‘Kokuho’ Director Lee Sang-il on Japan’s Surprise Box-Office Sensation
Amid another anxiety-inducing year for the theatrical film business, one of 2025’s few unmistakably hopeful signs came in…
2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Full winners list
Buckle up, awards nuts: it’s going to be a long afternoon. Throughout the day on Dec. 7, the…
IDA Documentary Award Winners Led by The Tale of Silyan
The 41st annual IDA Documentary Awards brunch held on December 6 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club assembled…
The 50 best films of 2025: No 20 to No 11 – The Irish Times
The 50 best films of 2025: No 20 to No 11 The Irish TimesThe 50 best films of 2025:…
Joel Edgerton and DP Adolpho Veloso Interview on ‘Train Dreams’
Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams is a quiet film — a meditative frontier portrait defined as much by its…
Richard Gere on Dalai Lama Documentary, 20-Year Oscar Ban and Trump
Richard Gere is more than just an executive producer by name on “Wisdom of Happiness,” a documentary about…
Brendan Fraser & Oscar Chances
If you are an aspiring filmmaker be sure to watch my illuminating conversation on this week’s episode of…
Global Anime and 2D Animation Challenge Studio CGI at the Oscars
This season’s race for best animated feature is one of the most stylistically varied in recent memory, a…
‘I’m not a guy who lives with regret’ – The Irish Times
Jay Kelly is having a bad week. In fact the veteran movie star is enduring a series of…
Kokuho Sets Live-Action Record For A Local Film At Japanese Box Office
Lee Sang-il’s kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film…
‘Kokuho’ Becomes Japan’s Top-Grossing Live-Action Film Ever
Lee Sang-il’s Kokuho — a nearly three-hour period drama about the cloistered world of traditional kabuki theater —…
What the European Film Award noms might mean for the 2026 Oscars
The 2026 European Film Awards unveiled their nominations this week, with Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value leading the pack…