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After an online-only edition in 2021, this year’s Berlin International Film Festival kicked off on February 10 and, for the first time since 1992, I chose not to attend. The first weeks of the year had seen Omicron case numbers surging wildly across Europe; exactly a month before the event began, Germany hit a daily record of 80,000 new cases. To insist on staging it as an in-person event seemed to me both reckless and tone-deaf – and to then refuse any provisions for online screenings, on t...

After an online-only edition in 2021, this year’s Berlin International Film Festival kicked off on February 10 and, for the first time since 1992, I chose not to attend. The first weeks of the year had seen Omicron case numbers surging wildly across Europe; exactly a month before the event began, Germany hit a daily record of 80,000 new cases. To insist on staging it as an in-person event seemed to me both reckless and tone-deaf – and to then refuse any provisions for online screenings, on t...

The New Orleans Film Society will present the 25th annual French Film Festival from March 11–17 at the Prytania Theater and online.

These days I’m perfectly content to take inspiration from wherever it comes. It’s probably an exaggeration to suggest that the human race has

The New Orleans French Film Festival marks 25th anniversary and will return this March, both in person and virtually through NOFS.

The Dublin director on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debut

Oscar-winning Irish director Benjamin Cleary on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debut

These Are the 100 Best Films of All Time, According to Critics By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News AND Ellen Wulfhorst, Stacker News On 5/9/21 at 9:00 AM EDT For more than a century, there have been movies, and people paid to review them. The first film critic, W.G. Faulkner, began churning out weekly reviews in January 1912. Since then, movie criticism has retained countless core consistencies while evolving to keep pace with the medium itself. During this time, the two respec...

These Are the 100 Best 90s Movies By Jason Kessler, Stacker News On 5/3/21 at 8:00 PM EDT The 1990s represent a magical decade in pop culture history. The O.J. Simpson trial, gangster rap, Must See TV, grunge music, and Friends dominated water cooler conversations, while the internet was just beginning to grab the attention of the world and hit college computer labs. While all of this was happening, incredible movies from big-budget blockbusters to quiet love stories were being released nea...

Writer-director Neeraj Ghaywan’s Geeli Pucchi is one of the four mid-length episodes that comprise Ajeeb Daastaans on Netflix. The anthology film’s binding theme is twisted or unconventional relationships. Starring Konkona Sensharma and Aditi Rao Hydari, Ghaywan’s contribution examines the complex encounter between Bharti, a Dalit worker, and Priya, a Brahmin data operator at her factory. Geeli Pucchi explores their relationship as they navigate patriarchy, ingrained prejudice and lone...