Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has topped Film Comment’s annual end-of-year critics’ top films released in 2025 list, followed by Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent.
By the Stream (SUYOOCHEON) (2024)
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‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘With Hasan in Gaza’ Top Film Comment’s Best Films of 2025
One Battle After Another, With Hasan in Gaza
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‘Four Mothers’ and ‘Sorry, Baby’ Headline 51st Seattle International Film Festival Lineup
Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor (courtesy SIFF) The 51st Seattle International Film Festival set for May 15-25, 2025, will screen 245 films, including two secret films, from 74 countries and regions around the globe.
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Lithuanian Film ‘Toxic’ Wins Grand Prize, Pardo d’Oro at 77th Locarno Film Festival | Winners
Toxic (Akiplėša) by Saulė Bliuvaitė (Photo ©Akis bado / Locarno77) The Lithuanian drama Toxic (Akiplėša) by Saulė Bliuvaitė is the winner of the Grand Prize, Golden Leopard, Pardo d’Oro of the International Competition (Concorso Internazionale) at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. The coming-of-age film follows two 13-year-olds who form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
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Toronto Film Festival Unveils Centrepiece Lineup – Presence, An Unfinished Film and More
Presence by Steven Soderbergh 43 films from Canadian and international filmmakers has been selected for the 2024 Centrepiece lineup at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, taking place September 5-15, 2024.
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77th Locarno Film Festival Unveils Lineup
Qing Chun (Ku) (Youth (Hard Times)) by Wang Bing (courtesy Locarno FF) Artistic Director Giona A. Nazzaro unveiled the official selections for the 77th Locarno Film Festival described as “bold, innovative, and vibrant as ever” competition titles alongside non-competitive sections. In addition, the Excellence Award Davide Campari, given to film personalities with extraordinary careers, will this year go to French actor-directors Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet.