Despite the headlines, The Odyssey is not a political movie. The Dark Knight Rises is, though, which is part of the reason ...
Can film festivals also be political spaces? That was the absurd question that ran through this year’s Berlin Film Festival. It all began with jury president Wim Wenders saying during the fest’s ...
It’s only been five days since the Oscar nominations announcement, and campaigning for Phase 2 hasn’t kicked into gear quite yet. There have been a lot of other things to focus on: the final Park City ...
'Nightborn' director Hanna Bergholm was also asked about donning a watermelon pin, telling journalists at the film festival: "I think we have a responsibility to speak up... not speaking up is also a ...
When it came time to boycott “Scream 7,” the movie’s dissidents were not afraid to play dirty. No one wants to go into a new “Scream” film already knowing who the killer is. The entire dramatic crux ...
Five years ago, we reported that Tom Cruise, ever-ambitious, had set a big milestone for himself: He and his frequent director Doug Liman were going to make an actual movie in actual space, where ...
Following the brouhaha around whether art should be divorced from politics at the Berlinale, the organizers of the 8th Joburg Film Festival at Tuesday night’s opener were adamant that all voices and ...