Damien Hauser on AI, Grief
Memory of Princess Mumbi is the first Kenyan feature to celebrate its world premiere in the Giornate Degli…
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 & Greta Lee Are So Good in ‘Late Fame’
“You must have been beautiful when you were young,” Greta Lee says to Willem Dafoe at one point…
Mads Mikkelsen in Absurdist Black Comedy
Mads Mikkelsen brings a deadpan look and a great deal of grace to his role as a psychologically…
Anders Thomas Jensen Talks The Last Viking and Mads Mikkelsen
If you’ve loved a Danish film in the past 20 years, there’s a good chance it was written…
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,…
Karla Sofía Gascón to Receive Best International Actress Award in Venice
Karla Sofía Gasón, the Oscar nominated star of Emilia Peréz whose campaign caught fire when incendiary tweets surfaced…
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…
Mike Figgis’ Behind-the-Scenes ‘Megalopolis’ Doc
There are many stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s batshit crazy and, some would say, botched $120-million dystopian epic…
Sorrentino Finds Beauty in Unknowability
Despite his current reputation as a creator of aggressively aestheticized films, Paolo Sorrentino was once a director of…
Mike Figgis on Capturing the Coppola Creative Chaos
When Francis Ford Coppola finally went into production on Megalopolis, the project carried the weight of decades of…
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…