Willem Dafoe on Playing a Billionaire in ‘The Birthday Party’ and Not Being Afraid to Get Naked

Willem Dafoe on Playing a Billionaire in ‘The Birthday Party’ and Not Being Afraid to Get Naked

Willem Dafoe stars as a Greek billionaire in Miguel Ángel Jiménez‘s The Birthday Party, which celebrates its world premiere at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Thursday evening.  His megalomaniacal shipping magnate may remind people of Aristotle Onassis, but Dafoe didn’t model his character after anyone specific, the star shared mid-day Thursday ahead…

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Venice Film Festival Hacked, Attendee Data Compromised

Venice Film Festival Hacked, Attendee Data Compromised

The Venice Film Festival has confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of accredited participants for this year’s event, including members of the press. In a notification sent to those affected, including journalists at The Hollywood Reporter, festival organizers said the attack occurred on July 7 when unknown individuals…

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‘Don’t Let the Sun,’ Jacqueline Zünd’s Fiction Feature Debut, Looks to Heat up Locarno (Exclusive First Look)

‘Don’t Let the Sun,’ Jacqueline Zünd’s Fiction Feature Debut, Looks to Heat up Locarno (Exclusive First Look)

The skyline looks gorgeous at dawn, but things aren’t quite as romantic as they may seem at first. After all, … well, you have to find out by watching an exclusive first look at Don’t Let the Sun! The fiction feature directorial debut by documentary filmmaker Jacqueline Zünd (Where We Belong, Almost There, Goodnight Nobody)…

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How Locarno Opener ‘In the Land of Arto’ Tackles Armenia’s “Collective Trauma”

How Locarno Opener ‘In the Land of Arto’ Tackles Armenia’s “Collective Trauma”

Tamara Stepanyan’s drama, which stars Camille Cottin and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, follows a woman who arrives in the country and discovers that her dead husband lied about his identity. The 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival opens with a movie that gives audiences plenty to think about, courtesy of Tamara Stepanyan’s fiction feature directorial debut In the Land of…

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Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice,’ Starring Lee Byung-hun, to Open Busan Film Festival

Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice,’ Starring Lee Byung-hun, to Open Busan Film Festival

Arguably, there was no other choice… The Busan International Film Festival has selected the latest wildly anticipated feature from Korean maestro Park Chan-wook to open its landmark 30th edition on Sept. 17. A black-comedy survival thriller starring Korean leading man Lee Byung-hun, Park’s 12th feature, No Other Choice, will have its world premiere in competition…

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‘The Seasons’ Is an “Archaeological Film” Uncovering Tales and “Shared History” (Exclusive Trailer)

‘The Seasons’ Is an “Archaeological Film” Uncovering Tales and “Shared History” (Exclusive Trailer)

The Locarno Film Festival, at its 78th edition this year, is inviting audiences to explore The Seasons (As Estações). The movie is the solo directorial feature debut from Maureen Fazendeiro (medium-length film Les Habitants, short Black Sun), a French filmmaker and casting director living in Lisbon who is known as a long-time collaborator of Portuguese…

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