When the successful series by director Paolo Sorrentino The young pope debuted in 2016, it took the Vatican a year to reluctantly bless its fictional and sometimes blasphemous portrait of the pope. Not so for Sorrentino's latest film Partenopewhich received the first rejection from the Italian Catholic Church. That appears to have sparked interest in … Read more
No standing ovation at the Cannes or Sundance film festivals could match the unique emotional intensity of the one delivered to a director named B. Raheem Ballard Thursday afternoon in a stifling chapel in San Quentin. That morning Ballard, in prison for 22 years on charges of robbery and murder, missed the world premiere of … Read more
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Offices in America were closed over the recent Labor Day weekend, but in the picturesque Mexican town of San Miguel creativity was at work. The setting was the luxury Live Aqua resort … Read more
The Golden Shell for best film of the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival went to Albert Serra Afternoons of solitudea documentary about bullfighting, instead of narrative features by Joshua Oppenheimer, Edward Berger and Mike Leigh. The Spanish director based his film on the life of Peruvian-Spanish bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey, which critics have described as … Read more
Andrew Garfield graced the San Sebastian red carpet on Saturday night with his latest film, We live in timeclosed the film festival on the Spanish coast. The British actor was not joined by his co-star Florence Pugh, but had director John Crowley by his side. We live in timeScreening out of competition, it's a romantic … Read more
Africa, colonialism, the United Nations, the 1961 assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nikita Khrushchev, Tesla, iPhones, and jazz music come together in director Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The documentary feels like a concert with academic footnotes and references or performance … Read more
From Netflix The Man Who Loved UFOs (El Hombre Que Amaba Los Platos Voladores) tells the story of Argentine television journalist José de Zer and his cameraman Chango. It’s 1986 and they travel to La Candelaria in Córdoba after receiving “an unusual proposal from two shady individuals,” explains a plot synopsis on the website of … Read more
The cast of Johnny Depp Modi – Three Days on the Wings of Madness took to the red carpet in San Sebastian on Tuesday night to present the star's second feature film as director. Depp, applauded by the audience shortly before the screening of the film, was joined by Riccardo Scamarcio and Antonia Desplat at … Read more
This year, 22 Catalan productions have been selected for the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival, demonstrating the strong expansion of the region's film industry. Among them there is Mammaldirected by Liliana Torres. The Barcelona-born director wanted to address the theme of “non-motherhood” — a woman’s decision not to have children — in response to a … Read more
Palestinian flags line the red carpet at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Demonstrators took to the streets as the city celebrates Spain's most prestigious film festival, protesting the more than 40,000 men, women and children killed in Gaza since the war with Israel began, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. Among those taking a pro-Gaza … Read more