The Olympic Games, the Coronation of the Emperor and the COVID pandemic have each thrown up challenges to the normal functioning of the Tokyo International Film Festival in recent years. But the festival’s chairman Ando Hiroyasu was bullish about this year’s 35th edition, when he spoke to Variety. Is the…
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Many films in the early running for awards season accolades in the U.S. are also contesting prizes in the Main Competition section of EnergaCamerimage, the cinematography-oriented film festival that will hold its 30th edition Nov. 12-19 in Toruń, Poland. Among them: “Blonde” (pictured above), the re-imagining of the Marilyn Monroe…
Alejandro González Iñárritu has bemoaned modern cinema’s prioritization of style over substance. Taking to the stage in London for a wide-ranging discussion about his career so far, the two-time best director Oscar winner said: “I don’t care about the quality of things. When I see young filmmakers, I’m very connected…