Venice Days Selections Explore Russia’s ‘Willing Blindness’ During Chechen Wars, Silence Over Ukraine
By Christopher Vourlias According To The variety More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days [more…]
Female Filmmakers Lead Large Contingent of Arab Features Unspooling at the Venice Festival
By Rafa Sales Ross According To The variety Continuing a great year for Arab cinema at major festivals — with films such as “Once Upon a [more…]
Taiwan Makes Venice Splash With Shu Qi’s ‘Girl’ and Record XR Lineup
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Taiwan is making waves at the 82nd Venice Film Festival with its most significant presence to date, headlined by Shu Qi‘s directorial [more…]
Cai Shangjun on Returning to Venice With ‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ and Exploring Morality in Contemporary China
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Silver Lion winner Cai Shangjun is back at the Venice Film Festival with competition title “The Sun Rises on Us All,” a restrained [more…]
How ’Motor City’ Helmer Ponciroli Found a Way to Wed Action, Music and an Almost Dialogue-Free Script: ‘I Think the Audience Is Smarter Than People Give Them Credit For.’
By Carole Horst According To The variety Filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli (“Old Henry”) is back in Venice with “Motor City,” a film with about three lines of [more…]
KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’
By Brent Lang According To The variety “KPop Demon Hunters,” the animated phenomenon of the summer, is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history. The film about a [more…]
Denzel Washington Says ‘I Don’t Watch Movies’ Anymore: ‘I Don’t Go to the Movies. I’m Tired of Movies’
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Denzel Washington joined GQ for a video interview with his “Highest 2 Lowest” director Spike Lee and co-star A$AP Rocky [more…]
Chloé Zhao, Lee Sang-il to Receive Tokyo Film Festival’s Kurosawa Akira Award
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The Tokyo International Film Festival has tapped two acclaimed directors from opposite sides of the Pacific for its Kurosawa Akira Award: Japan Academy [more…]
Original ‘Harry Potter’ Director Chris Columbus Doesn’t Want to Be Involved in HBO’s Series Reboot, Calls J.K. Rowling Controversy ‘Very Sad’
By Alex Ritman According To The variety Chris Columbus has absolutely zero desire to be involved in HBO’s all-star small-screen “Harry Potter” reboot. The filmmaker — arguably best [more…]