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Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Reportedly Preparing For A Venice Debut

May 14, 2021 10:18 am

After a year of digital-only film festivals, it appears that 2021 is going to finally usher in some in-person events. Cannes and the New York Film Festival are going to attempt to do in-person screenings this ...

Cannes Film Festival Now Looking At Delaying Until July (Or Possibly August)

Charles Barfield

January 21, 2021 11:13 am

Festivals, News

Last year, as the second wave of COVID-19 swept through Europe, bringing many countries back into lockdown, the folks at the Cannes Film Festival revealed plans for alternative dates for the event if the typic...

Bong Joon Ho Named Jury President For This Year’s Venice Film Festival

Charles Barfield

January 15, 2021 10:18 am

Festivals, News

2020 was definitely not a great year for many people around the world, with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc. However, before the world seemingly shut down for most of the year, director Bong Joon Ho was r...

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...

‘Notturno’ Is A Meditative Look At Middle Eastern Conflict [Venice Review]

Christian Gallichio

September 18, 2020 10:29 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Composed of a series of striking tableaux, Gianfranco Rosi’s contemplative documentary, “Notturno,” mines the intergenerational conflict on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon. Cross-cuttin...

‘The Disciple’ Is A Profound Study Of A Failed Artist [Venice Review]

Christian Gallichio

September 14, 2020 12:16 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Unfurling an entire life of failed artistic ambitions in the span of a two-hour film, Chaitanya Tamhane’s remarkable sophomore feature “The Disciple” is decidedly leisurely in its approach. Executive produced ...

‘Hopper/Welles’: The Lost Conversation Between Two Fascinatingly Flawed Legends [Venice Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 14, 2020 10:17 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Choose your fighter: Orson Welles, recently back in LA after a decade of European exile, and embarking on a project so meta he will emulate the film's director-protagonist and die at 70 never having finished i...

Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Wins The Golden Lion At The 2020 Venice Film Festival, Vanessa Kirby Takes Best Actress

Rafael Motamayor

September 12, 2020 2:47 pm

Festivals, News

With a much different than usual Venice Film Festival now come to a close, it's time for the annual awards ceremony that marks the beginning of the awards season, whatever that means in this strange year. The ...

Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Is As Vast As The American Landscape It Travels [Venice Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 11, 2020 4:00 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

In almost no way does Chloé Zhao's quiet, enormous, deep breath of a movie, "Nomadland," resemble "Blade Runner." Except there's this one moment: an outstanding speech in a film as attuned to vast wild silence...

‘In Between Dying’: Fleeing Death And Finding Love In Azerbaijan [Venice Review]

Joe Blessing

September 11, 2020 12:58 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

“In Between Dying” is a dreamlike story of personal transformation from rising Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarov. With a fast-growing body of work that blends fiction and documentary, Baydarov is singl...

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