Online 2025 International Film Festival Manhattan Commences Today!

©Courtesy of the International Film Festival Manhattan Season’s Greetings & Happy Holidays!!!!!! We are thrilled to announce that Our writer and the festival founder, Luis Pedron is having the Online 2025 International Film Festival Manhattan NYC commences today, December 12, and runs through December 20th, 2025. Support these exceptional Indie Films from around the world,…

DOC NYC : Steal This Story, Please! Review

©Courtesy of DOC NYC Making sense of the world by finding emotion and meaning in unexpected places is a vital trait of two of the leading, powerful pillars of truth-seekers – documentary filmmakers and journalists. Reporter Amy Goodman shares her fearless reporting on global injustices, media consolidation and the fight for independent journalism in the…

“Supergirl” Trailer Presentation: Q&A with James Gunn, Star Milly Alcock and Director Craig Gillespie

@Courtesy of Warner Bros. Supergirl : The further adventures of Supergirl. Director : Craig Gillespie Producer : James Gunn, Peter Safran Screenwriter : Ana Nogueira Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures Production Co : DC Entertainment, DC Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy Original Language :English Release Date (Theaters) : Jun 26,…

Documentary Filmmaker Christine Choy Dies at 73

©Courtesy of the Museum of Chinese in America Shanghai-born documentary filmmaker Christine Choy, whose 1987 Oscar-nominated film Who Killed Vincent Chin? galvanized the Asian-American community, died on December 7 in Manhattan. She was 73. In a career spanning fifty years, the outspoken Choy made more than eighty films and received dozens of awards, including a…

Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery From Netflix

Paramount has approached Warner Bros. Discovery’s shareholders with an all-cash offer, CNN is reporting. The film studio will place the bid in order to gain control of Hollywood’s most lucrative mass media and entertainment conglomerate. Paramount’s offer to purchase WBD comes after Netflix placed a bid on Friday. However, Paramount was originally considered to be the…

The Golden Globes Nominations Were Announced!

©Courtesy of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association The Golden Globes nominations were revealed during a live press conference this morning, with Nine and Eight nominations for “One Battle After Another” and “Sentimental Value” respectively, “Sinners” is the next film, followed by seven nominations, six by “Hamnet,”five by “Wicked: For Good,” and four by “It Was…

“Supergirl” Trailer Presentation: Q&A with James Gunn, Star Milly Alcock and Director Craig Gillespie

@Courtesy of Warner Bros. Supergirl : The further adventures of Supergirl. Director : Craig Gillespie Producer : James Gunn, Peter Safran Screenwriter : Ana Nogueira Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures Production Co : DC Entertainment, DC Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery Genre : Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy Original Language :English Release Date (Theaters) : Jun 26,…

Left-Handed Girl : Exclusive Interview with Co-Writer/Director Shih-Ching Tsou

©Courtesy of Netflix 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…

‘”Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” : Press Conference With Actor Josh O’Connor and Director Rian Johnson

@Courtesy of Netflix Wake Up Dead Man : A Knives Out Mystery / Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead. Director : Rian Johnson Producer : Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman Screenwriter : Rian Johnson Distributor : Netflix Production Co : T-Street Rating : PG-13 (Some Crude Sexual…

DOC NYC : Steal This Story, Please! Review

©Courtesy of DOC NYC Making sense of the world by finding emotion and meaning in unexpected places is a vital trait of two of the leading, powerful pillars of truth-seekers – documentary filmmakers and journalists. Reporter Amy Goodman shares her fearless reporting on global injustices, media consolidation and the fight for independent journalism in the…

‘Oh. What. Fun.’ : Cookies and Milk from a Disgruntled Santa

©Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios Fear not, It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street, you’re not in danger of being toppled from your thrones this Christmas. Though Amazon/MGM’s Oh. What. Fun. boasts a competent director (Michael Showalter) and an equally competent cast headed by Michelle Pfeiffer and Denis Leary, the movie seems more…

‘The New Yorker At 100,’ Netflix Homages The Highbrow Magazine

The Netflix documentary directed and produced by Academy Award-winning Marshall Curry, allows unprecedented access into The New Yorker’s newsroom while retracing its history that began at the beginning of the previous century. The New Yorker At 100 premiered at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival and it features interviews with the former and current team of…

Mercy : Featurette / Starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson

©Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios Watch Amazon MGM Studios’ distribution of “Mercy,” a sci-fi crime thriller with a ‘First Look’ Behind-the-Scesces Featurette. Follow a man’s journey to convince a super-intelligent AI judge of his innocence in the death of his wife in Mercy, in theaters on January 23, 2026. A detective (Chris Prattwill) will face…

The Duet of ‘CLOTHED BY THE SUN’ from ‘THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE’ Film Features Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Blumenberg

©Searchlight Pictures The song for the historical drama musical film “The Testament of Ann Lee” has been unveiled by Searchlight at its premiere. The film is set to debut in 70mm and will be available in select cinemas on Christmas Day. The film was directed by Norway’s Mona Fastvold, who also co-wrote it with her…

Mother Mary | Official Trailer HD | A24 : Starring Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Directed by David Lowery

©Courtesy of A24 A24 has released the trailer for the brand-new pop melodrama and horror tale “Mother Mary“, which is a collaboration with celebrated filmmaker David Lowery (“The Green Knight” and “A Ghost Story“). Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel lead in the film which also stars Hunter Schafer, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Alba…

Online 2025 International Film Festival Manhattan Commences Today!

©Courtesy of the International Film Festival Manhattan Season’s Greetings & Happy Holidays!!!!!! We are thrilled to announce that Our writer and the festival founder, Luis Pedron is having the Online 2025 International Film Festival Manhattan NYC commences today, December 12, and runs through December 20th, 2025. Support these exceptional Indie Films from around the world,…

2026 Sundance Film Festival Features & Episodic Lineup Announcement!

2026 Sundance Film Festival Unveils 97 Projects Selected for the Feature Film and Episodic Program In-Person and Online Ticket Packages and Passes Currently on Sale; Individual Tickets on Sale Starting January 14   Top L–R: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, Hanging by a Wire, Broken English, Buddy Center Row L–R: Cookie Queens, The Moment, The Weight, The Gallerist Bottom L–R: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, BAIT, LADY, The…

CHICAGO JAPAN FILM COLLECTIVE: Backstreet Cinema Series Vol. 2: “The Cinematic Roar”

CHICAGO JAPAN FILM COLLECTIVE: Backstreet Cinema Series Vol. 2: “The Cinematic Roar” Two powerful documentaries celebrating Japan’s cultural legacy and artistic spirit December 14 & 21, 2025 | Chicago & Online Chicago, IL — The Chicago Japan Film Collective (CJFC) proudly announces Backstreet Cinema Series Vol. 2, featuring two extraordinary Japanese documentary films that explore…

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Review: Pennywise Is Back…

@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…

“Black Rabbit” : Press Conference With Stars Jude Law, Jason Bateman and Creators Kate Susman, Zach Baylin

@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…

‘Task’ : Press Conference With Actors Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones and Creator Brad Ingelsby

@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…