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Hauntingly reflective of influencer culture and the rise of AI as a means of social fulfilment, Babystar follows Luca and her seemingly picture-perfect family, composed of her mother, Stella, and her father, Chris. Living her entire being in front of a camera – ever since her literal birth – Luca slowly unravels as she realises…

Set in the French countryside at the end of the 19th century,The Ones Who Grievefollows Jacob, a deeply religious man who works as a soul keeper. Believing he is liberating those afflicted by a mysterious illness, he imprisons them behind wooden masks after sewing their eyes and mouths shut. His daughter, Zélie, lives under his…

What if the better life we leave home to find is only another place where we must learn to survive?For generations, Filipinos have been told that leaving home is the first step toward a better life. The province may offer familiarity but limited opportunities; Manila, meanwhile, is imagined as a place where ambition can finally…

Movies based on video games have traditionally been a mixed bag. Some have been bad. Some have been very bad. Some, though they are rare, have been very very bad. Resident Evil is none of those. It instead manages to join a different list, one of works where adaptation has found the things that make…

A scene from ’58th.’ Screengrab/YouTubeOn November 23, 2009, Mrs. Gigi Mangudadatu was on her way to file the certificate of candidacy of her husband Esmael Mangudadatu, who wanted to run for the position of governor of Maguindanao province. She went with members of their family, their staff, as well as the media. In the town…

Sept. 17 (Yonhap) — The 1974 assassination attempt on then South Korean president Park Chung-hee, which resulted in the death of the first lady, is one of the most high-profile events in the country’s tumultuous modern history

Turning to the 1981 documentary The Devil at Your Heels as its inspirational jump-off point, Michael Dowse’s The Stunt Driver tracks the trials and tribulations of Canadian daredevil Ken Carter in his tireless bid to make a mile-long jump across the St. Lawrence River in a rocket car. With a pitch-perfect Jay Baruchel firmly in…

Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (Competition), Sept. 6, 2026. Running time: 202 MIN. Production: (Germany-France-Sweden) A Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions, Essential Films, Société Parisienne de Production, Plattform Produktion production. (World sales: Producers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Philippe Bober, Leonid Lebedev. Co-producers: Susanne Mariann, Solal Coutard, Svetlana Dragayeva, Erik Hemmendorf. Crew: Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Screenplay: Khrzhanovsky, with Susanne Marian,…

Japanese genre maven Sabu heads to Taipei for his latest film, “Arrested Memory,” in which a celebrated undercover detective, Lee (Ethan Juan), is assigned to a kidnapping case shortly after a traumatic sting that left his entire squad dead. Cinematographer Jai Ip frames early scenes in anamorphic wide shots that emphasize depth and space around…

This trip, fraught with danger, death, and mayhem, is bringing out the worst in some people.