I think this is a pass ... Kevin reviewed this out of TIFF - "If you’ve been looking for a jazzy, ‘50s version of Saltburn, get ready to pull out your cocktail shaker. For better, and definitely for worse, writer/director Nia DaCosta’s HEDDA" bit.ly/3I4M6Mc
SODEC have given some coin to new projects by Philippe Lesage (Who by Fire), Charlotte Le Bon (Falcon Lake) and Annie St-Pierre (I loved loved her 2021 Sundance short). These production will take place in 2026 - which means they drop in 2027. bit.ly/3L5G5Qo
BUGONIA "it’s another expertly crafted bit of bizarre theatrics from an auteur who remains fascinated with exploring characters struggling to comprehend situations from obscured vantage points, puzzling skewed realities together often too late to avoid disaster." bit.ly/4mHZYek
Here is Everything We Know So Far... for 🇩🇪 Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure aka 'Das Geträumte Abenteuer.' Is the a Palme d’Or contender for 2026? Produced by Germany’s Komplizen Films and France’s Kazak Productions - bit.ly/4nXmCQt
Our Cannes review "Abstract paintings are not the only undefined objects in The Mastermind, the latest from Kelly Reichardt, who has become a master herself at creating quiet, emotionally resonant characterizations of lonely, isolated individuals struggling to overcome something." bit.ly/4duz4Tm
Receiving its one-week awards-qualifying run today is Julia Ducournau's ALPHA - NEON has tons of other contenders in the multiple races. ALPHA gets released next year in March. bit.ly/4kqPU7Q
New Projects by Emmanuelle Bercot, Christophe Honoré, Philippe Faucon & Charlotte Le Bon are in the works - all will likely premiere in 2027 bit.ly/43ncd8i
Netflix lauches FRANKENSTEIN "While Del Toro’s version isn’t without some slights, as the saga’s momentum eventually begins to deplete under the significant running time and Alexandre Desplat’s score feels as if its skirting into Danny Elfman territory" bit.ly/4n8U45U
Marie Rosselet-Ruiz is currently filming her directorial debut L’une des leurs - which stars Céleste Brunnquell. Take Shelter's Margaux Juvénal and Alexis Genauzeau are producing. If you ask me, Cannes selections committees will have this on their radars. bit.ly/4hgD4J8
Palme d'Or winner is out tomorrow! "The set up of IT WAS JUST an ACCIDENT more clearly evokes the tendencies of Panahi’s fellow countryman Asghar Farhadi, who tends to build narratives around a singular event which causes devastating ripple effects to all those in its orbit." bit.ly/4jgh6W5
Fresh voices such as Tereza Nvotová, Urška Djukić, Mihai Mincan, Laura Carreira & Murat Fıratoğlu are part of the shortlist for the 2025 European Film Awards which is heavy on Berlinale, Cannes & Venice helmers + a sprinkling from Locarno and Toronto. bit.ly/4q8nDqn
From our TIFF coverage ... BALLAD of a SMALL PLAYER receives a limited release Wednesday "...all the decibels in the world can’t hide the fact that this tale of a gambler tumbling through purgatory is holding one dud of a hand." bit.ly/4gjieZb
DOGMA 25 has officially launched - the first out of the gate is Isabella Eklöf (Holiday 2018, Kalak 2023) with the a BDSM love story titled MR. NAWASHI. Next month her series The Death of Bunny Munro will break bread. bit.ly/4ogVY4U
Welcome to our new regular Saturday feature. Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for 🇪🇸 Rodrigo Sorogoyen's THE BELOVED aka El ser querido - this could follow in the footsteps of the brilliant As Bestas and head to Cannes in 20 bit.ly/4odXGUu
Our Nicholas Bell reviewed this at the Berlinale - "Motherhood approaches the verge of the horrific in IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, the irrepressibly stressful sophomore film from director Mary Bronstein. A spot-on ensemble led by Rose Byrne enlivens what could have simply been a f bit.ly/47hXwG1
We got to chat with 🇷🇴 Romanian filmmaker Mihai Mincan for his sophomore feature MILK TEETH - produced by deFilm (Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr), Remora Films (Cyriac Auriol) Ström Pictures (Monica Hellström), StudioBauhaus (Konstantinos Vassilaros), Screening Emotions (Poli Angelov bit.ly/46ZgJej
THE HYPERBOREANS review: "Much like their disturbing first feature THE WOLF HOUSE, which similarly examines the ripple effects of Nazism in Chile after WWII, Cociña and León have found a perverse alchemy for cinema as a tool both delightful and disquieting." bit.ly/4bFBH2F
Here is my sit down with 🇮🇹 Carolina Cavalli for the offbeat THE KIDNAPPING of ARABELLA -- produced by Elsinore (Antonio Celsi), The Apartment Pictures (Annamaria Morelli), PiperFilm (Massimiliano Orfei, Luisa Borella, Davide Novelli) bit.ly/4mVnuni
A HOUSE of DYNAMITE 🧨 on the Lido "Resembling something like a mixture between her previous films Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Bigelow proves to be in top form when it comes to tension building & pacing whilst utilizing real-world anxieties.." @netflix bit.ly/4lQ0eXj
🇨🇱 Felipe Galvez, 🇨🇦 Graham Foy, 🇵🇹 Cristele Alves Meira, 🇫🇮 Mikko Myllylahti & 🇺🇿 Michael Borodin will workshop their sophomore features at the 2025 Critics’ Week Next Step II Programme! bit.ly/3INmbJk
2025 Prix IRIS (aka the Quebec Oscars) nominations are out - Rankin's 'Universal Language' Leads with 17 while Lesage's 'Comme le feu' landed 8 - ceremony takes place early December bit.ly/4nDkAES
🇦🇷 Federico Luis (Simon of the Mountain) and 🇺🇦 Maksym Nakonechnyi (Butterfly Vision) are among the six young filmmakers chosen for the Festival de Cannes Residency in Paris! It's a big deal for the new talents! bit.ly/4pSc0Ux
During the Berlinale our Nicholas Bell reviewed THE ICE TOWER "depicts a cruel, unhappy realm and successfully elicits a corresponding emotional response." Out today via Yellow Veil Pictures bit.ly/4gIJ1MX
Nine projects have been announced for Poland's @AmericanFilmFestival - US in Progress: we find the likes of Talia Lugacy, Dash Shaw, Suzi Yoonessi, Julia Baylis and Sam Guest! bit.ly/3VQG9Wq
