Our festival correspondents have brought back a little something for everyone this year: the music of Maestro, high-octane Hindi-language action, “squelchy” stop-motion and so much more in their twenty best.

Gemma Gracewood reports from a TIFF missing most of its A-listers, but putting its best independent foot forward in the interim, with cheers of solidarity from Jessica Chastain, Bowen Yang, Devery Jacobs and more. 

Letterboxd correspondents sift through the prestige pictures (Michael Mann!) and indie gems (Kitty Green!) coming to the Venice, Toronto, London and New York Film Festivals to present our most-anticipated of the festival season.

From leaping luchadors to chaotic bisexuals, past lives to eternal memories, our Sundance team selects the highlights of this year’s fest.

From Jonathan Majors to Nicole Holofcener, these are the films and filmmakers we’re most excited to see at this year’s hybrid Sundance Film Festival.

Donkeys, puppets, conductors, oh my! Our globe-trotting festival squad brings you the highlights of the jam-packed fall season.

What can you expect from the most unexpected film festival event of the year? As our crew prepares to party with Park Chan-wook, we attempt to predict some highlights of Austin’s annual Fantastic Fest. 

As TIFF 2022 opens, our editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood gets the lowdown from Cameron Bailey and Robyn Citizen on this year’s gems and surprises—and Glass Onion filmmaker Rian Johnson phones in for a chat about his hero, Weird Al. 

We comb through the prestige names and indie sleepers coming to the Venice, Toronto, London, New York Film Festivals and Austin’s Fantastic Fest to present our most-anticipated of the festival season.

From road trips and space exploration to multiverse shenanigans and the contender for Paddington’s wholesome legend crown, our Festiville team highlights the most tantalizing titles from SXSW 2022.

Our highlights from the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival included new features from heavyweights Claire Denis and Peter Strickland, and striking debuts from Emma Kawawada, Natalia López Gallardo and Colm Bairéad.

Traveling from bar mitzvahs and hotel rooms to volcanoes and haunted colleges, the Letterboxd crew highlights the Sundance premieres that made the biggest impact out of the year’s first major festival.