It appears that Panahi's application for a visa to enter the United States has been stalled due to the federal budget impasse, which began Wednesday, Oct. 1, when Republicans and Democrats failed to ...

One is a beloved former star of late-night, the other is soon to leave his late-night desk. Conan O’Brien will be Stephen Colbert’s guest of honor at Montclair Film’s annual fundraiser this December.

That is but one of the moral questions raised in Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s hard-hitting, sometimes funny and ...

John O'Leary speaks before the film screening at the premiere for 'Soul On Fire' at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, on Oct. 2, 2025. O'Leary spoke about filming the movie in St. Louis and the ...

Elliot Tuttle knew that “Blue Film,” the fictional story of a camboy who reconnects with a former high school teacher who was fired for sexually assaulting a student, was going to be divisive. After ...

When Eric Nong visited the Viet Film Fest a decade ago seeking extra credit, the marquee of Vietnamese-centered films raised a lasting question for the college student: “Where do Vietnamese films fit ...

The growing obsession over the film festival standing ovation and the reaction to it from the stars has — for some — become a source of ridicule. Was it 12 or 13 minutes long? Did anyone famous cry?

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi reveals why he used humor to highlight the real-life horror of Iran's Regime in ‘It Was Just an ...

The movie's U.K. premiere was announced late Thursday night at London's Royal Festival Hall just before the screening to a surprised crowd of festivalgoers. By Lily ...

IFC’s canine-starring supernatural thriller Good Boy wagged its way to a $2.25+ million opening, the label’s second-best debut after 2024 hit Late Night With The Devil ($2.8 million). At no. 9 this ...

The regional alliance is founded by former Film at Lincoln Center president Lesli Klainberg, who tapped Third Industry Strategies' Allason Leitz to serve as the initiative's director. Indie exhibition ...