What happens when you mix reindeer herders, family secrets, and a 3,000-person wedding that needs to be planned in a month? You get A Sami Wedding, the new Norwegian dramedy […]
Venice Film Festival Awards: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Wins Golden Lion
The undeniably robust 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival has come to a triumphant finish. Heading into Saturday night’s awards ceremony, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice […]
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is a Monster Made in Canada
As Guillermo del Toro earned another Oscar for his 2018 sci-fi romance The Shape of Water shot in Ontario, J. Miles Dale, the film’s producer, proudly said of most key creative positions, […]
‘Lynley’: Leo Suter Has Wrestled Vikings and Swung Axes, But Faced an Even Bigger Test on This Set
Lynley, the new TV series based on the hit novels by Elizabeth George about a mismatched detective duo, stars Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhalla, Victoria, Sanditon) and Sofia Barclay (Prime Target, Ted Lasso, We Are Lady Parts) as the […]
BFI London Film Festival Adds Willem Dafoe-Starring ‘The Souffleur,’ Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’
Movies starring Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, and Mia McKenna-Bruce have joined the lineup of the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival. Organizers said on Thursday that they have […]
‘Memory of Princess Mumbi’ Director on AI and Writing His African Sci-Fi Romance in Editing Stage
Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser‘s (After the Long Rains, Blind Love) new feature, Memory of Princess Mumbi, world premiered in the Giornate Degli Autori, or Venice Days, program, the independent parallel section of the Venice Film […]
Filmmakers Behind Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Make Plea for Peace in Venice: “Enough of the Mass Killing, Starvation, Dehumanization”
The filmmakers behind the Gaza-set drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, one of the most anticipated movies at this year’s Venice Film Festival, used the opportunity of the project’s first […]
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘After The Hunt,’ ‘Is This Thing On?’ Among Major Premieres in Full BFI London Film Festival Lineup
The full lineup for this year’s BFI London Film Festival has been unveiled with Noah Baumbach’s George Clooney-starring Jay Kelly and Chloé Zhao’s buzzy Shakespeare tale Hamnet among the additions. […]
Sofia Coppola Prepares to Premiere Her Intimate Portrait of Friend Marc Jacobs in Venice, But “I Didn’t Want It to Be About Me”
Sofia Coppola‘s intimate portrait of fashion designer and her long-time friend Marc Jacobs premieres in Venice on Tuesday, and the pair are nothing but full of praise for one another. […]
Farhana Bhula Named Director of Film4
Farhana Bhula is the new director of Film4, U.K. broadcaster Channel 4‘s feature film division, the company said on Tuesday. Bhula has served as interim director of Film4 since July, […]