Life Is A Film Fest

Ian de la Rosa’s feature directorial debut Iván & Hadoum is a tender love story set against the beauty of the coastal city of Almería in Andalusia.  Iván (Silver Chicón), a greenhouse manager anxiously awaiting a long-overdue promotion, and Hadoum (Herminia Loh), a recently hired Spanish-Moroccan worker, start having feelings for one another, but conflicts […]

Sarah Goher’s Happy Birthday might very well be the best underseen film from the past year.  It follows 8-year-old Toha over the course of a single day in Cairo and puts on full display the class divide and elitism that exist in Egypt and in much of the world.  Doha Ramadan is mesmerizing in the […]

Burn is a film about marginalized youth in Japan, centered on the lives of its two main characters, Ju-Ju (Nana Mori) and Mitsuba (Aoi Yamada).  Makoto Nagahisa takes a hyper-stylized approach, employing slow motion, freeze frame, animation, and intertitles. Consequently, the film will likely resonate more with those who prefer aesthetic experimentation over a conventional […]

Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters opens 2026 Seattle International Film Festival today. The festival will be in session until the May 17 Closing Night screening of Olivia Wilde’s The Invite. Other highlights of their extensive lineup are: SILENT FRIEND, Ildikó EnyediIF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME, Walter Thompson-HernándezOBSESSION, Curry BarkerI WANT YOUR SEX, Gregg […]

New restorations that will be screened as part of Cannes Classics 2026 include: Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro The Devils, Ken Russell Sanshiro Sugata, Akira Kurosawa – includes a previously lost 12-minute sequence Moonlighting, Jerzy Skolimowski Farewell My Concubine, Chen Kaige L’Innocente, Luchino Visconti Two Women, Vittorio De Sica Machine-Gun Kelly, Roger Corman The Stranger, […]

Cannes Film Festival has announced these late additions to its 2026 lineup: PAPER TIGER, James Gray, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Miles TellerVICTORIAN PSYCHO, Zachary Wigon, Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Ruth Wilson, Jason IsaacsTHE END OF IT, Maria Martinez Bayona, Rebecca Hall, Gael García Bernal, Noomi RapaceMARIAGE AU GOÛT D’ORANGE, Christophe Honoré, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Kircher, […]

Tribeca Festival, which will take place June 3-14, has announced another impressive lineup for 2026. It is the festival’s 25th anniversary. These are some of the 118 features they will showcase: THE LAST DAY, Rachel Rose, Alicia Vikander, Wagner MouraTHE ACCOMPANIST, Zach Woods, Aubrey Plaza, Susan SarandonONLY WHAT WE CARRY, Jamie Adams, Sofia Boutella, Charlotte […]

The lineup for the 2026 Seattle International Film Festival has been announced. The festival will open with Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters on May 7. Olivia Wilde’s The Invite will close the festival on May 17. Here are the highlights of the festival’s sizable slate: I LOVE BOOSTERS, Boots RileyTHE INVITE, Olivia WildeOBSESSION, Curry BarkerI […]

2026 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight / Quinzaine des Cinéastes lineup: BUTTERFLY JAM, Kantemir Balagov, Riley Keough, Barry Keoghan, Harry Melling, Monica Bellucci LOW EXPECTATIONS, Eivind Landsvik, Marie Ulven (Girl in Red) DORA, July Jung, Kim Do-yeon, Sakura Ando I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING, Clio Barnard, Anthony Boyle, Lola Petticrew, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, […]

A SECRET HEART (France), Tom Fontenille REWIND BARCELONA (France), Paul Nouhet  SUMMER DRIFT (Switzerland, France), Céline Carridroit, Aline Suter LIVING TWICE, DYING THRICE (Iran), Karim Lakzadeh BLAISE (France), Dimitri Planchon, Jean-Paul Guigue BORN UNDER A BAD STAR (France), Lola Cambourieu, Yann Berlier DANS LA GUEULE DE L’OGRE (France), Mahsa Karampour DETENTION (France), Guillaume Massart PROMISED […]