9+ hour, 26+ min ago   (251+ words) Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila’s “Letters from the Silenced Country,” a portrayal of contemporary Belarus seen through the lives of five individuals whose existence has been upended by state violence and political repression, is the winner of The Golden Globes Impact…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago   (484+ words) Maggie Gyllenhaal kicked off her term as Venice jury president by calling out the lack of women filmmakers in the running for the prestigious Golden Lion. And on Saturday night, she concluded it by awarding the prize to the only…...

9+ hour, 29+ min ago   (789+ words) Mia Wasikowska fills out the screen in Kuba Dorabialski’s “Agata the Writer.” Metaphorically and figuratively, as one especially arresting sequence shows her in close-up looking directly at the audience and recounting the rest of the story. “I was so curious…...

13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (229+ words) The Venice Film Festival is about to reveal its award winners, including the prestigious Golden Lion for best film. Last year, Jim Jarmusch took home the top prize for his family triptych “Father Mother Sister Brother,” while Benny Safdie won…...

14+ hour, 41+ min ago   (634+ words) “Brace Your Heart” director Amanda Kernell is ready to talk about forgiveness. “What can be forgiven? And what if you live in a place where everything has to be, because it can be a matter of survival?,” she wonders. In…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1207+ words) Set almost a century after Magellan first landed on the Philippine Archipelago, and coming just a year after “Magellan,” director Lav Diaz’s last film, landed in Cannes, “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” is a description of bruised history rendered in…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (340+ words) Polish director Damian Kocur is ready for “La Manche.” Presented at the Venice Production Bridge and produced by Kijora Film, the film will be co-produced by Germany’s Oma Inge Film and France’s Les Contes Modernes. Kocur is behind Venice premiere…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (301+ words) Moshe Rosenthal’s “Tell Me Everything” has been voted Best Picture at Israel’s Ophir Awards, automatically making it the country’s submission for best international feature film category at the 99th Academy Awards. “Tell Me Everything,” set in the 1980s against the rising HIV…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (333+ words) “Falling House” has emerged as one of the buzzy titles that premiered in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival. Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s “Falling House” has sold to a raft of international territories following its world premiere at…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (469+ words) According to the synopsis, “Sanctuary” is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where the discovery of a cryogenically suspended woman provokes fear in a desperate village, sending a young warrior and the mysterious woman on a quest for a lost city…...