Monday

20-10-2025 Vol 19

Day: September 3, 2025

Do You Hear Your Trees? They’re Crying: Graham Greene (1952—2025)

One of my earliest memories of watching something on-screen was seeing reruns of the Canadian children’s television series “The Adventures…

Venice Film Festival 2025: The Biennale College

Since 2015, with 2020 skipped on account of COVID, I’ve been honored to participate in the Biennale College panel. Every…

An Ode to the Unanswered Questions in “Agnes of God”

There’s something about Norman Jewison’s 1985 film “Agnes of God,” which just turned 40, that sinks deep into my bones.…

TIFF 2025: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See

Consider this a preview for not just the films you’re going to see in months to come, but reviews you’re…

Short Films in Focus: Joe Hunting on “The Reality of Hope”

Joe Hunting’s documentary “The Reality Of Hope” is the kind of inspiring story of friendship and the goodness in people…

Trailer for El Pampero Cine’s Venice and NYFF Premiere Pin de Fartie Turns Samuel Beckett Upside-Down

Fall-festival season invariably crowds-out some of its finer offerings. For all the sturm und drang surrounding a studio’s middling and…

Venice Review: François Ozon’s The Stranger Finally Gives Albert Camus’ Novel Its Cinematic Due

Nobel laureate Albert Camus is one of the most consequential thinkers and writers in the French language, having created absurdist…