
Mubi will release Lurker, the psychological thriller and debut feature film from writer/director Alex Russell (The Bear, Beef), in North American theaters on August 22, 2025.

The 32nd edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) unveiled the lineup featuring more than 30 contemporary and classic films from Africa and its diaspora. This year’s theme, “Fluid Horizons: A Shifting Lens on a Hopeful World,” honors the resilience of African youth and the forebearers who paved the way for them.

15 years after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizen’s United case, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (HBO’s “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” “The Crime of the Century”) examines the history and present-day influence of dark money in American politics in the HBO documentary The Dark Money Game.

Almost sixty years after her mother – actress Jayne Mansfield’s tragic death, Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress and filmmaker Mariska Hargitay makes her feature film directorial debut with the HBO Original documentary My Mom Jayne.

Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced its 28th edition titled Pause taking place from May 30-June 8, in-person at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint. Additional screenings will be held on June 2 through June 5 at the Wythe Hotel Cinema in Williamsburg. BFF will also run online via the festival’s website from May 31-June 8 (24/7).

Daniel Battsek has been appointed President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), the NYC organization dedicated to the art of cinema and home to the New York Film Festival. He assumes his new role starting May 1, 2025.


Tom Cruise will celebrate the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

The USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas celebrates its 55th edition from April 23-27, 2025, with a star-studded lineup of films and events.

Director Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu the Vampyre) will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025.

Actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’or for lifetime achievement at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

The world premiere of the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, will open the 2025 Tribeca Festival, taking place June 4-15 in New York City.