After examining the life of photographer Nan Goldin and her fight against the Sackler Family in her documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras investigates the political turmoil of the 20th Century through the reporting of […]

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NEW YORK, NY (November 12, 2025) – Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow as the recipient of the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award. The award was established in […]

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One of the most chilling documentaries of this year forces us to take a hard, unfiltered look at this country’s controversial stand-your-ground laws. Director Geeta Gandbhir’s unflinching The Perfect Neighbor explores the events leading up to the 2023 murder of […]

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Richard Linklater has been killing it on the festival circuit this year! Following the Berlinale premiere of his Lorenz Hart biopic Blue Moon (arriving October 17), he headed to the Cannes Film Festival with his ambitious retelling of the making […]

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I recently enjoyed a Zoom conversation with J.R. Escalante, the screenwriter for the new film from Mexico, Contraataque (Counterattack). It premiered on Netflix on March 4th and within just a few weeks had achieved 58 million views. Stewart Clarke recently […]

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The New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center, has announced the lineup for its Spotlight section taking place at its 63rd edition. This section will showcase a selection of 12 significant and anticipated features, including three world […]

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Following the dysfunctional family comedy The Meyerowitz Stories, the Oscar-winning Marriage Story, and the more ambitious White Noise, Noah Baumbach is reteaming with Netflix once again for a more introspective comedy. Jay Kelly stars George Clooney as the titular character, […]

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It’s that time of year again. After previously announcing its Opening Night (After the Hunt), Centerpiece (Father Mother Sister Brother), and Closing Night (Is This Thing On?) films, the New York Film Festival has unveiled its full Main Slate lineup […]

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Following her 2019 Oscar-nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa continues to examine Brazil’s rocky politics in her newest film, Apocalypse in the Tropics. Having premiered on the festival circuit last year before America entered its second term […]

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DOC NYC, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has announced the lineup for its influential, distinguished Short List section for its 15th edition. This section features 15 titles that are the top documentary contenders, and is known to overlap with […]

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