LAHORE: The cries of horror and Israeli bombardment echoed through the halls of a screening room in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore last week, where audience members viewed the riveting stories about the atrocities in Gaza on the big screen.

“Fjord” was something of a surprising winner for the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It was neither the best reviewed film in competition nor the most acclaimed work of its director, Cristian Mungiu; critics thought the anti-Putin thriller “Minotaur” or the Thomas Mann biopic “Fatherland” were safer consensus picks. I suspect the…

+ Add Denver Gazette on GoogleThe Sundance Film Festival coming to Boulder in 2027. (Courtesy photo, Sundance Film Festival)

The first programming wave at the inaugural Sundance Film festival Colorado edition (January 21-31, 2027) has been announced and will feature anniversary screenings of independent classics from the festival archives.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with New York Magazine critic Alison Willmore about what’s playing at the Toronto International Film Festival.

This September, I had the privilege of attending the 51st Toronto International Film Festival – the largest publicly-attended film festival in the world