Festivals

Alvin Toffler would have been horrified by the SXSW app. Toffler was talking about consumer choice—i.e., a dozen…

Listen, I know how it sounds. I know the words “COVID drama” make you want to run screaming in the other direction.…

At Cannes, one can expect major works from internationally famous auteurs. Oscar hopefuls vie for spots on the TIFF…

This past week, Timehop apps across the world have been cheerfully notifying users that yes, it has been an entire…

Sundance 2021 wrapped up last night, though the exact time the screening system went dark depended on when you…

Sundance is ending exactly as it began: with the virtual equivalent of a standing ovation for the film that kicked…

Judas And The Black Messiah, Shaka King’s propulsive drama about Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton and the months…

There are few things more alienating to a moviegoer than being the only person in a theater not having the time of…

Attending a film festival can feel like an extended game of Spot The Influence. That’s perhaps especially true at a…

Funny how pet peeves become fond memories the moment you’re denied them. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug that way.…

Movies come from all over the globe to play the New York Film Festival every year. 2020’s mostly virtual edition,…

Tsai Ming-liang’s Days (Grade: B+), which premiered in Berlin earlier this year and now plays as part of the New…

Of all the pleasures that go missing when a film festival goes virtual, true post-movie discussion might be the…

Toronto ends this year not with a check out, a wave through a taxi window, and a short flight home, but with the…

Whether a critic likes it or not, Twitter reactions are the new first-look reviews at film festivals. As soon as the…

Every film festival has an identity, even if that identity is “We don’t have an identity!” The New York Film…

It’s comforting that not everything is different this year at TIFF. The lineup may be smaller and the screenings may…

Although the Toronto International Film Festival isn’t strictly a genre fest, when it comes to horror, sci-fi, and…

When people insist that a movie must be seen in a theater, what they’re usually talking about are its visual…

An enjoyable (and frequently noted) side effect of unhinging one’s brain-jaw and inhaling movies like you’re No-Face…