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Directors, Entertainment News, Film, Film Festival, Filmmakers, Independent Film, Industry, Movies, New Movie, New Releases, Streaming, Sundance, Trailers, Trending‘Junk’ Trailer: Jack Begert’s Sundance Winner Hits Mubi Oct. 23
Junk, Little Death, Jack Begert, Mubi, David Schwimmer, Dominic Fike, Talia Ryder, Jena Malone, Gaby Hoffmann, Darren Aronofsky, Sundance Film Festival, Trailers, Streaming
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Entertainment News, Events, Film, Film Festival, Independent Film, Industry, Movies, New Releases, New York, NYFF, Premiere, The Cinema Group, Trending, What To WatchNYFF64 Full Lineup: The Cinema Group’s Complete Breakdown of the 2026 New York Film Festival
The 64th New York Film Festival opens Friday with one of its strongest programs in years. Our complete breakdown walks the full lineup section by section, from James…
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Awards, Awards Contenders, Awards Predictions, Awards Season, Breaking News, Film, Film Festival, Film Insights, Filmmaking, Independent Film, International, Press Release, TIFF, TrendingTIFF 51 People’s Choice Award: ‘La Bola Negra’ Makes History, With ‘I Play Rocky’ Right Behind
“La Bola Negra” is the first non-English-language film to win Toronto’s top audience prize since 2011, and Los Javis now hold both Best Director at Cannes and the…
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Awards, Awards Contenders, Directors, Entertainment News, Film, Film Festival, Filmmakers, Independent Film, Press Release, Trending, Venice Film Festival‘Woman Unknown’ Wins the Golden Lion at The Venice Film Festival [Full Winners List]
May el-Toukhy’s ‘Woman Unknown’ won the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival in a rare double victory, also taking Best Actress for Mathilde Arcel, days after…
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Awards Contenders, Awards Predictions, Contreversy, Directors, Directors Commentary, Film, Film Festival, Film Insights, Independent Film, Kalshi, Movies, The Cinema Group, Venice Film Festival, Woman to Watch‘Woman Unknown’ Director May el-Toukhy Speaks Out on Venice’s Competition Gender Gap
May el-Toukhy was the only woman on Venice’s original 20-filmmaker competition list, a gap she says reflects a structural problem going back to film school. Her post-WWII thriller…
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Comedy, Entertainment News, Film, Film Insights, Independent Film, New Releases, Opinion, Reviews, Sundance, The Cinema Group, Theatrical Releases, Trending‘Idiots’ Review: Dave Franco Is Never Better Than When He’s This Stupid
‘Idiots’ turns Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Mason Thames loose in a wildly funny road comedy with a sharp idea about privilege hiding beneath the stupidity.
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Directors, Entertainment News, Film, Film Festival, Filmmakers, Independent Film, Industry, Movies, Premiere, Press Release, TIFF, Trending, Upcoming ReleasesZack Snyder’s Decade-Plus Passion Project ‘The Last Photograph’ Will World Premiere at TIFF
Zack Snyder’s ‘The Last Photograph’ will world premiere at TIFF on September 13, capping a journey that started back in 2016. Snyder wrote, shot, and financed the film…
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Entertainment News, Events, Film, Film Festival, Independent Film, New York, NYFF, Opinion, The Cinema Group, TrendingWhat Will The Secret Screening Be NYFF 64? My Three Best Guesses
A mystery gap in NYFF’s October 1 schedule at Alice Tully Hall has festival regulars speculating hard, following last year’s surprise ‘Marty Supreme’ premiere. My three guesses, in…
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Critics, Film, Film Insights, Filmmakers, First Reactions, Independent Film, Kalshi, Movies, New Movie, New Releases, SXSW, TrendingCritics Are Calling ‘It Ends’ One of the Best Debuts of the Year. Can It Hold That Momentum to Wide Release?
Alexander Ullom’s ‘It Ends’ earned rare acclaim out of SXSW, then almost went unreleased entirely. Here’s the full story ahead of wide release.
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Action, Drama, Entertainment News, Film, Film Insights, Independent Film, Movies, New Releases, Opinion, Reviews, The Cinema Group, Theatrical Releases, Trending‘Motor City’ Review: Alan Ritchson Carries a Film That Runs Out of Things to Say Without Ever Saying Any of Them
Potsy Ponciroli strips a revenge thriller down to gesture, violence and needle drops. For an hour it’s exhilarating. Then the silence starts telling on the screenplay. There is…
