And it’s a good thing. A very, very good thing.
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‘Gokogu no Neko’ (The Cats of Gokogu Shrine) by Kazuhiro Soda
Peace-building, great discoveries, tigers and temple cats among highlights of 2024 Berlinale
With the Competition titles still to be announced, the Berlin Film Festival is already showing some great bridge building colors, as well as panache, good taste and humor. And a film that starts out being about cats, but turns into so much more...
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'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' garner highest number of Golden Globes nominations
With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Poor Things’ tying for third place.
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COURTESY OF THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Trine Dyrholm in a still from ‘Nico 1988’
The Venice Film Festival Diaries: Kicking Off Big with ‘Downsizing’ and ‘Nico 1988’
Just when I think I have the Venice Film Festival figured out, La Biennale goes and changes the game on us! Instead of a grand spectacle like ‘Birdman’, ‘Everest’ or ‘La La Land’ — the three films that opened the past editions of the oldest film festival in the world, for this year’s 74th edition Artistic Director Alberto Barbera did a bit of ‘Downsizing’ — Alexander Payne’s ‘Downsizing’ that is, starring Matt Damon.
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