When Iraqi helmer-writer Hasan Hadi nabbed the Golden Camera for best first feature at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival with “The President’s Cake,” Iranian director Jafar Panahi, winner of the main...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Maxine Hears a Confession,” the Jan. 7 episode of “Palm Royale,” now streaming on Apple TV. Through two seasons, and 18 episodes of “Palm Royale,” the single lie...
Directing a film can feel like an all-consuming job, a true labor of love. But for some directors, that passion compels them to take on more and more responsibilities on their...
Several animated features of 2025 tackled very thorny issues of inclusion and identity. “Zootopia 2,” “Elio,” “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” and “Arco” all delve into deep musings on...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Maxine Plays Dead,” the Dec. 24 episode of “Palm Royale,” now streaming on Apple TV. “Palm Royale’s” Maxine and Douglas may be divorced, but their...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Little Disasters,” now streaming on Paramount+. Over the past year, a cinematic trend has emerged that powerfully underscores the intense difficulties of motherhood. From “If...
When Kristen Stewart’s acclaimed feature directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” was acquired for domestic distribution by the Forge a few months after its Cannes premiere in May, one question crossed...
If Tom Hanks is known as the “everyman” of movies — you know, the ordinary guys, so approachable and unpretentious that just about everybody can relate to him in one way...
