Locarno Film Festival
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Lou Diamond Phillips and Elisha Pratt on Getting the Details Right in Indigenous Crime Drama ‘Keep Quiet’
Tribal warfare is in the air in Vincent Grashaw‘s crime drama Keep Quiet. Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Teddy, a…
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Vampires and HIV Collide in ‘Silence,’ the Spanish Miniseries Traveling From Locarno to Austin
The vampires are coming! Silence (Silencio), a miniseries directed by Spanish filmmaker Eduardo Casanova (Skins) that combines the vampire mythos…
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Willem Dafoe on Playing a Billionaire in ‘The Birthday Party’ and Not Being Afraid to Get Naked
Willem Dafoe stars as a Greek billionaire in Miguel Ángel Jiménez‘s The Birthday Party, which celebrates its world premiere at the 78th…
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‘Dracula’ SagaFilm/Nabis Filmgroup/PTD/Samsa/MicrofilmShare on Fa…
‘Dracula’ Review: Romanian Auteur Radu Jude’s Rowdy, Fellatio-Filled Vampire Flick Is Way Too Many Movies at Once Source: Hollywoodreporter HiCelebNews…
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Doc on Healing Trauma of Domestic Violence in the Works From Director of Locarno Opener
France-based Armenia-born filmmaker Tamara Stepanyan just opened the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival with In the Land of…
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‘Don’t Let the Sun’ Director on Her “Almost Silent Movie” Exploring Alienation Amid Climate Change
“The heat keeps rising. People grow distant, in curious kinds of solitude. This is where Jonah (28) provides comfort for…
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Emma Thompson on Pulling “Every Single Muscle” Playing “a Real Heroine” in Action-Thriller ‘Dead of Winter’ — and What “Really Scared” Her
Emma Thompson has gone from snowy landscapes to sunny pastures. The star plays a widowed fisherwoman who travels alone through…
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‘Dracula’: Radu Jude Explains How His Film Uses AI, Deconstructs the Myth and Pays Homage to Cinema
Dracula is back on the big screen with a vengeance, courtesy of none other than Romanian provocateur Radu Jadu (Kontinental…
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Bill Condon on ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ working With Jennifer Lopez
Bill Condon is no stranger to the movie musical. He wrote 2002’s Chicago and went on to direct both Oscar-winner…
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Israel, Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Korea: Political and Dystopian Films in the Locarno Spotlight
The Locarno Film Festival is known for presenting the latest art-house movie discoveries, and isn’t afraid to push some buttons…
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