The inherent violence of captured images has been exhaustively analyzed over the past century, from Barthes to Sontag, and yet the terrain of critical theory rarely crosses over into cinematic praxis.

Paris-based sales company Loco Films has picked up world rights to Sebastian Parra R’s Colombian low-fi sci-fi thriller “Seed of the Desert” (“Semilla del Desierto”), premiering in competition at this ...

Joshua Erkman tells IndieWire about how his decades of film restoration and preservation work led to his directorial debut about the people who give everything to the craft of image-making. The film, ...

"Am I pretty?" Kani Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for a Japanese indie film titled Desert of Namibia, the second feature made by young Japanese filmmaker Yoko Yamanaka. This first ...

From award winners to unexpected triumphs, the 2026 Palm Springs International Film Festival had it all. Here were our ...

The 29 Queer Film Festival is set to make its debut in the high desert town of Twentynine Palms on Sept. 20-22 at Theatre 29. Bringing together queer filmmakers, this inaugural event will showcase an ...

From a solitary photographer capturing desert rock formations to abandoned movie theaters housing unexpected evils, Joshua Erkman's directorial debut "A Desert" is consistently preoccupied with images ...

A new filmmaker-founded film fest comes to desert communities this weekend. 29 Queer Film Festival runs from Sept. 20 - 22 at venues around Twentynine Palms, a city with no movie theater. Festivities ...