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Unexpected Gems From the New York Film Festival

October 14, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments arthouse cinema, Arundhati Roy, China, Currents, documentary, Éric Baudelaire, experimental cinema, Film at Lincoln Center, Film festival, For the Moon, Goodbye South Goodbye, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, Kinmen, Luise Donschen, movie reviews, National Institute for Blind Youth, New York Film Festival, NYFF, Overt Listening, Pradip Krishen, restored films, Revivals, Taiwan, Tiffany Sia, Tomorrow a Long Time Ago, world cinema

From avant-garde documentaries to restored classics, the festival’s deepest cuts were among its finest.

Venice Crowns ‘Woman Unknown’

September 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 1900, A Good Little Soldier, Alba Rohrwacher, Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernardo Bertolucci, Boatbuilders, Bunker, Burgundy, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Golden Lion, Gregory Kershaw, Israel, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, John Malkovich, Joie de Vivre, Julia Loktev, Last Tango In Paris, Lee Chang-dong, Luca Guadagnino, Luke Lorentzen, Martin McDonagh, Mathilde Arcel, May El-Toukhy, Michael Dweck, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Primetime, Rachel Szor, Robert Pattinson, Stéphane Brizé, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Conformist, The Guardian, The Last Emperor, The Spiral, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Wild Horse Nine, Woman Unknown, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

May El-Toukhy takes the Golden Lion as class, power and inequality dominate the festival

Grapes, Violins, and Growing Up: A First Look at This Year’s Toronto Film Festival

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments animation, Anthony Chen, Canadian cinema, David Beaudoin, documentary, Emanuele Gerosa, Ervin Han, Félix Munger, Filipino cinema, Film festival, John Torres, John Trengove, Low Lies the Land, Raúl García, Rémi St-Michael, Singapore cinema, South African cinema, The Remotes, The Smell of Apples, The Violinist, TIFF 2026, TIFF review, Toronto International Film Festival, Toy Gun Bandit, We Are All Strangers, world cinema

TIFF 2026 leads with the unexpected

Venice 2026: The Rich, the Powerful, and the Cost of Looking Away

September 12, 2026September 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bunker, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Israel, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, Julia Loktev, Lee Chang-dong, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Rachel Szor, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Guardian, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

Standout films on Musk, Gaza, and class conflict turn power and moral failure into gripping cinema

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John Malkovich, Werner Herzog, and Danny Boyle Show Up Big in Italy

September 5, 2026September 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bucking Fastard, cinema, Danny Boyle, Film festival, film industry, Fleet Street, Guy Pearce, Ink, Jack O'Connell, James Graham, John Malkovich, Kate Mara, Martin McDonagh, movie news, Orlando Bloom, Oscar buzz, Rooney Mara, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Rockwell, The Sun, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival 2026, Werner Herzog, Wild Horse Nine

Actors and directors bring the goods to the Venice Film Festival 2026

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BFG Podcast #202: SXSW, ‘Project Hail Mary,’ and Guy Fieri’s ‘Tournament of Champions’

March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment America's Culinary Cup, Apple TV Plus, astronauts, Austin Texas, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, CBS cooking show, Dan Friedman, Elle Fanning, Festival Coverage, festival culture, Film festival, film review, flashback narratives, food competition shows, Food Network, Guy Fieri, HBO comedy, Larry David, live music, Margot's Got Money Troubles, media criticism, Neal Pollack, Nick Jonas, Omar Gallaga, Once film, Paul Rudd, podcast episode, power ballad, Project Hail Mary, Robert Dean, science fiction, Sing Street director, South By Southwest, space movies, SXSW 2026, Top Chef, Tournament Of Champions, TV previews

Neal Pollack, Omar Gallaga, Dan Friedman, and Robert Dean talk food, film, and the future of humanity

Humanity Counters Robot Overload at SXSW 2026

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments ai robots, ai themes in film, alex prager, Amy Poehler, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Texas, automation culture, Barack Obama, Better Call Saul, Bill Hader, Boots Riley, Curry Barker, David E. Kelley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, dreamquil, Elizabeth Banks, Elle Fanning, Eric Andre, Festival Coverage, Film festival, Film Premieres, HBO comedy, human vs ai, I Love Boosters, iheartradio awards, Inde Navarrette, Indie Film, jeff schaffer, John C. Reilly, John Carney, Juliette Lewis, Keke Palmer, Larry David, life larry and the pursuit of unhappiness, margos got money troubles, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Jonas, Nick Offerman, obsession horror, Paul Rudd, Pluribus, podcasting trends, power ballad, Rhea Seehorn, robotics, rufi thorpe, self driving cars, Sorry To Bother You, South By Southwest, Steven Spielberg, streaming TV, susie essman, SXSW 2026, tech festival, Terry Gross, tesla robot, the big picture podcast, TV Premieres, vanessa prager, Vince Gilligan, waymo, Will Ferrell

The film and TV slate doubled down on the value of the human touch amid what felt like a ‘bot takeover.

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SXSW’s Reality Check

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments AI anxiety, AI culture, Alanis Morissette, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Convention Center, Austin Texas, Boots Riley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, Ego Nwodim, Eric Andre, festival culture, Film festival, future of media, HBO comedy, I Love Boosters, John Carney, Keke Palmer, Larry David, Mark Zuckerberg, media consolidation, metaverse, music festival, Nick Jonas, Paul Rudd, Penske Media, Ready Player One, robotics, South By Southwest, Spotify showcase, St Vincent, Steven Spielberg, streaming industry, SXSW 2026, Taylor Sheridan, tech conference, The Madison TV show, Will Ferrell, You Oughta Know

Austin’s annual bacchanal of tech, movies, and music South by Southwest faces its biggest challenge yet: staying human

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DOC NYC Delivers the Weird, the Wild, and the Profound

November 25, 2025 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments DOC NYC, documentaries, documentary film, Film festival, Kings of Venice, nonfiction cinema, Nuns vs the Vatican, Santacon, Seth Porges, The Balloonists, The Big Cheese, Whistle documentary

From Cancer Alley and sun-soaked Venice Beach to the dark heart of the Catholic Church, docs turn obsessions into big-hearted human stories

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Making it Work at Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF)

May 17, 2021May 23, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments At the Surisol Underwater Lab, Barnes & Noble, Cheryl Dunye, Corner of the Room, Cryptozoo, CUBE, Film festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, JIFF, South Korea, Watermelon Woman, wavve

The first post-COVID in-person South Korean film festival goes off without a hitch