After a flurry of fall festival activity in Venice and Telluride, the curtain is coming down on another year at TIFF. Careers were boosted, dark horses gained traction and blades were sharpened. Here are our biggest takeaways. Everybody Loves Chris “I love messy women,” Chris Rock told the soldout crowd at the world premiere of…
There’s a certain wavelength of hangdog humor that denizens of the former Soviet Republics seem able to tune into at will, and Georgian director Levan Koguashvili more than most. In his fourth feature film, and his first since 2021’s “Brighton 4th” won top honors in Tribeca, Koguashvili’s starkly unsparing perspective on a nation rough-ridden by…
In “Edward Said: Between Worlds,” documentarian Maiken Baird does not follow the tried-and-true formula of a bio-doc. Instead of trying to cram a whole lifetime in under two hours, she lets the protagonist speak for himself. Edward Said, the late Palestinian literary and cultural critic, academic and fierce defender of his people, tells his story…
Mexican-Salvadoran filmmaker Tatiana Huezo will be the guest of honor at documentary film festival IDFA, which takes place from Nov. 12 to 22. The program of the section titled Dead Angle: Common Ground has also been announced, alongside a spotlight on pioneering American filmmaker William Greaves, and the lineup for the 20th anniversary of IDFA…
Kate Berlant will make her HBO comedy special debut with “Parmesan,” a new hour from the beloved alt comic out Oct. 16. Directed by Doron Max Hagay and filmed at the historic Plaza Nightclub in Los Angeles, “Parmesan” is described as a “hilarious tour-de-force that skewers the many contradictions of modern life and the art…
“Twice the number of tributes! Twice the glory!” This fall is heating up! Get ready for the next story in this epic sci-fi series. Lionsgate has launched their epic second official trailer for the sequel/prequel movie The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Ready for release starting in theaters November. A prequel to the original…
Update: The IWGB Games Worker Union have issued the following statement to RPS from vice-chair Ben Newbon: We cannot add any further insight into the heartbreaking job losses at BARB, a company that we think has been slowly spiralling for a long time. We came together to fight tooth and nail to prevent the hardworking…
If the organisers of Crufts ever have to produce a season of Robot Wars, the results probably won’t be a million miles away from Dog in the Machine – a new turn-based tactics puzzler that’s sort of Into The Breach but with a greater emphasis on props and tricks. Read more
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