Jesse Eisenberg Is Getting Polish Citizenship and Wants to Work More in Europe: In the U.S., the “Kind of Films I Love Are Increasingly Difficult to Make”

Jesse Eisenberg Is Getting Polish Citizenship and Wants to Work More in Europe: In the U.S., the “Kind of Films I Love Are Increasingly Difficult to Make”

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, A Real Pain, When You Finish Saving the World) will in the coming days receive Polish citizenship and hopes to spend more time making movies in Central Europe because the kind of films he likes to create are more and more difficult to make in Hollywood, he said on Saturday. The actor,…

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“I Speak to Him Every Day”: Nader Saeivar on ‘Hijamat’  and Premiering It Without Jafar Panahi

“I Speak to Him Every Day”: Nader Saeivar on ‘Hijamat’ and Premiering It Without Jafar Panahi

The world premiere of family drama Hijamat will be a bittersweet moment for Iranian writer and director Nader Saeivar (The Witness, No End, Namo). After all, the film was produced and edited by his long-time friend and creative collaborator Jafar Panahi. The auteur duo co-wrote Cannes 2025 Palme d’Or winner It Was Just An Accident, but only Saeivar will get to travel…

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Stellan Skarsgard Stars in Funny New Karlovy Vary Film Festival Trailer: Watch

Stellan Skarsgard Stars in Funny New Karlovy Vary Film Festival Trailer: Watch

Last year, Stellan Skarsgård attended the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to receive its highest honor. This year, the Swedish superstar, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s international Oscar-winning Sentimental Value, is back in the Czech spa town, gracing its big screens as the star of this year’s KVIFF trailer. Such work…

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‘A Happy Family’ Is a Hope-Filled, Thriller-Tinged “Roller Coaster” Unlike Other Social Dramas That Shows a Very Different Side of Switzerland

‘A Happy Family’ Is a Hope-Filled, Thriller-Tinged “Roller Coaster” Unlike Other Social Dramas That Shows a Very Different Side of Switzerland

If you are intrigued by the idea of a social drama that doesn’t follow all the tropes that you can expect based on tradition and past cinematic experiences, A Happy Family is for you. After all, the feature debut of Swiss director and writer Jan-Eric Mack features an ambivalent main character, namely a single mother…

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‘The Guest’ Takes a “Nuanced” Dive Into Family, Forgiveness and Mental Health Without “Shaming”

‘The Guest’ Takes a “Nuanced” Dive Into Family, Forgiveness and Mental Health Without “Shaming”

You may think that you don’t want to be reminded of your worst Christmas or other family nightmares. But when watching The Guest, Danish director Mads Mengel’s debut feature film, you won’t be able to look away. Trust me! It’s a bit like stopping to catch a glimpse of the site of a traffic accident, just much more intriguing! And you will…

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‘Paris Paris’ Director on Her Fiction Feature Debut That Is “Very Political, But Not in Your Face”

‘Paris Paris’ Director on Her Fiction Feature Debut That Is “Very Political, But Not in Your Face”

See Paris and die! See Paris Paris and see the world differently! The title of the debut fiction feature of Belgian writer-director Isabelle Tollenaere (Battles, Victoria), which world premieres on Tuesday, July 7 in the Proxima competition program of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), hints at what awaits audiences in the drama about home, the…

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