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Berlinale film 'Pepe' presents a hippo's experience of colonialism
BERLIN (Reuters) - The story of Pepe, a hippopotamus from Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's private zoo, inspired Dominican director Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias to make a film reflecting on the...
Feb 20, 2024
Singapore lures Taylor Swift with grant for sold-out March concerts
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has awarded Taylor Swift a grant to perform in the city-state, government authorities said on Tuesday, acknowledging efforts to persuade the pop supersta...
Feb 20, 2024
'Flower Moon' film song is an ode to endangered Osage language
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Songwriter Scott George is looking forward to the performance of the Osage Nation song "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" at the 96th Oscars ceremony on March 10....
Feb 20, 2024
French star Huppert finds meaning in unstructured nature of 'Traveler's Needs'
BERLIN (Reuters) - French star Isabelle Huppert said she was drawn to working with South Korean director Hong Sangsoo for a third time in "A Traveler's Needs," which premiered in Berlin on Monday, bec...
Feb 19, 2024
Kristen Stewart: Era of queer films being only that is over
BERLIN (Reuters) - Kristen Stewart is ready for conversations about films featuring queer and female stories to no longer focus on just that aspect of their identity, she told journalists at the Berli...
Feb 18, 2024
And the winner is... London rolls out red carpet for BAFTA Film Awards
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood stars descend on London on Sunday for the annual BAFTA Film Awards, where U.S. historical drama "Oppenheimer", one of the highest-grossing films ...
Feb 17, 2024
Gael Garcia Bernal explores mind vs body in Berlinale sci-fi 'Another End'
By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) - If it were possible to temporarily bring back the consciousness of a loved one who died, albeit in another person's body, to say good-bye one las...
Feb 17, 2024
At Berlinale, 'Hilde' shows Nazi resistance fighter's quiet strength
By Swantje Stein and Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) - Hilde Coppi, slightly uptight and bookish, well-liked by her employers, does not fit the image of a heroic Nazi resistance fighter, which is prec...
Feb 17, 2024
Berlin festival film finds love and loneliness in New York kitchen
BERLIN (Reuters) - Director Alonso Ruizpalacios dug deep into his past to make "La Cocina", a frenetic look at the lives, loves and chaos surrounding the migrants who work in a restaurant on New York ...
Feb 16, 2024
Patti Smith and the Ukraine war intertwine in Ferrara's Berlinale doc
By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) - Patti Smith's unmistakable voice reads out work by French avant-garde artist Antonin Artaud as on screen, the viewer follows a Ukrainian soldier through a point-of...
Feb 16, 2024
