WorldPingPaul Schrader looked visibly moved as his new film “The Basics of Philosophy,” about a professor confronted with his past sexual abuse, premiered out-of-competition at Venice to a moderate 4.5-minute ovation on Friday night. The crowd cheered “Bravi, Bravi!
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WorldPingIn an endlessly impressive filmography either as a screenwriter for Martin Scorsese-directed classics like Taxi Driver, The Last Temptation of Christ and Raging Bull, to his own prodigious output as a director-writer of about 30 movies including Hard…
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Jack Huston leads Schrader’s latest meditation on guilt and redemption, alongside Sofia Boutella and Bill Pullman.
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WorldPingThe 2026 Venice Film Festival got underway on Wednesday, September 2, with Oscar-winning English director Danny Boyle’s Ink — starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy — kicking off an 83rd edition that includes films starring the likes of R…
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WorldPingIn 1989, the Chariots of Fire actor took on the incredible task of playing Shakespeare’s prince while terminally ill from Aids.
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