Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The Last Picture Shows

By Ethan Padgett | July 2026

NOW IN THEATERS! How does one describe filmmaker Rustin Thompson’s documentary, The Last Picture Shows? Is it an obituary, op-ed, critique, living…

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NOW IN THEATERS! How does one describe filmmaker Rustin Thompson’s documentary, The Last Picture Shows? Is it an obituary, op-ed, critique, living...

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NOW IN THEATERS! With Mockbuster, writer-director Anthony Frith and co-writer Sandy Cameron have crafted for a new generation the 21st-century equivalent...

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If you saw Jane Austen's Period Drama in a theater — and you really should have — you know exactly what happened when it screened. The audience lost...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Steal This Story, Please! is a masterful documentary, written and directed by Carl Deal and Tia...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Sunshine Express, from Iranian writer/director Amirali Navaee, is a magnificently weird and...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! The Alabama Solution is one of the most important and astounding documentaries ever made. ...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! In writer-director Belle Casares's The Last Puestero, we travel to Patagonia, Argentina, where...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Just a year ago, the Eaton Canyon and Palisades fires ripped through two communities, destroying...

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SANAT BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! The United States doesn't take cheese very seriously. Europe and other places have an esteemed...

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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Director Mitch Yapko's Watching Walter, written by Mark Dylan Brown, uses a simple...

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