Michael Granados

Michael is a marathon runner, engineer, and film reporter based in Los Angeles. He regularly attends international film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Venice, and AFI Fest. As a member of the selection committee for the True/False Film Festival, Michael has a keen interest in experimental, international, and non-fiction cinema.

Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers

Michael Granados1 week ago

Venice 2026: A day in the life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (dir. Jacqueline Lentzou) | Review

Jacqueline Lentzou ventures into the consciousness through perceptive filmmaking, reaching the inner depths of the psyche and cinematic form in…
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Spotlight: Female and Non-Binary Filmmakers

Michael Granados1 week ago

Venice 2026: Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion (dir. María Aparicio) | Review

Winning the top prize at this year’s Giornate delgli Autori, María Aparicio’s pensive film explores the labor history from a…
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Venice Film Festival 2026

Michael Granados2 weeks ago

Venice 2026: I Plant My Hand in the Garden (dirs. Hoda Taheri & Boris Hadžija) | Review

Hoda Taheri and Boris Hadžija’s multicultural exploration of identity and family goes against the grain, using cinema’s formal qualities to…
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Locarno Film Festival 2026

Michael GranadosAugust 22, 2026

Locarno 2026: Nowhere to Lay My Eyes (dir. Hong Sang-soo) | Review

Hong Sang-soo presents one of his most deliberate films yet, ruminating on the intersection between art, family, and acceptance.
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Cannes 2026

Michael GranadosMay 30, 2026

Cannes 2026 (Critics’ Week): La Gradiva | Interview with Marine Atlan

Marine Atlan captures the intense youthful essence through an emotional journey of love and loss in the historic city of…
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Cannes 2026

Michael GranadosMay 29, 2026

Cannes 2026 (Director’s Fortnight): Double Freedom | Interview with Lisandro Alonso

Lisandro Alonso revisits his old friend, Misael 25 years later in yet another spellbinding experience.
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Cannes 2026

Michael GranadosMay 26, 2026

Cannes 2026 (Competition): Paper Tiger (dir. James Gray) | Review

James Gray delivers his career best work in his spellbinding crime thriller about two brothers chasing the American dream.
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Cannes 2026

Michael GranadosMay 21, 2026

Cannes 2026 (Competition): The Unknown (dir. Arthur Harari) | Review

"The Unknown" presents a mystifying labyrinth of complex identity issues, separating the physical from the mental through body swapping.
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Cannes 2026

Michael GranadosMay 19, 2026

Cannes 2026 (Competition): All of a Sudden (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi) | Review

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s humane drama offers a blossoming friendship amid tragedy, rewiring our perspectives on what truly being alive means.
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Berlinale 2026

Michael GranadosFebruary 22, 2026

Berlinale 2026: The Loneliest Man in Town (dirs. Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel) | Review

Fiction and reality are intertwined in Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s beautiful and moving portrait of Viennese blue’s musician Al…
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