After breaking moviegoers’ hearts with his Oscar-winning melodrama The Whale, Darren Aronofsky returns to his New York roots for his ninth feature. Caught Stealing stars Austin Butler as a bartender and former baseball player living in the East Village during […]

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Few American filmmakers have shown as consistent a dedication to portraying marginalized communities with dignity and complexity as Sean Baker. From his early collaboration with Shih-Ching Tsou on 2004’s Take Out which intimately captured the day-in-the-life of an undocumented Chinese […]

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The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival runs September 5-15, and this year’s edition promises a strong, exciting variety of new cinema – ranging from Almodovar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door, to Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, to […]

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After months of anticipation, the Brendannaissance has finally arrived! A24 has released a trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s newest drama, The Whale, which marks a resurgence to leading man status for Brendan Fraser. His performance has already gotten many raves since […]

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The nominations for the 2022 Gotham Awards have been revealed. The nominations in 12 categories recognize independent/arthouse films and breakout TV from this year. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Monday, November 28. Angelica […]

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The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) was founded in 1976 and since then has become one of the world’s premier showcases of quality films of all kinds, be they large event movies, microbudget flicks, and everything in between. Given […]

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From the pebbly shores of the beaches at popular Lincoln Park in West Seattle you can see Vashon Island floating off in the distance, cool, serene. Chill. Even from across the water, Vashon Island gives off a vibe. It’s deliberately […]

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The 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival is coming back. After a more desolate festival last year due to COVID, people are hoping for a resurgence of both critics and attendees as numerous festival favorites and world premieres will screen […]

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Co-produced by Darren Aronofsky, Alex Pritz’s directorial debut The Territory takes us deep into the Brazilian Amazon where we are immersed in the lives of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people. Shot by Pritz and members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau, this documentary captures […]

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