For the majority of its 24 years, South by Southwest has been most commonly associated with its music festival – a midweek sprawl of bands and artists playing in just about every bar and street corner in Austin– while the movies and interactive portions play second fiddle. Look back at some of the festival’s recent…
Cannes 2016: 10 Must-See Movies
Cannes Film Festival runs for the 69th time this year. Festival’s officials have decided they will be making it harder each year for us journalists and critics to make a top 10 list: how can someone exclude artists such as Woody Allen, Sean Penn, Pedro Almodóvar, and all those A- list names arriving at the…
10 Things You’re Doing Wrong In Your Screenplay
You have spent tens of hours (and probably hundreds of dollars on ridiculously expensive coffee) over your computer, typing like a maniac, trying to convince yourself this is the time you are going to have your breakthrough: this script will make it to a director’s hands and this time next year you will be walking…
10 Films To Watch At The 53rd New York Film Festival
The 53rd edition of the New York Film Festival starts on September 25th and we are definitely thrilled as always. Not only does it take place in our own base, but this year’s lineup is also a rather political one (as NYC festivals tend to be). Creators continue to realize there is something going on…
10 Films To Watch At 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival has become the launching pad for the best of international, Hollywood and Canadian cinema, and is recognized as the most important film festival after Cannes. The unofficial kick-off to the fall festival season (and award season pre-cursor), TIFF 20145once again brings an eclectic program of International cinema to one of the world’s…
10 Films to Watch at the 2015 Berlinale
As we are ever expanding, our most recent stop on the International film stage is the 65th Berlinale in the great city of Berlin, Germany. As usual, we have put together 10 films we consider to be must watch cinema, with 2015’s slate being particularly strong. Drawing from the spectrum of the festival’s offering, our…