A father fights fiercely against ruthless kidnappers to save his abducted daughter.
How the animated film continues to ripple and has pushed investors, studios, and young artists to seriously consider animation’s future in the region.
Plus: ‘Yes,’ ‘A Magnificent Life,’ ‘John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office,’ ‘Kontinental ’25,’ ‘The A.I. Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist.’
The 33rd edition of the SXSW Film and Television Festival announced their Audience Award winners, led by Jorma Taccone’s Over Your Dead Body in the Headliner section, Robb Boardman’s Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film in the Narrative Feature Competition, and The Ascent, directed by Edward Drake, Scott Veltri, Francis Cronin, in the Documentary Feature Competition. Dave Boyle’s Never After Dark won the Audience Award in the Midnighter section. Check out all the Audience Award winners here. Our in-person coverage was led by my hard-working fellow editor J Hurtado. Due to a late-breaking acute bronchitis attack, I was unable to make the trip, but I did my best to contribute remote coverage, and contributing writer Daniel Eagan also reviewed a film remotely. And…
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at selected music videos by Aidan Zamiri. Aidan Zamiri named his first feature film The Moment. In this mockumentary, based on Charli XCX’s Brat album- and tour-role-out, the notion of being an ‘it’-person and being culturally relevant becomes bleakly comical and quietly unnerving. The idea that you, as a person, could come to be described as ‘the moment’, an ethereal disembodied notion signifying imminent death, is enough to send Charli XCX spiraling. Cultural cachet and relevance is what happens to be the name of the game for Aidan Zamiri, who himself could be described as an ‘it’-person and who has turned his directorial fame…
Joel Kinnaman, Toby Kebell, and Mireille Enos lead the ensemble science-fiction series in its fifth season.
The only thing worse than Nazis or Vampires, is the two combined.
Jake Manley and Adeline Rudolph star in director Marc Klasfeld’s horror movie.
Mena Suvari and Dichen Lachman star in writer/director Adam Sherman’s noir horror comedy
Festival season’s in full swing and our friends at the Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 have some treats to share with the announcement of their first fun wave. If you’ve ever been, you know that the fest attracts an island of friendly, passionate misfits and everyone has a terrific time in the dark. This year’s in-person fest runs June 18-21 and their unparalleled, super-fun virtual festival stretches from June 19-27. Not only are a huge amount of features and shorts online, but fest programmers intro many of the programs with a fun video — you can tell they love what they do. Plus, there’s a popular Discord channel where tons of festival goers and filmmakers intersect. CFF has a terrific weirdo community of the best kind….