San Sebastian International Film Festival Archives

Johnny Depp Warns “No One Is Safe” From Cancel Culture & The “Injustice” He’s Experienced

September 22, 2021 1:26 pm

Johnny Depp has been seemingly blacklisted in Hollywood, after the very messy legal battle and domestic violence allegations lobbed against him from Amber Heard. But it appears the actor does have a safe haven...

‘Fever Dream’ Offers A Disorienting & Muddled Dissection Of Parental Anxiety [San Sebastian Review]

Jonathan Christian

September 21, 2021 3:23 pm

News, Reviews

There is no shortage of fiery ambition in Claudia Llosa’s “Fever Dream.” Split between a dreamlike portrait of motherhood’s challenges and an allegorical thriller, the filmmaker’s psychological drama manifests...

San Sebastian 2021 First Wave Announcement Includes New Features From Terence Davies, Claudia Llosa, Claire Simon & More

Charles Barfield

July 19, 2021 2:26 pm

Festivals, News

While we have yet to get the full lineups for Venice and TIFF, we are starting to see how some of the later fall festivals are going to fare, in terms of features. And even though the San Sebastian Film Festiv...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’ Is A Beautifully Crafted, Twisty Thriller [San Sebastian Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 28, 2020 11:13 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a directorial polyglot, no doubt about it, but he's more fluent in some cinematic languages than others. Having more or less co-founded the J-horror wave, and with "Pulse...

‘Beginning’ Is An Acute Portrayal Of Religious Suffering [San Sebastian Review]

Christian Gallichio

September 25, 2020 2:11 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Boldy unfolding through a series of fixed shots, Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s debut feature “Beginning” is a striking portrait of a woman’s internal suffering at the hands of a husband who prioritiz...

Woody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Will Be The Opening Night Film At San Sebastian In September

Charles Barfield

June 25, 2020 11:33 am

Festivals, News

Just because Woody Allen continues to be blacklisted in Hollywood, it doesn’t mean the director is having issues finding international film industry folks that are fully supporting the filmmaker and his work. ...

San Sebastian Film Festival Is “Delighted” To Be Featured In Woody Allen’s Next Film

Charles Barfield

June 5, 2019 11:37 am

Festivals, News

“Cancel culture,” as it’s been called, is a very interesting concept. That isn’t to say it’s necessarily good or bad that folks in the entertainment industry are being publicly blacklisted after horrific situat...

Pop Fandom Meets ‘Persona’ In Delicious Psychodrama ‘Quien Te Cantará’ [San Sebastian Review]

Jessica Kiang

October 7, 2018 7:58 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Pop stardom is having a movie moment. Every sentient being in the universe is about to be far-from-the-shallow, engulfed by Bradley Cooper's tsunamic "A Star is Born," while enthusiasts for the weirder things i...

Judi Dench Briefly Enlivens The Dreary Spy-Jinks Of ‘Red Joan’ [San Sebastian Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 30, 2018 9:23 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

What we have with "Red Joan," British theater director Trevor Nunn's adaptation of the inspired-by-a-true-story novel by Jennie Rooney, is a rare case of the old-lady, modern-day framing device being more fun a...

‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Is A Tasty Genre Mashup Throwback [San Sebastian Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 29, 2018 1:42 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Where you are, and when you are, make you who you are, in Drew Goddard's deliriously over-designed, entertainingly inventive, surprisingly sprawling "Bad Times at the El Royale" which has its fixation with loca...

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