Icarus Films: Banking Nature
Directed by Denis Delestrac and Sandrine Feydel 90 minutes / ColorEnglish; French / English subtitlesClosed CaptionedRelease: 2015Copyright: 2014 “Buying landscapes, protecting landscapes, accumulating new landscapes-it’s a phenomenal opportunity.” -Steve Morgan, CEO, Wildlands Inc. BANKING NATURE is a film about the growing movement to monetize the natural world: to turn endangered
Icarus Films: Dreams Rewired
Directed by Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart, and Thomas Tode 85 minutes / ColorClosed CaptionedRelease: 2015Copyright: 2015 Tilda Swinton’s hypnotic voiceover and a treasure trove of rare archival footage culled from hundreds of films from the 1880s through the 1930s—much of it previously unseen—combine to trace the anxieties of today’s hyper-connected
Ebertfest Announces Remaining Films and Special Guests Attending the 2025 Festival | Ebertfest
CHAMPAIGN, IL (April 1, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the final three films screening at this year’s festival, to be held April 23-26 at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign: Francis Ford Coppola’s MEGALOPOLIS Walter Salles’ Academy Award®-winning I’M STILL HERE Lotte Reiniger’s THE ADVENTURES OF
13 Films to See in April
While our sprawling summer movie preview will arrive by the end of the month, we’ll first take a comprehensive look at the April releases to have on your radar. Featuring festival favorites from as far back as early last year finally getting a theatrical run to at least one studio
Icarus Films: School of Babel
Directed by Julie Bertuccelli 89 minutes / ColorFrench / English subtitlesRelease: 2015Copyright: 2013 Welcome to a one-of-a-kind Paris education program for immigrant children from around the globe. In her feature documentary debut, director Julie Bertuccelli (SINCE OTAR LEFT, THE TREE) follows one class of students ranging from 11 to 15
Icarus Films: Saving Mes Aynak
Directed by Brent E. Huffman 58 minutes / ColorClosed CaptionedRelease: 2016Copyright: 2015 SAVING MES AYNAK follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the ancient site, eager to
George Romero Almost Made A TV Spin-Off Of One Of His Most Famous Horror Films
Continental Distributing This post contains spoilers for 1968’s “Night of the Living Dead.” George A. Romero’s second-best film, “Night of the Living Dead,” takes place in a world that is already overrun by flesh-eating ghouls. These undead ghouls later emerged as the
Icarus Films: No Home Movie
Directed by Chantal Akerman 115 minutes / ColorEnglish; French / English subtitlesRelease: 2016Copyright: 2015 The final film from groundbreaking auteur Chantal Akerman, NO HOME MOVIE is a portrait of her relationship with her mother, Natalia, a Holocaust survivor and familiar presence in many of her daughter’s films. About the Blu-ray: The
Icarus Films: Nefertiti’s Daughters
Directed by Mark Nickolas and Racha Najdi 40 minutes / ColorEnglish; Arabic / English subtitlesRelease: 2015Copyright: 2015 A story of women, art and revolution, this vibrant film documents the critical role that revolutionary street art played—and is continuing to play—in the political uprising of Egypt. Introducing a cadre of courageous
Meet Yasmin Mansour, the Designer Inspired by Pleats & Classic Egyptian Films
Some people know where they want to go from the very beginning. This was the case for Egyptian designer Yasmin Mansour, who was recently named a semifinalist for the 2025 LVMH Prize. The Doha-based creative, known for her architectural womenswear designs, dreamt of entering the industry from childhood. Now one
