Québécois filmmaker Philippe Lesage discusses his new Berlinale Generation 14plus film Comme le feu (Who by Fire).
What to see at MOMI’s 2025 First Look Festival
The 2025 First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image celebrates adventurous cinema, both fiction and nonfiction. This year’s highlights include the documentaries Elementary and Tata, as well as the docufiction When the Phone Rang.
Film Review: Charles Burnett’s The Annihilation of Fish
Charles Burnett’s delightful 1999 screwball comedy The Annihilation of Fish has been restored in 4K and is screening across North America.
What to see (and skip) at the 2025 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
The 2025 Rendez-vous with French Cinema features many small gems of the festival circuit, like This Life of Mine, When Fall is Coming, Winter in Sokcho, and Foreign Language.
Ep. 159 Macbeth with David Tennant + why I recommend recorded Shakespeare
In this episode of the podcast, Alex recommends the new Donmar Warehouse production of Macbeth starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, which screens in cinemas this weekend. She also discusses the value of recorded Shakespeare more generally and why you should make this production a priority.
Ep. 158 3 films to watch by Tunisian women directors
On the podcast, Alex recommends three Tunisian films by women directors from the last decade, including Where the Wind Comes From, which just had its world premiere at Sundance 2025.