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Fantasia Film Festival / Film Reviews / Interviews / Sundance Film Festival / SXSW Film & TV Festival

Casper Kelly Interview: Budd ’90s TV Look and Hidden Easter Eggs

Buddy is hitting theatres on August 28, after a festival run that started at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and has since included SXSW, the Cleveland International Film Festival, Overlook, and, most recently, Fantasia in Montreal. Somewhere along the way, it also forced me to accept that mascot horror is officially its own subgenre.

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August 21, 2026
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Film Festivals / Film Reviews

Sad Girlz Film Review | Chicas tristes Refuses to Turn Pain Into Spectacle

There is something telling about the path Sad Girlz has taken over the last few months. Written and directed by Fernanda Tovar in her feature debut, the Mexican-Spanish-French co-production premiered in the Generation 14plus section at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won both the Crystal Bear and the Grand Prix of the International Jury for Best Film.

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July 2, 2026
Read more about the article Top 25 Films to Watch at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival
Film Festivals / Lists

Top 25 Films to Watch at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival

This preview focuses only on feature films, narrowing the broader festival programme down to 25 titles that stand out across narrative, documentary, genre, international, and spotlight sections. The goal is not simply to list the biggest names or the most obvious premieres, but to highlight a range of films that reflect what makes Tribeca interesting in the first place...

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June 3, 2026
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Film Reviews

Standing Still: Paula González-Nasser on The Scout, Community, and Time

The Scout is not really about the mechanics of location scouting, even though it pays close attention to them. It is about what that job reveals. Sofia is always entering spaces, but rarely belonging to them. She is welcomed in, sort of, but only for a purpose. She is expected to observe, photograph, assess, negotiate, and move on. She is intimately present and fundamentally temporary.

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May 23, 2026
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Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) / Film Reviews / Interviews

Inside the Rot: Oliver Bernsen on Bagworm, Family, and Making the Movie You Can Make

The day before our interview, my partner asked me the most normal question in the world: "What is this one about?" I had an answer, sort of, but not a clean one. There is the surface-level premise that you can find on the internet, of course. A sexually frustrated hammer salesman named Carroll steps on a rusty nail and begins moving through an increasingly warped physical and psychological spiral. The world around him seems to decay as quickly as his body does. Ultimately, though, the film is difficult to pin down in any meaningful way.

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April 29, 2026
Read more about the article At the Edge of the Volcano: Pete Ohs, Jeremy O. Harris, and Will Madden on Erupcja and Charli xcx
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At the Edge of the Volcano: Pete Ohs, Jeremy O. Harris, and Will Madden on Erupcja and Charli xcx

On the surface, the obvious talking point is Charli xcx. Of course it is. She has become a household name in a way that few artists do, and Erupcja was shot during the strange cultural detonation of Brat summer. But the more interesting question is not simply how Pete Ohs ended up making a movie with Charli xcx. It is why someone like Charli would be drawn to this kind of low-budget, independent film in the first place.

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April 20, 2026