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DEAR YOU – A Review by Jenn Rohm

Director Hongchun Lan conducted extensive research for Dear You, in which he served as both writer and director.  He visited with over 300 families whose lives were impacted by remittance letters sent home...

The Cycle of Love – A Review By Cynthia Flores

The tagline for this beautiful documentary is “It's a love story like no other. It's an inspiring, heartwarming epic true-life adventure about believing in love against all odds and risking everything for...

MUTINY – A Review by John Strange

Jason Statham is well known for his variety of action films.  The action in his films involves a lot of fighting and a fast pace that can leave some filmgoers behind.  Mutiny...

THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE – A Review by John Strange

I love family films.  Sadly, they are few and far between these days, so I was overjoyed to be provided the opportunity to watch and review one!  The Magic Faraway Tree brings...

BAD COUNSELORS – A Review by Jenn Rohm

I am not sure whether it was my age when I first watched spring break movies, the age of the cast, or some combination of the two, but Bad Counselors took me...

AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ – A Review by Cynthia Flores

The synopsis for American Pachuco goes something like this: "Lewis Valdez elevates Chicano narratives to cinema through Zoot Suit and La Bamba, overcoming political and Industrial pushback to create Landmark films that...
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25th Annual Kineo Awards Announces Honorees for event at Venice Film Festival

The renowned Kinéo Awards announced honorees for its 25th Anniversary edition, including Faye Dunaway, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Cecilia Miniucchi’s dramatic short film, Dinner With...

Dallas VideoFest’s 24-Hour VideoRace returns Labor Day weekend!

Filmmakers of all ages and experience levels will have 24 hours to create an original short film before a public screening and finals at the Angelika Film Center Dallas — The clock...

Florida Film Festival 2027 Announces Call For Entries

The Florida Film Festival is officially accepting submissions for its 36th annual edition, taking place April 9 – 18, 2027, inviting filmmakers from around the world to submit their latest work for...

Filmland 2026 Announces Filmmaker Awards and hands out more than $85K in prizes

The Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland Presented by the Tyson Family Foundation announced the award winners for the 9th Annual edition of the film festival which concluded a record breaking event at the...

Arkansas Cinema Society announces Films and Events for FILMLAND 2026

The Arkansas Cinema Society announced the highly anticipated film selections and events for Filmland (August 12-16). The Arkansas Filmmaker Spotlight selection is Josh Loeb’s In Spite of Ourselves, Josephine Decker’s coming-of-age drama...

Garland Cultural Arts presents Boldly Going to Garland: Celebrating 60 Years of Star Trek

Garland Cultural Arts and the It Came From Texas Film Festival invite fans to set coordinates for Downtown Garland on Saturday, September 12, as Boldly Going to Garland: Celebrating 60 Years of Star...

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Dark Star Pictures Picks Up Brande Roderick’s 70s Horror Throwback WINEVILLE

  Dark Star Pictures has acquired the US and Canadian rights to Brande Roderick’s wine-soaked horror film Wineville going into the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The directorial debut from director/producer/star Roderick (Starsky and Hutch,...

BACK TO BLACK – A Review by Cynthia Flores

BACK TO BLACK - A Review by Cynthia Flores This new film by director Sam Taylor-Johnson tells the story of singer Amy Winehouse and her rise to fame. She was only eighteen when...

BACK TO BLACK – A Review by Jenn Rohm

BACK TO BLACK - A Review by Jenn Rohm Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and writer Matt Greenhalgh's vision of Amy Winehouse in Back to Black has made it to the big screen.  While I...

CHASING TIME – Interview with Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Sarah Keo

Its been over a decade since James (Jim) Balog's photography work was given a full documentary take in CHASING ICE which forever opened our eyes.  Now CHASING TIME continues the story and...

SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYE – Interview with Filmmaker Ido Mizrahy and Former Astronaut Cady Coleman

Filmmaker Ido Mizrahy and former astronaut (and Selig Film favorite!) Cady Coleman joined our Gadi Elkon for a chat about SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYE. NASA's goal to send astronauts on grueling journey to...

JEANNE DU BARRY – A Review by Cynthia Flores

JEANNE DU BARRY - A Review by Cynthia Flores If you like historical dramas then you will probably like this new film from French writer/director/star Maïwenn. She started in the industry early as...

WHO IS STAN SMITH? – Interview with Subject Stan Smith and Filmmaker Danny Lee

Filmmaker Danny Lee and Subject Stan Smith joined our Gadi Elkon to discuss WHO IS STAN SMITH? A lyrical and emotional journey, charting the extraordinary life of Stan Smith, the tennis champion turned...

FINDING THE MONEY – Interview with Filmmaker Maren Poitras

Our Gadi Elkon talked with filmmaker Maren Poitras about her eye-opening documentary, FINDING THE MONEY. An underdog group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding...

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