Siri Hustvedt Enters the World of Witches and Peter Zumthor in ‘From Inside Out’ (Exclusive Trailer)

The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively unveil the trailer for Wim Wenders‘ From Inside Out — The Architecture of Peter Zumthor, the German director’s 3D documentary on the Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architect, 14 years in the making. Filmed across more than a dozen locations over fourteen years and shot in cutting-edge 3D, From Inside Out moves…

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In ‘Love Is the Monster,’ Paulina García Is a Granny Facing Impossible Choices (Exclusive TIFF Trailer)

Love Is the Monster (Amor es el Monstruo). Costa Rican writer-director Neto Villalobos Brenes (All About the Feathers, Helmet Heads) has picked a title for his latest film that will make you sit up straight, deal with questions swirling through your head, or both. The chilling dystopian thriller, starring Paulina García (Gloria) and teeming with fear…

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Oldenburg Fest to Open With Wordless Elbe Island Doc ‘Strange Neighbors’

Strange Neighbors, an art-house nature documentary with no narration, no interviews and no human protagonists will open this year’s Oldenburg Internationales Film Festival, the first time a doc has launched the German indie fest. The directorial debut of cinematographer Mi Steinbach, Strange Neighbors was shot over three years on Schwarztonnensand, an island and nature preserve…

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In ‘Eklipse,’ a Teen Faces Silence and Rejection After His Father Gets “the Gay Disease” (Exclusive Clip)

Austrian filmmaker Manuel Wetscher has fictionalized autobiographical experiences in his feature film debut Eklipse, which will world premiere in the Horizons section of the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5. The title, spelled with a “k” in both its German and English versions, means “eclipse,” signaling how the movie touches on…

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Oscars: Japan Picks Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission

Japan has selected Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luminously cerebral French-language feature All of a Sudden as its submission for the best international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, known as Eiren, announced the choice Wednesday. It marks the second time a Hamaguchi film has represented Japan at the Oscars,…

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