Venice Film Fest 2016: The Woman Who Left Wins Top Award, Gold Lion

The Woman Who Left, a revenge drama by Filipino director Lav Diaz, about the struggle of a wrongly convicted schoolteacher in the outside world after 30 years behind bars, is the winner of the 73rd Venice Film Fest’s Golden Lion.

Sully: What Motivated Eastwood to Direct the Miracle on the Hudson

For me, the real conflict came after, with the investigative board questioning his decisions even though he’d saved so many lives–Eastwood

Snowden: Oliver Stone Discusses his Risky Film and Cast, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley

There is a part of this story that’s so personal, about a human being coming to terms with his own beliefs and mustering the courage to do something that goes against the grain–Joseph Gordon-Levitt about Snowden.

Toni Erdmann: Marlen Ade’s Cannes Fest Film Wins Fipresci’s Best Feature of 2016

Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” Wins FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2016

Rio Bravo: Howard Hawks-John Wayne Western and Cult Movie

Revisiting Rio Bravo, one of the best Westerns ever made, the second collaboration (after the great 1948 Red River) of director Howard Hawks and John Wayne.