Germany has selected Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. This decision was taken by an independent jury of experts appointed by German Films, who looked at 13 films submitted for consideration. Rasoulof has been living in Germany ever since his dramatic […]
I, the Executione | 2Ryoo Seung-wan | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE | South Korea | 2024 | 118m | Korean Special Presentations Detective Seo Do-cheol (Hwang Jung-min) returns in a gripping, high-octane sequel to Ryoo Seung-wan’s 2015 blockbuster Veteran. A fresh take on the crime action genre, I, The Executioner explores the dark side of justice […]
The Seed of the Sacred FigMohammad RasoulofCANADIAN PREMIEREIran, France, Germany | 2024 | 167m | Farsi From renowned filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig(winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival) is a social drama turned cat-and-mouse thriller that will have you at the edge of […]
Caught by the TidesFeng Liu Yi DaiJia Zhang-KeNORTH AMERICAN PREMIEREChina | 2024 | 111m | Mandarin Special Presentations A transformative exploration of two decades of his cinema and a valentine to Zhao Tao, Caught by the Tides stands as Jia Zhang-Ke’s latest masterpiece, offering a poignant portrait of contemporary China. TIFF
BY ALEX RITMANP Brendan Fraser’s return to the movies was greeted with an adoring reception on Sunday night in Venice, one which seemed to even catch the star himself by surprise. The Whale — Darren Aronofsky’s A24 drama touted as a career comeback for Fraser, the former Hollywood leading man who effectively disappeared from the […]
FRANCE24 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country’s cinema. The July arrests of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both icons abroad, reflect the pressure that filmmakers and actors are facing. The Iranian film community has been asking “who will […]
PTI JULY 18, 2022 15:58 IST The Hindu The absurdist comedy film is written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert American absurdist comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring renowned actor Michelle Yeoh, will be released in Indian theatres soon. Written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, […]
By Ben Dalton / Screen Daily Iran has selected A Hero, from two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, as its entry for the international feature award at the 2022 Academy Awards. The film was chosen by a nine-person Iranian delegation, representing Iranian cinema to Ampas. The delegation reviewed 44 Iranian films, and […]
By Variety/ By Owen Gleiberman The director leaves camp and irony behind to tell the luminous but down-to-earth tale of two women, played by Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit, who navigate the joy and pain of motherhood. Among the multiple pop sources and forms that Pedro Almodóvar has always poured, […]
By Deadline/ Pete Hammond There is an especially telling and actually chilling scene in Spencer, Pablo Larrain’s brilliantly imagined portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) facing the crossroads of a long dead marriage during a Christmas holiday at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. Prince Charles (Jack Farthing), stands in an ornate room at […]