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Pragueshorts Film Festival Showcases Intimate, Experimental Storytelling

The 20th edition of the festival features a diverse lineup of short films exploring personal trauma, family dynamics, and innovative narrative forms.

Ernst Lubitsch's Merry Musicals Reissued by Criterion Collection

Four classic Lubitsch musicals from the 1920s and 1930s now available on Blu-ray.

Alps Offers a More Probing Look at Emotional Surrogacy Than 'Rental Family'

Yorgos Lanthimos' film takes a deeper dive into the complexities of outsourcing grief and human connection.

Producer David Kaplan Sets WWII Drama 'Triumph of the Will' with 'Unorthodox' Star Shira Haas

The film, written and directed by Gabriel Nussbaum, follows a woman who flees Amsterdam for Berlin in 1937 to start a new life with her daughter.

Filmmaker Attaches Director and Casting Director for Short Film "The Final Fight"

The powerful proof-of-concept short is inspired by a true story about an aging boxer's family guardianship battle.

Sexually Perverse Black Comedy 'Rosebush Pruning' Shocks at Berlin Film Festival

Karim Aïnouz's latest film, co-written by Efthimis Filippou, is a wild ride of transgressive excess.

Cashiers Du Cinéma Editors Bring Movie Theater Worker Stories to BAM

The comic zine celebrates cinema workers with a 10-film series at the Brooklyn venue.

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling on the surprisingly sweet BDSM romance 'Pillion'

The actors and director discuss the film's explicit yet heartfelt depiction of a dom-sub relationship.

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling on the surprisingly sweet BDSM romance 'Pillion'

The actors and director discuss the explicit yet heartfelt film about a dom-sub relationship.

Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Directorial Debut 'The Scout'

Film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and will be released in theaters later this year.

Rotterdam Review: The Misconceived Offers Incisive Look at Creative Class Anxieties

The experimental film from writers James N. Kienitz and Robin Schavoir uses video game graphics to explore the struggles of a never-quite-made-it handyman-turned-writer.