Film Fests Archives — Crooked Marquee

Alan Zilberman’s Fantastic Fest Diary

From Austin’s genre festival, our mini-reviews of ‘Get Away,’ ‘Never Let Go,’ ‘Bring Them Down,’ and more.

Our TIFF ’24 coverage closes out with mini-reviews of “The Fire Inside,” “Nutcrackers,” “Better Man,” “Saturday Night,” “Babygirl,” and more.

Our first report from the Toronto International Film Festival includes mini-reviews of “Nightbitch,” “On Swift Horses,” “Conclave,” and more.

Did the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival live up to its decades-long reputation?

The 2024 Karlovy Vary Film Festival devoted part of its lineup to the Western genre.

Our final report from Tribeca Festival includes mini-reviews of “Jazzy,” “Checkpoint Zoo,” and multi-award winner “Griffin in Summer.”

Our first report from this year’s Tribeca Festival includes new documentaries on Elizabeth Taylor and Powell & Pressburger.

Nearly a century after its premiere, Abel Gance’s silent epic is finally available in its original form.

Our report from the French Riviera, including mini-reviews of “Megalopolis,” “Emilia Perez,” “Kinds of Kindness” and the Palme d’Or winner “Anora.”

Our second report from SXSW focuses on fiction instead of documentary – and the films that fall somewhere in between.

Our first report spotlights the wide range of quality non-fiction film (and television) screening in Austin.

Amazon’s new remake of the 1989 action fave is a real puzzler – a reasonably well-made exercise in head-scratching IP revisionism.