Animation First Festival 2025: YUKU AND THE HIMALAYAN FLOWER, THE TWELVE TASKS OF ASTERIX, HARMONY, and René Laloux
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
Here are some of the best films I was able to catch at this year’s Animation First Festival.
Interview: Mahoning Drive-In brings the experience indoors
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport and Editor in Chief
Beginning February 8, much like a traveling circus, some of the Mahoning Drive-In cast of characters will hit the highway to sling merchandise and showcase a unique double-bill at various movie palaces across the Northeast.
Paul Newman at 100: A contract of depravity – Examining THE HUSTLER
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
For a 1961 classic featuring one of Hollywood’s Golden Age stars, The Hustler is surprisingly dark as it takes on addiction, manipulation, and insidious greed.
How to Start Watching: Paul Newman movies
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
if you’re wondering where to start with such a vast filmography, I’ve got you covered. I’ve selected some of the main genres that Newman worked in, and given you an idea of where to start with his films within that genre.
Paul Newman at 100 – A beautiful, successful Hollywood legend who had a complicated relationship with his career and himself
by Fiona Underhill, Staff Writer
We’re celebrating the centennial of Hollywood legend Paul Newman all week here at MovieJawn, as he was born on January 26, 1925.
"No more blue tomorrows" – MovieJawn remembers David Lynch
As a way of tribute, we at MovieJawn offer our own creativity as a memorial to this beautiful dreamer.
Read MoreInterview: Kyle Gallner chats about DINNER IN AMERICA
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
I was lucky enough to get the chance to talk to Kyle Gallner about the film and discuss the amazing, and very punk rock DIY initiative behind the Dinner in America enthusiasm.
Animation First Festival 2025 Preview
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
This year will mark the eighth anniversary of Animation First, one of the biggest film festivals dedicated to animation in the US and certainly the biggest dedicated to French language animation filmmaking.
A FACE IN THE CROWD: a 1950s influencer tale
by Katharine Mussellam, Staff Writer
While television certainly isn’t dead, such a description underplays the way this film so strikingly speaks to how online culture shapes our contemporary world.
Interview: Alex Jacobs, Editor of IN A VIOLENT NATURE
by Emily Maesar, Associate TV Editor
For the release of the Collector’s Edition of the film, MovieJawn’s Associate TV Editor, Emily Maesar, sat down with the film’s editor, Alex Jacobs, to talk about what it was like making the film and what the reception has been like.
SUNDANCE 2025 Preview: ATROPIA, BUBBLE AND SQUEAK, LUZ, OMAHA and RICKY
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Here are a five features I am hoping to catch at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. which kicks off January 23.
Interview: Karina Longworth of YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
I remember the day I started listening to the famed movie podcast, You Must Remember This like it was yesterday. From the moment I started listening, my ears were hooked. Since then, her enchanting voice has accompanied me on numerous walks and road trips.
THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF is Hammer's unholy (and heartbreaking) cousin to THE WOLF MAN
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
The Curse of the Werewolf—Hammer’s only werewolf movie—would prove a very different beast to The Wolf Man.
MovieJawn's Best of 2024 roundup
Here at MovieJawn, we love movies, and we love celebrating movies. It is that time of year, so here is the roundup look back at all of our best of lists!
Read MoreBest of 2024: Rachel Shatto's Top 10 movies
by Rachel Shatto, Staff Writer
Here are the 10 films that truly were (to stretch out the metaphor just a little more) this year’s diamonds.
Best of 2024: Kevin Murphy's Top 8 movies
by Kevin Murphy, Staff Writer
While I didn’t watch as many of this year’s releases as I would’ve liked to, there’s a handful of works that very much stood out to me when I saw them and that stick with me even months later, overcoming the recency bias of later releases.
Best of 2024: Samantha McLaren's Top 10 movies
by Samantha McLaren, Staff Writer
According to Letterboxd, I’ve watched 263 films so far this year. Of those, 211 are horror movies, many of them new releases. And why not?
Best of 2024: Andrea Schmidt's Top 10 moviegoing experiences
by Andrea Schmidt, Staff Writer
My list, like all top 10 lists, is very incomplete. I decided to go with cinema-going “experiences” I had this past year in chronological order.
Best of 2024: Tori Potenza's Top 10 movies
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
I find hope in the many talented performers and filmmakers out there creating art and perfecting their craft.
Best of 2024: Zakiyyah Madyun's Top 10 movies
by Zakiyyah Madyun, Staff Writer
It’s been a rollercoaster year, and not always the fun kind, but a trip to the movies continues to be a safe haven in times both trying and not.