Wishes come true, not free,” sing the characters at the end of Stephen Sondheim’s mixed-up fairy tale musical Into the Woods. In that show, it’s a plaintive, major chord message delivered to an ...

There have been so many films released lately that center around grief that it’s practically something of a genre of its own. Many of these films follow a formula, hitting expected plot beats and ...

War, Cold War trilogy comes to a befitting conclusion with this year’s Fatherland. The previous two films by the Polish director, Ida and Cold War, were each nominated for ...

Much ado has been made about the loss of the mid-budget adult drama, and for good reason. Once the bread and butter of a healthier Hollywood ecosystem, the $30-50 million drama often featured a ...

Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI) today announced that acclaimed actor Lou Diamond Phillips will receive the RNCI Lifetime Achievement Award during the 31st Red Nation International Film ...

Although their uber-dominant era has seemingly passed, a few years back when we couldn’t go more than two or three months without a new superhero movie gobbling up a high percentage of available ...

In a visual medium like film that can – unlike non-moving artistic methods like paintings or sculpture – depict and emphasize action, there’s something bold and even potentially ...

Day three at Middleburg started bright and early with an 8:45 a.m. screening of Brad Bird’s neo-noir sci-fi adventure, Ray Gunn. As someone who considers The Iron Giant the greatest animated film ...

With just one season of the new Best Casting category under our belts, what did we learn from it? From the winner, One Battle After Another, which also won Best Picture and an individual acting ...

Imagine taking four years to animate one sequence. Then imagine walking into the studio and seeing the people, puppets and enormous miniature sets that made it possible. That’s LAIKA. Animator Dobrin ...