Monos has traveled to the West Coast and planted roots with its first Los Angeles location. The Canadian-based travel and lifestyle brand officially opened doors to its store on Venice’s […]
Toronto: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Wins Audience Award
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet picked up the top People’s Choice honor Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival during a 50th edition that followed Venice, Telluride and Cannes. The Nomadland director’s adaptation […]
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 […]
‘On the Road’ Review: An Extremely Tough, Incredibly Tender Story of Two Men Falling in Love on Mexico’s Deadly Highways
Picture Brokeback Mountain crossed with a particularly gruesome episode of Narcos: Mexico, then filled with enough sex and nudity to earn an NC-17 rating, and you’ll get an inkling of […]
‘Silent Friend’ Review: Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux Share the Spotlight With Plants in a Rich and Strange Scientific Drama
It’s unclear if Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi was inspired by the seminal 1979 Stevie Wonder album, Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, for her latest enigmatic feature, Silent Friend. […]
‘100 Nights of Hero’ Review: Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe and Charli xcx Rock Cool Frocks in a Style-Over-Substance Fantasy Film
Retro in interesting ways and visually luscious, 100 Nights of Hero represents a compelling if uneven sophomore effort from British writer-director Julia Jackman, swerving here from the affable comic 2000s-set […]
Venice: Kaouther Ben Hania on Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’: “At Least, With This Film, I Wasn’t Silenced”
For more than a decade, Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has blurred the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, crafting work that moves between dramatization and documentary while remaining anchored in […]
‘The Souffleur’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is a Hotel Manager Forced Out of His Job in a Poetic, Vienna-Set Character Study
There is an elegiac tone and a dash of wit in this lovely, small-scale film held together by Willem Dafoe‘s magnetic presence and natural but compelling performance. He plays Lucius, […]
Paul Dano Pulls Back the Curtain on ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ (Exclusive Look)
Paul Dano hasn’t talked about his new film yet. “You’re my first,” the American star laughs to The Hollywood Reporter in his first interview about the Venice-bound political thriller. “So […]
Venice: Mass Protest Against Gaza War Hits Festival
Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists marched on the Venice international film festival on Saturday in a raucous but peaceful protest against the war in Gaza. Gathering at the docks on the […]