The darkened theaters of the New York Film Festival often feel like a glimpse into the future of cinema, a place where the pressing questions of our time are refracted through the artist’s lens. This year, a reflection on Pietro…
I still remember it clearly. Standing in the lobby of a cinema as a kid, long before I ever picked up a camera or a spray can, I was completely captivated by a poster. It wasn’t a photograph; it was…
Key Takeaways: Julia Roberts doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone. With an Oscar, three Golden Globes, and a career spanning four decades, she’s Hollywood royalty. So when she chooses a project, especially one tackling something as charged as sexual…
I spent years at an animation desk before I ever stepped onto a live-action set. At eleven, I won a national drawing contest. I was one of the youngest students admitted to La Cambre, Belgium’s prestigious animation school, where I…
I’ve watched it happen dozens of times on the festival circuit. A filmmaker pours everything into a short—their savings, their late nights, their voice distilled into fifteen minutes. The film gets into festivals, plays to a few hundred people in…
2025 Cannes Grand Prix Winner “Sentimental Value” received a 19-minute standing ovation. Second-highest honor at the world’s most prestigious film festival. There’s a specific, intangible magic to a Joachim Trier film. Whether it’s the restless existentialism of The Worst Person…
When M3GAN danced her way into the cultural zeitgeist, she did more than just create a viral moment; she represented a paradigm shift in character creation. Audiences were captivated and unsettled by a presence that felt unnervously real. This wasn’t…
The legacy of Daniel Day-Lewis is carved from whispers and legends. For decades, stories have swirled around his total commitment to the craft—a process so immersive it famously blurs the line between actor and character. From learning to build canoes…
There’s a particular kind of creative hunger that I think every filmmaker recognizes. It’s that feeling deep in your gut that you have a story to tell, but you’re standing on the outside looking in, with no studio backing, no…
Some movies hit you. Others haunt you. But every once in a while, one completely consumes you. That’s what happened with Caught Stealing, Darren Aronofsky’s latest genre-bending film. I went into the screening curious, cautious even, but came out shaken,…
