Month: September 2025
21 posts
Meet the Women Rewriting Indie Film’s Future
In an industry that has long sidelined women’s voices, filmmakers Rachel Noll James and Sienna Beckman are rewriting the narrative. As the co-founders of Washington-based production company Emergence Films, they’ve launched the Emerging Filmmakers Program — an ambitious, mission-driven incubator designed to equip early-career, female-identifying filmmakers with the tools, mentorship, and financial support they need to thrive.
Photo Credit: Aiyana Irwin, Courtesy of Emergence Films
Emmys 2025: full list of winners
Television’s biggest night delivered plenty of standout moments as the 77th Emmy Awards were handed out on Sunday. Three series emerged as the evening’s biggest winners.
At Venice, Maria Soccor’s ‘Reel Women’ Honors Female Voices in Film
Women in film took center stage at the Venice Film Festival with Reel Women, a private event hosted by filmmaker, actress, and producer Maria Soccor at the Campari Lounge. Kicking off at 10 p.m., the gathering brought together actors, producers, filmmakers, and cultural leaders to spotlight female perspectives during cinema’s oldest international showcase. Photo credit RICH ROYAL
‘Cut’ Dives Into the Dark Pulse of Atlanta
With Cut, Atlanta-based filmmaker Malik Salaam delivers a raw, gripping plunge into the city’s after-hours underworld — a place where the promise of reinvention collides with the perils of temptation. Presented by Maverick Entertainment and executive produced by Atlanta legend Big Oomp, the film blends urgent storytelling with a striking visual energy, capturing both the allure and the destruction that await those who step too close to the edge.
THE SUNDAY REWATCH: ‘HER’
When Spike Jonze’s Her was released in 2013, it felt like a glimpse into the near future, but also like a timeless love story wrapped in modern skin. More than a decade later, it’s still one of the most hauntingly beautiful and emotionally intelligent films of its era, a reminder that technology may evolve, but the complexities of human connection never change.
Cineverse Launches New Channel HISTORIAN
Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS), a next-generation entertainment studio, today announced it has partnered with LG Channels to launch HISTORIAN, a new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel from American Public Television that offers a variety of history-based programming where viewers can watch history unfold. LG Channels, LG's exclusive free streaming service, will be the first platform to carry the channel starting today.
‘The Premiere’: A Satire of Dreams, Delusion, and Musicals
With The Premiere, directors Christopher Bouckoms and Sam Pezzullo deliver a brilliantly absurd mockumentary that blurs the line between reality and fiction. Following the misguided attempt to stage a musical adaptation of Scream in the Hamptons, the film combines cringe comedy, eccentric characters, and sharp improvisation to create a hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt satire of ambition and delusion.
Vision Films Sets Release Date for ‘The Correction Unit’
Vision Films is set to release the Sci-Fi Thriller The Correction Unit, an independent feature film that explores AI, justice, and youth resistance, for Transactional VOD across North America and the UK on September 23, 2025.
Raw Voices of Recovery in ‘The Threshing Floor’
At a time when addiction continues to devastate communities across the U.S., filmmaker Brad Alexander turns his lens on a story that is as personal as it is universal. The Threshing Floor is more than just a recovery documentary—it’s a raw, unflinching look at loss, resilience, and the possibility of redemption, told through the journey of Tim Arrigo and those whose lives intersect with his.
‘Inheritance’: A Powerful Story of Family and Grief
There’s a particular kind of strength in films that don’t shout but resonate quietly, and Inheritance is one of them. Directed by Emily Moss Wilson and written by Rachel Noll James, this indie drama places two estranged sisters at the center of a story about grief, family secrets, and the patterns we carry — and sometimes fight to break. What unfolds is not just a narrative about loss, but a layered exploration of connection, memory, and the complicated bonds that shape who we are.