As we all celebrate the New Year and commit to our resolutions, we should also turn our attention to the cast of “Dead Man’s Wire.” Based on real-life events, the film follows Tony Kiritsis, played by Bill Skarsgård, who takes Richard Hall — portrayed by Dacre Montgomery, the president of Meridian Mortgage Company — hostage.
This fall, fans of WICKED: FOR GOOD were treated to a truly spellbinding season of moments, from the iconic Rockefeller Center takeover to the film’s massive premiere and product collabs that felt Unlimited. And as if that weren’t magical enough, creators and media were invited to step into the ultimate Oz-inspired experience at the exclusive home entertainment event at ARTE Museum — a one-day immersive journey designed to capture the world of Wicked one last time ahead of the film’s release for home audiences.
When I first opened Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, “The Chronology of Water,” I could not get myself to stop reading. I felt like I was gulping down each chapter, and wouldn’t feel satiated until I had finished them all. I had never read anything like it; nonlinear, feral, unflinchingly honest, poetic, raw, dark as hell, and fascinating, both in the life it chronicled and in the way Yuknavitch chose to tell it.
Long before “soft life,” mutual aid, and divine feminine energy became trending hashtags, a woman in the 18th century was already building a radically different way of living — one rooted in equality, safety, shared labor, and spiritual belonging. Her name was Ann Lee. And “The Testament of Ann Lee” isn’t just telling her story — it’s quietly challenging the systems we still live inside today.
Reader beware, a few spoilers ahead.
Chants across social media scream “’Marty Supreme’ on Christmas Day,” but who exactly is Marty — and what’s his obsession with orange ping pong balls? That was the question I walked in with ahead of A24’s screening at Cinépolis in Inglewood, California, introduced by Hawthorne’s very own Tyler, The Creator.
Independent filmmakers, journalists, and other industry professionals gathered at Genesis House on Thursday, December 11th for a launch party celebrating the Winter 2025 issue of Filmmaker Magazine.
In Is This Thing On?, comedy isn’t just the punchline—it’s the entry point. Beneath the sharp dialogue and laugh out loud moments is a film quietly preoccupied with emotional honesty, miscommunication, and the ways we stall our own growth inside relationships. That tension between humor and heart is exactly what drew Laura Dern and Will Arnett to the project—and what stayed with them long after filming wrapped.
The entire Regal Cinemas complex in Times Square was reserved for the New York premiere of “Marty Supreme” ahead of its Christmas Day release. The house was filled with press, guild members, special guests, and celebrities, (Zohran Mamdani, Jack Harlow, Sissy Spacek, Benny Safdie, Anna Wintour, and more) alongside 100 students personally invited by Chalamet from LaGuardia High School’s drama department. The energy was palpable, young artists seated among industry veterans, all waiting for the lights to dim.
In Avatar: Fire and Ash, director James Cameron returns us to the luminous, bioluminescent world of Pandora with a bold — and decidedly darker — chapter that builds on the emotional and mythic foundations of the earlier films. Clocking in at roughly 3 hours and 15 minutes, the film carries the weight and scope that its ambitious runtime promises.
Dolores Fonzi spoke with the Knockturnal about her film “Belén.”