For the 39th incarnation of the Miami Film Festival, sponsor-producer Miami-Dade College assembled more than 60,000 filmgoers for presentations of Ibero-American cinema. Over the years, 75 countries have been honored by the Festival for stellar work. Javier Bardem, nominated as Academy Awards Best Actor for his portrayal of Desi Arnaz…

While the 2022 version of the Palm Springs International Film Festival was cancelled due to the resurgence of COVID-19, a few wise and enterprising filmmakers made their projects available online for press. …

This writer refuses to kowtow to the lockstep of film critics who seem to look at other’s lists before making their own. …

Despite the necessary limitations imposed by the Pandemic and the Omicron variant, live theatre is gradually reemerging to reengage more audiences for 2022. …

As the largest documentary film festival in the United States, DOC NYC, concluding November 28 online, is presenting among its 120 feature films 32 world premieres and 34 US premieres. A selection of stellar work, from both established and newer filmmakers follows: YOUNG PLATO Dir: Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath …

Despite the economic hit movie theatres have taken due to COVID-19, both streaming studio features and cable films have done their best to fill the entertainment void. THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT Writer-director Scott Frank has created a masterful, multi-part series featuring a mesmerizing Anya Taylor-Joy as 60s orphaned chess prodigy Beth…

The upside for the downtrodden, due to the pandemic, is that one can view the best of film from the comfort of a desk chair or couch in one’s home. …

One unconsidered advantage of a pandemic is that film and theatre not normally available online becomes as close as your fingertips. The Ottawa International Animation Festival, among the top events of its kind, made available its visually resplendent and imaginative work, as well as panels and interviews. Undone, Ep. 2…

Perhaps we live in an age where people can say anything out loud that comes into their heads. And if someone objects to lack of taste or inaccuracy, the protestation can be chalked up to political correctness or the far more insidious “fake news.” So, if a reviewer sees, for…