Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Phillips covers the film festival circuit. Aug 06, 2025, 10:34am EDT The fights in the ring don't compare to the fights on ...

It wasn’t that long ago that digging up a solid list of the year’s standout queer films would have taken some reaching. But in 2024, choosing among the abundance of options is the challenge. From ...

The past year has been a defining moment for Black cinema, with films that spanned genres, shattered expectations, and captivated audiences worldwide. From the inspirational resilience of Shirley, ...

For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2025. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable ...

Films directed by Sean Baker, Coralie Fargeat, Luca Guadagnino, Payal Kapadia, and Robert Eggers dominated critics’ top 10s, but what were their 2024 favorites? There remains one group we’ve yet to ...

That’s almost a wrap, folks, as this year’s Sundance Film Festival concludes its eleven-day run tomorrow. While Team IndieWire has already decamped back to their various home bases (eleven is a lot of ...

The best films of 2024 were released during a time of increasing polarization in the film industry. Tentpoles got bigger, more unwieldy, more uneven, more likely to crash and burn. On the other side ...