larraín Screenwriter : Steven Knight Distributor : Netflix Production Co : Komplizen Film, The Apartment, Fabula Rating : R (A Sexual Reference|Some Language) Genre…

THE ELECTRIC STATE (2025): OFFICIAL LOOK | Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt

The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now…

NYFF: ‘The Friend’ Video Review – Naomi Watts Shares the Screen with a Great Dane

It’s not that often when a movie comes into the September festival season without any distribution but that’s the case with David Siegel and Scott McGehee’s The Friend, starring Naomi Watts, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, then played at the 62nd New York Film Festival. Based on the novel by Sigrid Nunez,…

NYFF: With ‘Anora’ You Just Need to Embrace the Chaos and Enjoy the Ride!

©Courtesy of NEON In the last ten years, Sean Baker has directed four movies that speak about life like nothing else in contemporary American cinema. Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket, and last but not least Anora are linked by a vitality that can drag the viewer into a chaotic world populated by flawed, questionable,…

Gyeongseong Creature Season 2 : Press Conference with Actors Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Lee Moo-Sung, Director Chung Dong-yoon

©Courtesy of Netflix Gyeongseong Creature : Set in present-day Seoul, it is about the story of Ho-jae, who resembles Jang Tae-sang, and Yoon Chae-ok, who meet and explore the unfinished relationship, fate, and evil relationship of Gyeongseong Cast : Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Lee Moo-Sung Screenwriter : Kang Eun-Kyung Network : Netflix Rating : TV-MA…

Daniel Day-Lewis Ends his Retirement to Act in His Son’s Film

©Courtesy of Nine Seven years after his abrupt announcement of the end of his acting career, Daniel Day-Lewis, the recipient of three Oscars, is set to appear in another feature film, Anemone. Ronan Day-Lewis, the actor’s son, will direct Anemone, based on a script they co-wrote together with Daniel. Few details about the movie are…

Jane Campion: The Masterclass At The Museum of Cinema in Turin

The two-time Oscar winner for The Piano and The Power of the Dog  received the Stella della Mole Award during a Masterclass held on October 1st, where she shared her thoughts on cinema and the way she nurtures her craft. The session was followed by a screening of The Portrait of a Lady, whereas the…

‘Scream 7’ with Neve Campbell To Debut in February 2026

©Courtesy of Dimention Films  Mavens of the macabre will have to wait until Friday the 27th of February, 2026 to watch the seventh installment in the Scream franchise. It will be the 30th anniversary of the series, which has been chilling audiences since 1996. According to Paramount Pictures, Scream 7, Neve Campbell will be returning…

NYFF/ Nickel Boys Review: RaMell Ross Triumphs in Daring Adaptation

It’s in the glimpses tragic and poetry happen. In the beginning of RaMell Ross’s extraordinary first narrative feature Nicke Boys, a realization of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, which opens the New York Film Festival, the filmmaker creates a world unlike any other. A child’s hand holds a leaf in the grass, a…

Babygirl | Official Trailer HD | A24 : Starring Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson

Move over, It’s a Wonderful Life—here comes Babygirl. On Christmas Day, both the naughty and the nice will enjoy a special treat in their bluestockings: the release by A24 of Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. Described as an “erotic thriller,” the feature stars Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson who are engaged in a BDSM relationship. (For the…