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The Mastermind: Kelly Reichardt’s anti-heist movie

Kelly Reichardt has been called one of America’s greatest filmmakers, and also one of its quietest. But her latest, The Mastermind, centered on an art heist that goes off the rails, is probably her loudest movie yet and definitely her biggest budget to date. Reichardt even set out to make something different from her previous…

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Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop

Last week at the Zurich Film Festival, Eline Van der Velden — founder and CEO of AI production house Particle6 and its subsidiary talent studio Xicoia — said that a number of talent agents had expressed interest in working with Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress” created by the companies. Van der Velden has not gone…

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Director Sanju Surendran on the big win at the Busan International Film Festival 2025 for his film, ‘Khidki Gaav’

In the penultimate scene of Sanju Surendran’s If on a Winter’s Night (Khidki Gaav), a disturbing silence dawns on the audience as the two protagonists, Abhi and Sarah, played by Roshan Abdul Rahoof and Bhanu Priyamvada, wait at a bus stop indefinitely. The chilling Delhi winter night, conveyed through the cold hues and convincing performances,…

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