Telluride Film Festival 2025: Lost in the Jungle, Ask E. Jean, Everywhere Man: The Lives and Times of Peter Asher
On three docs from this year’s Telluride.
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival 2025: The Biennale College
On the films of this year’s Biennale College, a program for emerging filmakers.
TIFF 2025: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
20 world premieres we’re going to cover out of Toronto this year.
Venice Film Festival 2025: The Smashing Machine, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, The Testament of Ann Lee, Father Mother Sister Brother
On four films that just premiered at Venice, including a dramatic turn for Dwayne Johnson.
Healers and Nurturers: Ethan Hawke on the Artists of “Blue Moon” and “Highway 99: A Double Album”
An interview with the star of Richard Linklater’s newest film and director of a new documentary about Merle Haggard, both of which played Telluride.
Venice Film Festival 2025: Ghost Elephants, Jay Kelly, Bugonia, Cover-Up, After the Hunt
On the first couple days of Venizia 2025.
Locarno Film Festival 2025: 14 Films Commemorating Postwar Britain
A look at an incredible program from this year’s Locarno.
Locarno Film Festival 2025: Prejudice Across the Pond in “Pool of London” and “The Story of a Three-Day Pass”
On how two films capture racism abroad, including one that just played as a part of a Locarno retrospective.
Locarno Film Festival 2025: “Tabi to Hibi,” “Hair, Paper, Water…,” “Yakushima’s Illusion”
On three expressive films from Locarno, including the year’s winner of the Golden Leopard.
Locarno Film Festival 2025: Blue Heron, Dracula, Legend Of The Happy Worker
On a trio of daring new films that premiered at Locarno, including the latest from Radu Jude.
Highest 2 Lowest
Lee isn’t setting out to copy what was great before. He is using the past as a starting point to launch what may be the final phase of his career.
San Diego Comic-Con 2025: Aliens and Activations
A personal report from this year’s SDCC.
Fantasia 2025: A Grand Mockery, Every Heavy Thing, Anything That Moves
On three weird, avant-garde films that found purchase at this year’s festival.
Fantasia 2025: Mother of Flies, The Virgin of the Quarry Lake, Foreigner
Three young women seek safety and purpose in the supernatural in three new titles from this year’s fest.
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival 2025: Highlights & Hope for the Future of Film
A report on the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, which unfolded last weekend at the Music Box in Chicago.
