Nocturnal Animals: Tom Ford’s Second Film, Starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal

After making a splash with his first film, A Single Man, Tom Ford, still better known as fashion designer, has made his second picture, the eagerly awaited Nocturnal Animals, which world premiered today at the Venice Film Fest.

Arrival: Amy Adams on Emotional Sci-Fi

If aliens were really to arrive on Earth, Amy Adams would “like to imagine that they would be as patient as the heptapods” in Denis Villeneuve’s emotional sci-fi film Arrival, which world premiered at the Venice Film Fest. In Arrival, Adams plays expert linguist Louise Banks, who must find a way to communicate with the […]

Sully: Tom Hanks on Film’s Message

Tom Hanks, , who portrays pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. seconds director Clint Eastwood’s idea of “Sully” as a movie that resurrects the notion of America as a “can do” place. “In the political atmosphere we’re in, there are an awful lot of points being made–that you can’t count on people and institutions because they’re all broken — […]

La La Land: Chazelle’s Musical Opens the Venice Film Fest

Stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and director Damien Chazelle received strong reaction at the Venice Film Fest on Wednesday morning with their musical, La La Land.

Assassin, The: Hou Hsiao-hsien on his Martial Art Film

Many martial art films these days design nice-looking choreography that is more like a stage performance. I tried to make it look as realistic as possible. That’s why I didn’t want to make my actors defy gravity or fly unrealistically high up in the air–Hou Hsiao- hsien