Many of us have come across Girl Scout cookies at some point in our lives. But what happens behind the scenes as these girls try to sell these cookies and shape their futures? Director Alysa Nahmias (Art By Krimes) premiered […]

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The 2026 Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 15. As I do every year, I have watched all 15 of the nominated short films, which are divided into the 3 separate categories of animation, documentary, and live action. […]

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Following his charming and witty 2019 feature debut Straight Up, writer-director-actor James Sweeney is back with a unique new dramedy that wowed audiences at this year’s Sundance. Twinless stars Sweeney and Dylan O’Brien as two men mourning the loss of […]

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Following up his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as a devoted father dealing with the complexity of discovering a terrible truth in Small Things Like These. Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants directs this adaptation of the novel by Claire […]

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Artist-turned-filmmaker Titus Kaphar examines how familial trauma impacts the artist’s soul in his emotional feature debut, Exhibiting Forgiveness. The semi-autobiographical drama, which premiered at this year’s Sundance, stars André Holland as a painter who’s forced to face his long-buried past […]

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One of the most pleasant surprises of the fall festival season is Pawo Chorning Dorji’s The Monk and the Gun. The filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom turns the focus on his native Bhutan during a […]

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NEW YORK, NY (November 16, 2023) – Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced D. Smith’s vibrant directorial debut Kokomo City as the recipient of the 2023 IFSN Advocate Award. The recipient of the award, established to highlight one indie film […]

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The future is here, and it’s getting weirder than expected. French-American director Sophie Barthes’s The Pod Generation is a satirical look at emerging parenthood starring Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It had its world premiere on the opening night of […]

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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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America’s favorite indie mean queen has gone from dishing out solid burns to pulling off dangerous scams. Aubrey Plaza made waves at this year’s Sundance Film Festival for her performance in writer/director John Patton Ford’s feature debut, Emily the Criminal. […]

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