Film Festivals
TIFF 2026 Dispatch #3: 'Club Kid', 'Possible Love', the People's Choice Awards, and other highlights
Stephen David Miller concludes his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.
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Film Festivals
TIFF 2026 Dispatch #2: 'Ink,' 'Elsinore,' and 'Wild Horse Nine'
Stephen David Miller continues his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.
Film Festivals
TIFF 2026 Dispatch #1: 'The Debut,' 'Your Mother Your Mother,' 'Being Heumann,' and 'Tangles'
Stephen David Miller kicks off his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.
Film Festivals
Cannes 2026 Dispatch #3: The Palme d’Or-Winning 'Fjord' And Other Festival Highlights
Stephen David Miller wraps up his coverage of the Cannes Film Festival with reviews of Fjord, The Black Ball, The Beloved, and Orange-Flavoured Wedding, and a recap of the Closing Ceremony Hello again, Decoding Everything readers! I’m back again with the final installment of my 2026 Cannes Film
Cannes 2026 Dispatch #2: No, An AI-Generated Feature Film Did Not Premiere At Cannes (And Reviews Of Things That Did)
Stephen David Miller gives his second update from the Cannes film festival, including a brief detour into the new AI-generated movie Hell Grind and reviews of Her Private Hell, Hope, Minotaur, and Paper Tiger. Hello again, Decoding Everything! I’m back for another installment of my Cannes 2026 coverage,
Film Festivals
Cannes 2026 Dispatch #1: Catching Up With New Films By Jane Schoenbrun, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Hirokazu Koreeda
Stephen David Miller shares his take on the buzziest films of Cannes 2026.
We Watched 26 Films from Sundance 2026. Here Are Our 6 Favorites.
David Chen and Stephen David Miller share some highlights from the online portion of the Sundance Film Festival
10 Cinematic Pairings That Reflected The Spirit Of 2025
Stephen David Miller explores the year via twenty interconnected films.
Film Festivals
TIFF 2025 Dispatch #2: Rian Johnson and Steven Soderbergh Pull Off Resurrections; Frankenstein Should Have Stayed Buried
Stephen David Miller wraps up the Toronto Film Festival, with thoughts on Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, The Christophers, Frankenstein, Rental Family, and Blue Heron.
Film Festivals
TIFF 2025 Dispatch #1: Dwayne Johnson Gets Serious, Chris Evans Gets Silly, Russell Crowe Splits the Difference, and a Tale of Two Hamlets
Stephen David Miller gives an update from the Toronto Film Festival, with thoughts on Hamnet, Hamlet, The Smashing Machine, Nuremberg, and Sacrifice
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Cannes 2025 Dispatch #3: The Newest Films by Spike Lee, Jafar Panahi, Julia Ducournau, and more (Plus: The Award Winners!)
Stephen David Miller closes his Cannes coverage with thoughts on this year's awards ceremony and reviews of Alpha, Highest 2 Lowest, It Was Just An Accident, Resurrection, and Sentimental Value.
Film Festivals
Cannes 2025 Dispatch #2: Die My Love, The Phoenician Scheme, The Chronology of Water, and More
Stephen David Miller gives his second update from the Cannes Film Festival, including reviews of new films by Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, Lynne Ramsay, and Kristen Stewart