Walter Salles
Toronto: Brazilian Pic ‘I’m Still Here’ Pops at Fest, Could Strongly Contend for International Feature Oscar
With the possible exception of the animated feature The Wild Robot, no film that has had its world premiere or North American premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival has been more warmly received than I’m Still Here, Walter Salles’ deeply moving portrait of one family’s experience under the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil […]
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‘I’m Still Here’ Review: Walter Salles Returns Home With the Powerful Story of a Broken Family’s Resistance
Premiering at Venice, the film stars Fernanda Torres as a mother of five children who reinvents herself as a lawyer and activist after suffering a devastating loss at the height of Brazil’s military dictatorship.
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‘The Movie Teller’ Review: Berenice Bejo and Daniel Bruhl in Lone Scherfig’s Graceful but Slight Drama About Film Love
The director of 'An Education' delivers a different 1960s-set coming-of-age story, this one set in a Chilean mining town.
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Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch’s Composer on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ and More, Dies at 85
He also wrote songs recorded by Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey and Mel Tillis and themes for 'Inside the Actors Studio' and the Barcelona Summer Olympics.
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Toronto: Kristen Stewart Reflects on Portraying Princess Diana in ‘Spencer’
Kristen Stewart, who plays the late Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, says there’s a big difference between her as an actress going to the depths of despair on-screen over her character’s marriage to Prince Charles and the late Royal herself. While speaking at the Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday, Stewart reflected on her time […]
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‘Unremember’ (‘Deslembro’): Film Review | Venice 2018
When a teenage girl’s family moves back to her birthplace in Brazil, she discovers a world full of memories in Flavia Castro’s feature debut 'Unremember' ('Deslembro').
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‘Where Has Time Gone?’: Film Review
Jia Zhangke and Walter Salles are among the five directors in 'Where Has Time Gone?', an omnibus film celebrating the cultures of BRICS nations.
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Mumbai Film Festival: Jia Zhangke Talks New Project, Indian-Chinese Co-Productions
He plans to produce history-centric 'Journey to the West,' but tells a master class that future collaborations between the Asian giants should focus on modern-day stories.
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‘Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang’ (‘Jia Zhangke, un gars de Fenyang’): Rome Review
Brazilian helmer Walter Salles' documentary about Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke screened in Rome prior to an official world premiere in Sao Paulo
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Habi, The Foreigner (Habi, La Extranjera): Berlin Review
Atmospheric first-time drama about a young Argentine woman assuming a fake Muslim identity.
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Garrett Hedlund’s Unlikely 10-Year Journey ‘On the Road’
The actor tells THR about the dreams of his youth and clears up some misconceptions about Neal Cassady, the man he plays in the long-anticipated film.
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From ‘Lincoln’ to ‘Skyfall’: Why This Year’s Best Picture Race Has Something for Everyone
For once, nearly every genre could be represented in the potential 10 nominees in Oscar's top category.
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