Honored in Zurich for his life’s work, the ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Squid and the Whale’ filmmaker reflects on mining personal pain for art and why his new Clooney-led Netflix movie marks a surprising turn toward joy.
In an interview, Raoul Peck explains why he interspersed the writer’s story with footage of current events, including footage of President Donald Trump and his supporters.
Ron Howard is directing the feature for Amazon MGM.
Park Chan-wook, Brendan Fraser, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Amanda Seyfried and Kristen Stewart will also be feted at the nation’s largest university-run film festival, which will run Oct. 25 through Nov. 1.
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ ‘The Alabama Solution,’ ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ ‘Come See Me in the Good Light,’ It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley,’ ‘My Mom Jayne,’ ‘Natchez,’ ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ ‘Riefenstahl’ and ‘The Tale of Silyan’ will be represented at the Oct. 29 gathering.
Shiguéhiko Hasumi — mentor to Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Ryusuke Hamaguchi — will attend the Japan Society retrospective, which is timed to the long-awaited English release of his signature book, ‘Directed by Yasujiro Ozu.’
The two actresses star together in Luca Guadagnino’s new psychological thriller.
Swift is returning to cinemas to promote the release of her new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl.’ Elsewhere, James Cameron is rereleasing ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in advance of the next installment, ‘Fire & Ash.’
The title will hit stores in November.
The second European edition in Lisbon will also open with Julian Schnabel’s ‘In the Hand of Dante’ and feature Kim Cattrall, Ava DuVernay and Giancarlo Esposito as speakers.
