It may not be the next Martha’s Vineyard but it’s definitely not cursed. The freshman season of the Apple TV comedy thriller Widow’s Bay dominated the Primetime and Creative Arts ...

Karen (Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried, not reprising the role of Karen Smith from Mean Girls) has not led the life she thought she would lead. After getting her college degree and getting ...

On episode 172 of the Director Watch Podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter discuss the first film in their Edward Yang series, Taipei Story (1985). Welcome back to Director Watch! On ...

In Britain, two people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s every hour. In John Madden’s (Shakespeare in Love) new film, Onwards and Sideways, those two people happen to receive their diagnoses at the ...

As an actor looking to direct your first feature, you could do a lot worse than choosing a family melodrama. The genre requires committed work from the acting ensemble, which allows the director ...

Telling the story of Rocky’s making means re-creating the essence of the iconic, Best Picture-winning, franchise-spawning film itself. As the film’s depiction of the young, hungry ...

In an interview with “Vanity Fair,” master filmmaker Mike Leigh described the idiosyncrasies of his unorthodox filmmaking process. Leigh has made movies his own way for the past fifty years, ...

Who said Pixar/Disney and Illumination have the final say when it comes to children’s movies with life affirming messages? At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Julián, a film ...

Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival from a jury led by American actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal.  Woman ...

Every year, when I return to Telluride, the first thing I look for isn’t a movie. It’s Ajax Peak. Standing on Colorado Avenue in the early morning hours and looking east toward the ...

A famous Hadith in the Muslim faith, attributed to Prophet Muhammad, gives writer-director Bassam Tariq’s desperate, spiritual family drama and hit-man action thriller its title, and the ...

On the opening night of the 2026 Telluride Film Festival, writer-director Andrew Haigh received the coveted Silver Medallion award, an honor that’s given to artists for their body of work, ...