Lucy Fry, Sarah Rich, Madeline Brewer, Lara Clear, Matt Rife, and Sheryl Lee star in Julie Pacino’s ambitious psychodrama.
With the heightened sense of patriotism that has arisen here in Canada since the early days of 2025, being a site with Canadian roots, we have been trying to do more to bring attention to Canadian cinema. With that, coverage of this year’s Canadian Screen Awards begins with this announcement of the 2026 Special Awards recipients, which includes a Toronto native with an internationally famous name, other locals making waves in Canadian film and sports, and a little indie gem from Montreal. Mike Meyers, international movie star and face of the Elbows Up movement early last year, will receive the Academy Icon Award, while Canadian indie film Mile End Kicks will receive the Sustainable Production Award. With the utmost certainty, we can say…
Directed by Clair Titley, the documentary series examines a baffling case.
Fantaspoa, Brazil’s amazing genre film festival, has revealed the lineup for this year’s festival.
Here is NEON doing what NEON does best, nothing at all. It is only a theatrical date announcement for the Australian queer horror flick, Leviticus, but it is a start to build up anticipation for the Sundance hit. TWO TEENAGE BOYS MUST ESCAPE A VIOLENT ENTITY THAT TAKES THE FORM OF THE PERSON THEY DESIRE MOST — EACH OTHER So, expect Leviticus to hit cinemas on June 19th. It is also a good time to remind you that our Mel caught the flick during Sundance and sung its praises afterwards. Directed with commendable straightforwardness and simplicity by Adrian Chiarella, Leviticus initially unfolds with an emphasis on Naim and Ryan’s everyday lives (school, home, church) before introducing the supernatural curse and following its increasingly…
Mark your calendars! From March 5-15, at Film at Lincoln Center in New York, co-presented with Unifrance, the 31st edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema demonstrates that the landscape of French cinema is as fertile, inspiring, and distinct as ever. The 22-film program showcases the dynamism and range of cotemporary French cinema, featuring works by emergine filmmakers and acclaimed auteurs. Spanning a wide variety of genres — including coming -of-age stories, historical dramas, procedurals and contemporary social portraits — the selection highlights official entries from Cannes, Venice and Locardo, and includes numerous North American, U.S., and New York Premieres. More than 20 directors and film talent are scheduled to attend select screenings for post-screening Q&As. Opening Night film is François Ozon’s new film, a striking…
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles situates a cross-border art-world story within an intimate study of diasporic return, using the investigation of a rural child prodigy to examine authorship, cultural projection, and the unresolved fault lines of migration.
Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (‘Train to Busan’) directs a thought-provoking and gut-wrenching murder mystery.
It is heartbreaking to know that Pakistan’s officially selected Oscar submission, Hun Dan – An Echo of a Dirge, failed to reach the Academy Awards due to administrative hurdles and documentation issues. It was Pakistan’s first Burushaski language film, directed by Karamat Ali, preventing the country from maintaining its yearly Oscar submission streak since 2013. Pakistan Oscar Selection Committee Chairman, Muhammad Ali Naqvi (Mo Naqvi), revealed that all the documents for Hun Dan had been submitted before the October 1 deadline to the Academy. A confusion may have occurred since they received an email from the Academy, stating the documents were incomplete, even mentioning another international feature film, Palestine 36, that did not submit its complete paperwork. Mo Naqvi had been in constant contact with…
Action, action, action! Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious will close this year’s festival opposite Ben Wheatley’s Normal, which is opening the event.