Possible Love (Lee Chang-dong, 2026).
Throughout the summer and fall festival season, we'll be publishing a wide array of interviews, dispatches, and surveys from Il Cinema Ritrovato, Locarno, Venice, and Toronto.
INTERVIEWS
“Life at Its Wildest: Werner Herzog on Bucking Fastard” by Leonardo Goi
The director reflects on his latest, a fairytale equal parts weird and romantic starring siblings Kate and Rooney Mara.
NEW YORK
“The Posters of the 1976 New York Film Festival” by Adrian Curry
As the 64th NYFF kicks off, a look back half a century to the films and posters of the 14th edition.
TORONTO
“The War Against Memory” by Michael Sicinski
Short films and features from the festival’s Wavelengths section propose alternative ways of remembering and archiving.
“Toronto Filmmaker Survey: Just One Moment” by Daniel Kasman
From emerging voices to lauded auteurs, filmmakers at the Toronto International Film Festival share key moments from their new films.
“Bumper-to-Bumper Traffic” by Vadim Rizov
At the Toronto International Film Festival, pre-show ads show the fest’s image of the audience back to them—and it’s not pretty.
“TIFF: The Market: The Review” by Winnie Wang
The festival’s big-bet industry event featured a Lesbian Simulator, AI discussions, Obsession obsessions, and early growing pains.
VENICE
“The Garden of Forking Paths” by Leonardo Goi
From West Bank brutalities in VR to the Best Director-winning DAU, Werner Herzog's synchronized twins to Elon Musk and Jorge Luis Borges.
LOCARNO
“It Was Once Fire: A Locarno Critics Academy Correspondence” by Rafaela Bassili, Vedant Srinivas, and Alyssandra Maxine
Letters reflect upon the unique experiences of three international critics at the Swiss film festival.
“Cut and Spliced: A Locarno Critics Academy Correspondence” by Catherine Wang, Alex Petrescu, Manahil Tahira, and Charles Carrall
Four international critics read between the lines at the Swiss film festival.
“Survival Tactics: A Locarno Critics Academy Correspondence” by Dylan Adamson, Ishita Sengupta, and Matilda Hague
Three critics at the Swiss festival find films across the program that, in different ways, echo the theme of isolating during a disaster.
IL CINEMA RITROVATO
“Getting the Scoop in Bologna” by Beatrice Loayza
Taking place during a heatwave, Il Cinema Ritrovato's festival of restorations and revivals soothed the soul while gelato cooled the body.
Critics, programmers, and film professionals at the Bologna festival of restorations and retrospectives review films in only seven words.