Damien Chazelle to head competition jury at Venice; Alice Diop, Jonas Carpignano lead Debut Film and Horizons juries
Academy Award-winning U.S. director Damien Chazelle will preside over the competition jury of the upcoming 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 30... Read More
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2023 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Feature Film nominations: ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Top Gun’ in, women shut out of main category
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) have announced their two feature film categories, where men reigned in one and women in another. For Outstanding Directorial... Read More
‘Saint Omer’ review: Alice Diop’s feature debut is a radical, unsettling, and fascinating look at motherhood [A-] | Toronto
There are films that linger with you after the lights go back on. You keep thinking about them, their characters never leaving your thoughts, as... Read More
2022 Venice Film Festival Awards: Doc ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ named Best Film, ‘Bones and All,’ Saint Omer,’ Banshees of Inisherin’ snag dual wins
The awards for the 79th Venice Film Festival were handed out tonight and the theme of the night was doubling up. While Laura Poitras’ riveting... Read More
‘Saint Omer’ review: Alice Diop’s affecting story about motherhood is a stunner [A] | Venice Film Festival
It’s November 2013, and in the small town of Berck-sur-mer, in northern France, a 15-month old baby is found dead on a beach. It’s a... Read More
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