Film Festival Today

The 14th Middleburg Film Festival runs from Thursday, October 15, to Sunday, October 18, with 45 feature films plus an assortment of presentations and panels. Taking place in multiple venues in Middleburg, Virginia, the annual event always proves exciting, not only because of its programming but because of the many special guests who attend, many […]

Naza (Yuval Abraham/Rachel Szor, 2026) 5 out of 5 stars By now in this increasingly horrific century of ours, quoting Orwell has become quite the cliché, so forgive me for citing these famous lines from his seminal dystopian novel 1984 (published in 1949): “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and […]

The Haunting of Pennhurst (Mike Attie/Katarina Poljak/Nathan R. Stenberg, 2026) 4 out of 5 stars As a haunted house enthusiast, I’ve visited most of the marquee attractions around the eastern Pennsylvania region. I remember when first learning about “Pennhurst Asylum” that I found the idea to be in poor taste. Holding a haunted attraction at […]

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Bassam Tariq, 2026) 3½ out of 5 stars Much of the press leading up to Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother has ironically focused on the film its director never got to make. Writer/director Bassam Tariq was infamously lined up to direct Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali in the Marvel […]

Back for its fourth year, Baltimore’s New/Next Film Fest runs October 1-4, with over 160 films, 37 of them features. Since its debut in 2023, this now-annual event has become an autumn fixture of Charm City’s cinema scene. The 2026 iteration opens with local filmmaker Marnie Ellen Hertzler’s new documentary, Eternity One, and closes with […]