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‘Next Life’ Review: Emilia Clarke Navigates Parallel Lives and Sliding Doors in Drake Doremus’s Wishy-Washy Romance [C+] Tribeca Festival
Drake Doremus’s latest romance, *Next Life*, debuted at the Tribeca Festival, starring Emilia Clarke as Ivy, whose life splits into two parallel timelines after a chance train encounter. One path leads to a stable corporate relationship with ex‑boyfriend Noah, while the other follows a bohemian romance with musician Diego, echoing the 1998 film *Sliding Doors*. The review rates the film C+, praising its music and visual design but criticizing its shallow treatment of career and economic realities. Doremus’s nostalgic, MiraBrit‑style storytelling feels watchable yet ultimately wish‑fulfilling without deeper insight.
Winter of the Crow (2026 SXSW London Review)
Winter of the Crow, directed by Kasia Adamik, adapts Olga Tokarczuk’s short story into a 1981 Warsaw thriller. Lesley Manville stars as British psychologist Joan Andrews, whose lecture is interrupted by protests that erupt into martial law, leaving her isolated in...
IT: Welcome To Derry Writer To Pen New Transformers Film
Paramount and Hasbro have tapped screenwriter Jason Fuchs, known for "It: Welcome to Derry" and "Argylle", to write the screenplay for an untitled Transformers film. The project will continue the story from 2023's "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" and is...
Review: 3 Days in September - Transilvania 2026
Romanian director Tudor Giurgiu’s new feature *3 Days in September* premiered as the opening film of the 25th Transilvania International Film Festival, after its world debut at IFFR. The drama unfolds in a single, unbroken take, following a bride‑to‑be whose...
Interview: Caterina Mazzucato • Head of Industry, Bio to B - Industry Days | Doc&Drama - “The Documentary Film Sector...
The thirteenth Bio to B Industry Days Doc convened in Bologna, presenting more than 30 documentary projects at various development stages and drawing over 500 professionals. The event’s Drama strand, now in its fifth edition, links roughly 150 operators—editors, literary agents, and...
Listen To The Chronicle Episode 59 – Disclosure Day, Backrooms
The Chronicle’s Episode 59 dives into Steven Spielberg’s long‑awaited sci‑fi comeback with Disclosure Day, a star‑studded alien‑first‑contact thriller featuring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth. The hosts also dissect the surreal horror of Backrooms, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, and revisit the...
New Release Review - NINO
French‑Quebec drama "Nino," directed by Pauline Loquès and co‑written with Maud Ameline, follows 29‑year‑old Théodore Pellerin as he confronts an unexpected throat‑cancer diagnosis caused by an old STD. The film explores his stoic response, strained family dynamics, and reliance on...
Review: Tough Love - Biografilm 2026
Valerio Bonelli, a veteran Italian editor based in London, makes his directorial debut with the documentary *Tough Love* at the Biografilm festival. The film weaves Super 8 family home‑videos and contemporary interviews to portray four sisters navigating a patriarchal, post‑war Naples...
New Release Review - FAMILIAR TOUCH
Familiar Touch, directed by Sarah Friedland and starring Kathleen Chalfant, is a sober drama portraying an octogenarian woman living with dementia in a UK care home. The film draws on real‑life Bella Vista residents to deliver an unflinching look at memory...
First Trailer and Poster for British Drama ISH
The first trailer and poster for "ISH" reveal Imran Perretta’s feature‑film debut, co‑written by renowned playwright Enda Walsh. The British drama follows 12‑year‑old friends Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and Maram (Yahya Kitana) in Luton’s South Asian community as a police stop‑and‑search...
PODCAST: Getting a $5K Feature Into TIFF & Going Viral With An 80 Second Short Film With Nick Toti
Filmmaker Nick Toti recounts how his $5,000 found‑footage feature *It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This* slipped into TIFF’s Midnight Madness program despite having no distributor. He also details the viral ascent of the 80‑second short *Dead Grandma*, which originated...
Your Fault: London UK Premiere Interviews: Asha Banks, Matthew Broome & More Tell All
London’s Cineworld Leicester Square hosted the UK premiere of “Your Fault: London,” the latest installment in Mercedes Ron’s Culpables romance trilogy. The film, directed by Charlotte Fassler and Dani Girdwood and featuring a cast led by Asha Banks and Matthew Broome, debuted to...
Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution Gets New Teaser
Signature Entertainment dropped the first teaser for Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution, the seventh installment in the long‑running British crime saga. The sequel places veteran anti‑hero Pat Tate, played by Craig Fairbrass, in a revenge‑driven plot set against 1990s Ibiza’s...
Walt Disney and Pixar Release Teaser Trailer for 2027’s ‘Gatto’ Starring Mark Ruffalo and Laurence Fishburne
Disney and Pixar have unveiled the first teaser for their original animated adventure Gatto, slated for a worldwide theatrical release on March 5, 2027. The film follows Nero, a scrappy black cat voiced by Mark Ruffalo, as he navigates the...
First Trailer and Poster for Gregg Araki’s I WANT YOUR SEX, Starring Olivia Wilde
Gregg Araki’s long‑awaited return to feature filmmaking is marked by the release of “I Want Your Sex,” starring Olivia Wilde as provocative artist Erika Tracy. The story follows Cooper Hoffman’s character Elliot, who becomes Wilde’s sexual muse before spiraling into obsession,...