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Italy and all of Europe woke up Monday to a new political reality after far-right politician Giorgia Meloni claimed victory in Italy’s snap elections. With nearly all the results in, Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, a group of neo-fascist origin, took the bulk of the vote. Her far-right coalition, which includes the League, led by … Read more
Laura Mora’s Colombian Drama The kings of the world won the Golden Shell for best film at the 2022 San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain’s first film festival. Mora’s second feature follows five young men who grow up in the streets of Medellín and embark on a journey in search of the promised land. Best director … Read more
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) opens with a packed red carpet for the first time in three years as the event appears to be recovering from two relatively understated editions held during the pandemic. Fest chairman Hiroyasu Ando said during a lineup press conference that he expected about 100 foreign guests and participants to attend. … Read more
The Gujarati film ‘Last Film Show’ (‘Chhello Show’) is India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards. The announcement surprised everyone. There was a strong undercurrent in the country that ‘The Kashmir Files’ or ‘RRR’ is going to make it. Pan Nalin, who directed this Gujarati film, is … Read more
The American French Film Festival opens with a North American premiere for Jean-Jacques Annaudis’ Notre Dame on fire on October 10. Annaudis, who will attend the festival, brings his latest film, which recreates the events of April 15, 2019 when Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, leading to a heroic rescue of the famous church. … Read more
Southeast Asia’s groundbreaking Luang Prabang Film Festival, held annually amid the ancient Buddhist temples of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Laos, will hold its first post-COVID edition in December. The event flipped to a virtual format in 2020 as the pandemic swept the world, but further budget cuts the following year forced a complete … Read more
Hindu Janajagruti Samithi in Karnataka Demands Ban on Ajay Devgn’s ‘Thank God’ The troubles don’t seem to end any time soon for Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra starrer ‘Thank God.’ After a lawyer filed a case against the film’s star cast and director Indra Kumara, a Karnataka fringe Hindu Janajagruti Samithi group called for the … Read more
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival, which takes place each year at the Savannah College of Art and Design shortly before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences votes to determine the Oscar shortlists, and has become a premier showcase for documentary programming in particular, has revealed the names of the 10 documentaries it will … Read more
Hillary Clinton’s fall festival tour caused plenty of bewilderment and column inches, and those performances have now come under fire from Venice’s latest Golden Lion winner. Speaking at the Toronto Film Festival, Laura Poitras said it was “alarming to see some of the most powerful people in the world, like Hillary Clinton, walk the red … Read more
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s fantasy action-adventure film ‘Brahmastra’ has taken the internet by storm. From VFX to performances, cameos to anticipation of part 2, the internet is buzzing with everything ‘Brahmastra’ related. The film had a fantastic box office opening and appears to have lived up to expectations despite calls for boycotts. The film … Read more