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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

Icíar Bollaín   • Director of Maixabel

Interview: Icíar Bollaín • Director of Maixabel

"In the Basque Country, they still have a complex task ahead of them – that of learning to live together"

In her new movie – and with the complete dedication of her accomplice Blanca Portillo – the Madrilenian filmmaker reconstructs a recent real-life event linked with the terrorism suffered by Spain  

17/09/2021 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the first six titles in its Official Selection

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the first six titles in its Official Selection

The 25th edition of the Estonian festival, unspooling from 12-28 November, will include the world premieres of works by European directors Kristijonas Vildžiūna, György Pálfi and Aku Louhimies  

16/09/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Laurent Cantet  • Director of Arthur Rambo

Interview: Laurent Cantet  • Director of Arthur Rambo

"I didn’t want the film to be a trial, but everyone has their own inner convictions"

The French filmmaker explores the violent era of social media through the story of a young and popular novelist who suffers a vertiginous fall from grace  

15/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Platform

Review: Arthur Rambo

Review: Arthur Rambo

With trademark subtlety, Laurent Cantet analyses the different sides to identity by broaching the subject of offensive outbursts on social media to tell the tale of a fall from grace  

13/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Platform

Review: Earwig

Review: Earwig

Lucile Hadzihalilovic signs a cryptic and bewitching work, a subjugating saturnian masterpiece pushing the doors of other dimensions  

13/09/2021 | Toronto 2021 | Platform

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for San Sebastián title Blue Moon

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for San Sebastián title Blue Moon

The first feature by Romanian actress-screenwriter-director Alina Grigore will debut in the main competition at the Basque gathering  

13/09/2021 | San Sebastián 2021 | Competition

Venice’s Golden Lion goes to Happening by Audrey Diwan

Venice’s Golden Lion goes to Happening by Audrey Diwan

VENICE 2021: Other big European winners of the evening include Paolo Sorrentino, awarded the Jury’s Grand Prize for The Hand of God, and Penélope Cruz who scooped the Volpi Cup for Parallel Mothers  

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Awards

Jan P Matuszyński  • Director of Leave No Traces

Interview: Jan P Matuszyński • Director of Leave No Traces

“I came up with this concept that maybe I made this film out of fear”

VENICE 2021: A leading light of new Polish cinema, the director talks us through his complex true-life tale of the aftermath of a death in police custody  

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Stéphane Brizé  • Director of Another World

Interview: Stéphane Brizé • Director of Another World

“Wow, we thought Brizé would do a left-wing caricature – but he shows some truthful things here!”

VENICE 2021: The French director explains how he writes screenplays with his trusted collaborator Olivier Gorce, plus his organic way of working with Vincent Lindon  

11/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

Paolo Sorrentino  • Director of The Hand of God

Interview: Paolo Sorrentino • Director of The Hand of God

“It’s not my fault; this is how Naples looks”

VENICE 2021: The Italian director shares some thoughts on his youthful memoir of Naples and the number of times it’s been compared to Fellini’s Amarcord  

10/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

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