Film Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival: Oppression, Fear & Freedom Dominate In DISOBEDIENCE, LEMONADE, THE GIRL AND THE PICTURE & NICE
Tribeca Film Festival: Oppression, Fear & Freedom Dominate In DISOBEDIENCE, LEMONADE, THE GIRL AND THE PICTURE & NICE

In this Tribeca Film Festival Round-up, Stephanie Archer looks at the films she saw that found that dominated their central focus and inspiration in oppression, fear and freedom.

Tribeca Film Festival: Oppression, Fear and Freedom Dominate in DISOBEDIENCE, LEMONADE, THE GIRL AND THE PICTURE and NICE
Tribeca Film Festival – Live Action Shorts: Into The Void

Stephanie Archer explores the live action short films that played at Tribeca Film Festival!

Tribeca Film Festival, VR Round-Up: Dazzled & Inspired
Tribeca Film Festival, VR Round-Up: Dazzled & Inspired

Kristy Strouse explored some of the VR experiences on offer at Tribeca Film Festival; here are her reviews of: Campfire Creepers: Midnight March, The Dinner Party, Biidaaban and Into the Now.

Tribeca Reviews: ALL ABOUT NINA & STATE LIKE SLEEP
Tribeca Reviews: ALL ABOUT NINA & STATE LIKE SLEEP

Straight from Tribeca Film Festival, Lee Jutton two films; both are the feature directorial debuts of talented women filmmakers and both center on complicated women trying to come to terms with tragedies in their pasts.

Tribeca Review: THE PARTY'S JUST BEGINNING: Gillan Shines In Directorial Debut
Tribeca Review: THE PARTY’S JUST BEGINNING: Gillan Shines In Directorial Debut

The Party’s Just Beginning isn’t always fun, but it’s definitely a powerful vehicle for the very talented Karen Gillan.

San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Roundup
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Roundup

Arlin Golden does a roundup for his second week at San Francisco International Film Festival, including Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, lesser-known documentaries, and more.

SXSW Review: FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL: Loses Its Way, But Still Has Fun
SXSW Review: FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL: Loses Its Way, But Still Has Fun

Field Guide to Evil will likely please genre aficionados and horror buffs, but on the whole, its lack of tonal cohesion will leave others underwhelmed.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Trailer
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 1 Roundup

In our report of week 1 of San Francisco International Film Festival, we cover films like Generation Wealth, City of Sun, First Reformed, Hal and many more!

On The Red Carpet With Jason Sudeikis, Star Of KODACHROME
On The Red Carpet With Jason Sudeikis, Star Of KODACHROME

Alex Arabian spoke with Jason Sudeikis on the red carpet of upcoming Netflix film Kodachrome at San Francisco International Film Festival, about working with Ed Harris, Elizabeth Olson and director Mark Raso.

SXSW Interview: The Lagralane Group
SXSW Interview: Executive Producers of Oscar-Winning Doc ICARUS – The Lagralane Group

We sat down with documentary producers Yvonne Huff Lee and Jason Delane Lee of the Lagralane Group and chatted about their journey into film finance, their favorite past productions, what they have coming up next.

FAMILY: Taylor Schilling Gets Her Freak On In Charming Comedy
SXSW Review: FAMILY: Laura Steinel’s Debut Clowns Around With Stereotypes

It was absolutely inspiring to see so much strong female content at SXSW Conference and Festivals, and Family, the debut feature by Laura Steinel, was no exception.

6 BALLOONS Interview: Director Marja-Lewis Ryan And Producers Samantha Housman & Ross M. Dinerstein

We were able to talk with Marja-Lewis Ryan, Samantha Housman and Ross M. Dinerstein, the director and producers of the Netflix drama 6 Balloons.

1985: A Tender Elegy For The AIDS Epidemic
SXSW Review: 1985: A Tender Elegy For The AIDS Epidemic

Relying heavily on the personal over the historical, 1985 is a gripping reminder that the social drama need not be loud and tumultuous for it to be effective.

SXSW Review: MOST LIKELY TO MURDER: A Noir Comedy For The Holidays
SXSW Review: MOST LIKELY TO MURDER: A Noir Comedy For The Holidays

Most Likely to Murder may not reinvent the wheel of holiday films, but its subversion of the genre, especially its willingness to fully indict and satirize its own protagonist, gives us ample reason to invest interest in the future of director Dan Gregor’s filmography.

SXSW Review: YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY: A Tour Of Toxic Masculinity
SXSW Review: YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY (BEING FRANK): A Tour Of Toxic Masculinity

The narrative debut of director Miranda Bailey, You Can Choose Your Family, is a misjudged dark comedy that earns enough goodwill through the committed performances from its ensemble.