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“President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs was the big story in the Philippines and it was one of the biggest stories in the world, and cinema must bear witness. The bloody extra-judicial killings became normal after a while as people got inured to them.

At 35 years old, Ismael Cruz Córdova is an actor who does not give up. Born in Aguas Buenas (Puerto Rico), Ismael knew from childhood that his profession would be an actor.

The 79th Venice Film Festival (more exactly “Mostra dell'Arte Cinematografica” in Italian) will open in the splendid setting of Venice, organized by the Venice Biennale and once again directed by Alberto Barbera. The legendary festival will take place on the Lido of Venice from August 31 to September 10, 2022.

“The impetus to make this film was better to understand the consequences and complexities of the theme of abandonment, which I have dealt with in my own life, and which is something that I recognize is at the center of most of my creative explorations,” says Italian-born director and writer Andrea Pallaoro, talking about his latest film, Monica, about to be seen in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Pallaoro's work as a filmmaker focuses primarily on the exploration of women's feelings and emotional journeys.

At the beginning of the lockdown for covid in 2020, Italian director/writer/artist Cecilia Miniucchi asked Bob Odenkirk in the middle of a forced break from the shooting of Better Call Saul's last season, “Bob Odenkirk, how about we do something while locked up in our respective homes?” Odenkirk accepted the offer without hesitation and that was how Worlds Apart was born, a feature film shot entirely remotely, each member of the cast, the sparse crew and the director working from their Los Angeles home. Something unprecedented.

(First of a two-part series on the women filmmakers in the 79th Venice International Film Festival) Filmmaking is such a competitive field that we herald the women who share their cinematic vision without any excuses and qualms. These are women who we boldly call “film daredevils” as they juggle homemaking, motherhood, marriage, relationships, and social expectations and still march on and shine in the time-demanding task or labor of love called “filmmaking.

Alberto Barbera is striking a warning note: “I fear that Nuclear, the new documentary by Oliver Stone, will spark controversy. But that's okay, God forbid we should deny them.

Padre Pio has performed a posthumous miracle through the actor Shia LaBeouf, who portrays him in the eponymous film by Abel Ferrara. The actor converted to Catholicism during the making of the movie.

Writer/director Russell Brown’s latest movie, Loren & Rose, stars English actress Jacqueline Bisset who portrays Rose Martin, a once-famous, now troubled actress who tries to get a role in a new filmmaker’s feature debut. On March 25, 2022, at the US premiere of the Sonoma International Film Festival, Bisset received a lifetime achievement award.

Disease in all forms, and the manner in which it robs us of our loved ones, is a terrible and sad thing. But the crippling disease of addiction can deliver special heartache, because of the manner in which it not only destroys one life but metastasizes through families, ripping them apart and sometimes pitting loved ones against one another in the debate over how to best assist a person in need.