Jane Campion on “Barbie” and how she is changing Hollywood for female filmmakers
Jane Campion will receive the Pardo d’Onore Manor Award for lifetime achievement on Friday evening at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The New Zealand director also took time to speak to members of the press about a…
Jane Campion talks about her career and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” – Locarno
Jane Campion thought she had quit filmmaking when she saw the Oscar-winning The power of the dog; she was focused on her next goal: running a pop-up school for aspiring filmmakers in her native New Zealand. “It was so exciting…
Iva Radivojević on her feature film “When the Telephone rang” about forced migration
At 10:36 a.m. on a Friday in 1992, 11-year-old Lana takes a phone call whose effects will reverberate throughout her life. This is the hypnotic refrain that runs through Iva Radivojević’s second feature film, When the Phone Rang. (2024), presented…
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan accepts Locarno Lifetime Award
“King Khan” ruled the Piazza Grande, the iconic large square in the center of the picturesque Swiss town of Locarno, on Saturday night. Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan brought his global star status to the 77th edition of the Locarno…
The hard last days of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
The court of Louis XVI is stripped down to its faded, festering shell in The Flood, a haunting study of the king’s final days in which the luxurious trappings of the French monarchy vanish before our eyes – until only…
Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Canet about Marie-Antoinette, film “The Flood”
Mélanie Laurent is Marie Antoinette and Guillaume Canet her husband Louis XVI in Gianluca Jodice’s The Flood (The Flood), which opened the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday evening in the Swiss city’s Piazza Grande, which offers…
‘Telepathic Letters’ Interview Edgar Pera
Artificial intelligence, including generative AI, is one of the fundamental themes of the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The topic was discussed in the Thursday sessions of the Locarno Pro industry programme, and several films in the Locarno77…
Tim Blake Nelson on the boxing film “Bang Bang” and the return of the Marvel leader
“I always try to stay three or four months away from the physical manifestations that a role requires,” says Tim Blake Nelson. And Nelson has already experienced enough manifestations, from an escaped convict with an uncanny ability to achieve harmony…
