Fall Festival 2021 Deals: The Complete List of Telluride/Venice/TIFF/NYFF Purchases So Far
Many of the season’s biggest films arrived at festivals with distribution, but there’s still plenty for distributors to choose from.
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‘Bergman Island’: How Mia Hansen-Løve Found Herself (And Her Work) in Her Most Personal Film Yet
Mia Hansen-Løve had long wanted to make an autofiction about married auteurs, but as she tells IndieWire, it didn’t quite click until Ingmar Bergman died.
Memo to Distributors: Buy These 2021 Fall Film Festival Standouts
The bulk of the fall festival season has come to a close, but some of the most exciting films to hit the circuit are still looking for homes. Buy ’em while you can!
Critics Rank the Best Films and Performances of the Fall Festivals
137 critics voted in our survey of the highlights from Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF.
Pedro Almodóvar Pitched ‘Parallel Mothers’ to Penélope Cruz During ‘All About My Mother’ Days
Almodóvar, Cruz, and co-star Milena Smit spoke about their long-gestating melodrama ahead of the New York Film Festival’s closing night.
‘Hit the Road’ Review: An Iranian Family Makes a Run for the Border in Panah Panahi’s Unforgettable Debut
NYFF: Panah Panahi’s heartbreaking and unexpectedly hilarious debut channels his father Jafar while speeding in the opposite direction.
‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ Review: Payal Kapadia’s Dreamlike Protest Documentary Is Personal and Political
NYFF: This abstract documentary about the purpose of modern Indian university is in many ways one of the best student films ever made.
‘Neptune Frost’ Review: Kaleidoscopic Afrofuturist Musical Is a Beautiful Mess
NYFF: Shot in Burundi with an inventive DIY aesthetic, Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s anti-capitalist manifesto is a sensory delight.
At This Year’s NYFF, Movies Aren’t Worth Showing Unless They Show Us Something Brand New
From “Titane” to “The Tsugua Diaries,” this year’s festival heralds the art of the new.
Sean Baker Makes a Passionate Case For the Big Screen in Surprise Screen Talk Appearance at NYFF
The “Red Rocket” director also explained his opposition to day-and-date distribution at the live podcast event.
‘A Chiara’ Review: Jonas Carpignano’s Calabrian Trilogy Ends on a Harrowing Note
NYFF: Carpignano returns to Gioia Tauro for a harsh coming-of-age story about a mafia daughter forced to confront the true meaning of family.
‘The Tale of King Crab’ Review: A Mythical Crustacean Haunts This ’70s Arthouse-Inspired Italian Fable
NYFF: Part Herzogian ecstatic ethnography, part Pasolinian picaresque, directors Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis travel from Italy to Argentina in this two-pronged folktale.
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Jussie Smollett Testifies That He Did Not Stage Hate Attack
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A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Has Been Accused of ‘Scamming’ Musicians
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Advertising’s Robust Recovery This Year Will Be Followed By Double-Digit Gains In 2022, Media Agencies Predict
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Tom Cavanagh on The Flash's 'Thrilling' Future Role Reversal, How Unlikely Eobard/Iris Pairing Came to Fruition
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College Coach Carousel: Five Contracts, Nearly $500 Million in Value