With Switzerland having advanced in the 2026 World Cup, the country is about to celebrate another huge event just around the corner. The Locarno International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 79th edition, featuring 233 films from 69 […]

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After two weeks of new cinema, the Berlin International Film Festival came to a close with its annual awards ceremony. This year’s festival created buzz with many exciting new titles, among them being Tim Mielants’ opener Small Things Like These […]

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Albert Serra, from Catalan, is one of modern cinema’s most visionary filmmakers. He has been a staple at Cannes with his last three films, The Death of Louis XIV, Liberte and now Pacifiction which debuted in the main competition at […]

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One of the most radical filmmakers today is Albert Serra. The Spanish-born writer-director, who is known for films such as The Death of King Louis XIV and Liberté, tackles the lives of the affluent and aristocratic through a hypnotic lens. […]

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I probably don’t say enough how proud I am of the hard-working, diverse and brilliant writers we have here on staff and these lists both prove that. I could go through and praise each of them for very different reasons […]

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(Birdsong gets a limited one-week run at Anthology Film Archives beginning Wednesday, February 25, 2009. The feature-length documentary about the making of the film, Waiting For Sancho, screens on Saturday, February 28, and Sunday, March 1, at 5pm.) In the […]

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