Tag: Movies
“Like ‘Black Mirror’ without the technologies”: Tallinn filmmakers discuss working in exile
Filmmakers exiled or displaced from their home countries should not let perfection be the enemy of progress on novel projects, according to spea [...]
Rotterdam adds 11 films to Harbour, Limelight and Bright Future strands
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has added 11 titles to its Harbour, Limelight and Bright Futures strands ahead of its 54th edition, [...]
What’s the Greatest TV Show of All Time?
Welcome to the Watchies, the Still Watching awards show. On the penultimate episode of VF’s TV podcast, hosts Hillary Busis, Richard Lawson, and Chri [...]
How ‘Wicked‘ Nabbed a Host of Spellbinding Cameos in “One Short Day”
Elphaba and Glinda may have spent one short day in the Emerald City, but they certainly made the most of their time there—and saw a couple of familia [...]
Romanian tragicomedy ‘The New Year That Never Came’ scoops best film at Cairo film festival
Bogdan Mureșanu’s The New Year That Never Came, a tragicomedy set on the brink of revolution in 1989 Romania, has won the Golden Pyramid for bes [...]
Trump’s Cabinet, as Seen on TV
Get out your headshot and résumé: Donald Trump is deep in the throes of casting his second-term Cabinet. But rather than looking for the best and the [...]
Take Your Seats for ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ a Newfangled and Starry Queer Rom-Com
Shot and situated in New York, Lee’s original Wedding Banquet follows a bisexual Taiwanese immigrant named Wai-Tung who lives with his boyfriend. Exh [...]
‘Trains’ Wins 2 Prizes, ‘Chronicles of the Absurd’ & More Earn Awards At International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Trains, the Polish documentary that offers “a collective portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, a [...]
Why Denzel Washington’s ‘Gladiator II’ Performance Is So Unexpected—and Brilliant
We’ve reached the point where Denzel Washington is such a giant movie star that when he makes a movie, it’s more likely than not to be named after hi [...]
Samuel L. Jackson Circling Fresh J.J. Abrams Movie With Glen Powell, Jenna Ortega And Emma Mackey
Christopher Nolan may be stacking the deck with the cast of his mysterious next film right now, but he's not the only major filmmaker out there alig [...]