Jude Law Plays Putin for Assayas
As a French auteur with international pedigree, Olivier Assayas likes to split his time between intimate homegrown dramas…
Willem Dafoe Is Low-Key and Magnificent
Ed Saxberger is a onetime poet and a longtime postal worker, and as he tries to write a…
Werner Herzog Doc ‘Ghost Elephants’ Sells to National Geographic
National Geographic Documentary Films has acquired the world streaming rights to Werner Herzog‘s new feature-length documentary Ghost Elephants,…
‘After the Hunt’ Doesn’t Have That Much to Say
Despite its deliberate pacing and talky script, Luca Guadagnino’s latest is not quite the heady intellectual drama it…
George Clooney Fights Infection to Make ‘Jay Kelly’ Red Carpet
Venice welcomed back festival frequent flyers George Clooney and Noah Baumbach on Thursday night, giving Baumbach’s Jay Kelly…
Laszlo Nemes Explores His Father’s Traumatic History
The rippling fallout of war on families has long been fertile ground for cinema — trauma is calcified…
Toni Servillo in Paolo Sorrentino Character Study
The first thing to be said about Paolo Sorrentino’s captivating portrait of an esteemed political leader in the…
Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D.’s Haunting New Film Premieres in Venice
Charlie Kaufman is back. The iconoclast behind such mind-bending films as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of…
Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix Back Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’
Hollywood heavyweights, including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Rooney Mara, have come on board Kaouther Ben Hania’s Gaza-set…
Filmmakers Urge Venice to Take Stand on Gaza in Open Letter
Hundreds of Italian and international filmmakers, artists and cultural figures have signed an open letter calling on the…