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Exclusive Video Interview: Director Rebecca Miller on ‘She Came to Me’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Writer-director Rebecca Miller, whose past films include Maggie’s Plan, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and Personal Velocity, returns with her latest film, She Came to Me. A man writing an opera finds himself experiencing severe writer’s block…

Exclusive Interview: Elia Moutamid & Simone Brioni Discuss ‘Maka’, About Pioneer Black Italian Activist Geneviève Makaping

Filmmaker Elia Moutamid — whose previous works as director include Gaiwan (2015), Talien (2015 and winner of the “Special Jury Prize” at the Turin Film Festival 2017), Kufid (2020) — has released his latest film: Maka. This film is the result of a heartfelt collaboration with Simone Brioni, writer and Assistant Professor at the Department…

NEWFEST REVEALS FULL LINEUP FOR  THE NEW YORK LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL’S  35TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR

NEWFEST REVEALS FULL LINEUP FOR  THE NEW YORK LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL’S  35TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR  The festival, running October 12th to 22nd in-person, and virtually through October 24th, will showcase premieres of more than 130 films from 26 countries Highlights from this year’s lineup include: Previously Announced: Opening Night Film: New York City Premiere of George…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘Foe’ is a Sci-fi Romance That Doesn’t Quite Deliver

Those who sound the alarm on climate change are certain that the Earth will soon become uninhabitable. Whether those who don’t agree actually believe otherwise or just aren’t concerned about future generations is unclear. But certain people are actively preparing for what’s to come while others are living out their lives without a sense that…

Fantastic Fest Review: Actresses Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa Slay as Titular Protagonists in “Baby Assassins 2”

The struggle to survive emotionally-charged, physically demanding situations can often become easier with the introduction of humor. That has certainly driven the success of the action comedy film genre, especially when they include mismatched protagonists. The new martial arts-driven action comedy, Baby Assassins 2, the sequel to the hit 2021 feature Baby Assassins, is one…

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Presented by Oaklawn Announces Film Line-Up for Its 32nd Edition   (October 6-14)  

PRESS RELEASE Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Presented by Oaklawn announces film lineup for its 32nd edition (October 6-14) Adam Harbottle and Brian Hill’s RELENTLESS RIDE opens,  Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’s THE MISSION is the Centerpiece selection, and Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster’s GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT gets the closing slot Mary…

Movie Review: John Carney’s Latest Sentimental Musical Comedy-Drama Flora and Son Features Breakout Performance From Eve Hewson

The ability to romanticize music – especially its ability to empower and transform people’s lives in realistic ways – on screen in auditory and visual movie masterpieces isn’t an easy task for many filmmakers. But Oscar-winning filmmaker and lyricist, John Carney has expertly done just that over the past decade-and-a-half with his best musical features,…

“Remembering Every Night” : Exclusive Interview with Director Yui Kiyohara 

Yui Kiyohara studied under directors Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Atsuhiko Suwa. Her first feature film “Our House,” shot as a graduation project for the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts, won the Grand Prix at the Pia Film Festival 2017, and she has received a string of invitations from abroad, including the Berlin International…

Review: Paranormal Horror Meets it’s Death in “The Nun II”

No one was amazed that the success of The Conjuring in 2013 would spawn sequels. Maybe it was a little shocking that it birthed a whole cinematic universe. But after sequel upon sequel of spin-off spirit fair, one might think The Nun II is the 25th entry by now. While the follow-up to the much…

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson Launch $10 Million Relief Fund For Displaced Maui Residents

Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have teamed up to to create a relief fund for residents in Maui, Hawaii who have been displaced by the recent wildfires. The duo has launched the People’s Fund of Maui, which will send money directly to people whose lives have been affected by the blazes. Winfrey and…