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NYFF Film Review: Ava DuVernay Has An Urgent Message and Warning to Share With ‘14th’
When Ava DuVernay explored the history of racial inequality in the United States through the prison industrial complex in 13th, it marked a bold move towards documentary filmmaking for the director. DuVernay is still known for narrative works, but her latest film, 14th, is another documentary, this time following up her prior one with an […] More
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DOC NYC Announces Main Slate Lineup for 2026
Here’s the press release: DOC NYC, the festival for documentaries — celebrating its 17th edition in-person November 11-19 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika and continuing online through November 29 — announced its Main Slate lineup today. The 2026 festival presents more than 115 feature-length documentaries (with Short List, Winner’s Circle, […] More
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Naples International Film Festival Announces Film and Events Lineup for 2026
Here is the press release: Artis—Naples announced today the film lineup for the 18th annual Naples International Film Festival (NIFF), to be held October 22-25, 2026. The festival opens on Thursday, October 22, with Opening Night Shorts, featuring five creative short films screened in Hayes Hall. This celebration of short film highlights the creativity and imagination […] More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘Artificial’ is a Funny Yet Also Terrifying Look at the Irresponsibility That Could Lead to Our AI Doom
There are few things scarier these days than any story about the progression of artificial intelligence. Every new big of information about AI and what it can do, or even might do, is absolutely chilling. Between a litany of science fiction warnings, our own human instinct for destruction, and the overall way the world seems […] More
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Coronado Island Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup
Here is the press release: The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) proudly announces its 2026 official film lineup, marking its 11th year with a dynamic slate of more than 140 films across narrative features, documentaries and short films. Over five days (Nov. 4-8), the festival will present award-season contenders, world and San Diego premieres, and a slate […] More
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NYFF Film Review: Pedro Pascal Gets a Grand Solo in Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’
Pedro Pascal has long deserved a big screen showcase like the one he gets in Behemoth!, the Centerpiece selection of the 2026 New York Film Festival. Not only delivering the best cinematic performance of his career, Pascal also gets to explore some tricky territory for writer/director Tony Gilroy. The film itself is good, often very […] More
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2026 SCAD Savannah Film Festival Reveals This Year’s Honorees
Here is the press release with the announcement: The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) proudly announces 11 additional honorees for the 29th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place Oct. 24–31. The nation’s largest university-led film festival and one of the largest of any kind in the Southeast, SCAD celebrates this dynamic lineup of acclaimed filmmakers, […] More
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29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Unveils Lineup for 2026
Here is the press release with the announcement of the lineup for the 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival: The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 29th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival (Oct. 24-31) announced its 2026 lineup and panel programming. The nation’s largest university-led film festival and one of the largest of any kind in […] More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘NAZA’ is a Chilling Account of Investigative Journalism During Wartime
Regardless of your thoughts about the war in Gaza, it should be unrcontionable for civilians to be murdered. Whether it’s soldiers or terrorists, it’s just plain wrong to target innocents. That should be a common sense take, if not a particularly nuanced one. Of course, this particular war has become such a wedge issue and […] More
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Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup for 35th Anniversary Edition
Here is the press release: The critically acclaimed Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival presented by Oaklawn announced the lineup of films and honorees for its 35th Anniversary edition, taking place October 9-17. Screenings will kick off at Oaklawn’s Event Center with the Opening Night presentation of Penny Lane’s Wild Inside, followed by the world premiere of Centerpiece Selection, […] More
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NYFF Film Review: Eleanor Coppola is a Masterful Observer in the Layered Documentary ‘Making Marie Antoinette’
Every documentarian has their own taste. Eleanor Coppola‘s is to turn on the camera and roll on things that interest her. On location of Marie Antoinette, directed by her daughter Sofia Coppola in 2006, what interested her was time. Jason Schwartzman plucking a harpsicord, flip flops intermingling with French silk kitten heels, a man on […] More
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NYFF Film Review: ‘Misty Green’ is an Imperfect Yet Compelling Character Study from Chris Rock with a Breakthrough Star Turn from Rosalind Eleazar
It’s hardly a novel concept to present to audiences that Hollywood can chew a person up and spit them out. In fact, films about Hollywood almost exclusively traffic in failed dreams. So, for Chris Rock to want to make a movie about Hollywood, there would have to be a hook of some kind. With Misty […] More
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