When you title a film after a character (say “Laura”, “Gilda”, “Gloria”) you gotta make her your center of gravity. Yet, as this film unfolds, it becomes increasingly unmoored from Isabel which, like ...

Jackie Kennedy once expressed fear that the Kennedy Center would “fall into the realm of political patronage” in a letter that’s making rounds in the wake of the cultural institution’s MAGA makeover.

Seven years after breaking out with her trans drama 'Lingua Franca,' the writer-director-star returns with an ambitious genre throwback that has a whole lot of smoke in its eyes, but little narrative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever since Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s luxuriantly lengthy “Drive My Car” waited until after a 40-minute prologue to announce itself on ...

The latest feature by 'Lingua Franca' director and star Isabel Sandoval is a vintage crime romance set during the height of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship. By Jordan Mintzer It’s easy to be allured by ...

Nearly seven years after her last feature, the New-York-set drama Lingua Franca, Isabel Sandoval returns to her native Philippines with a film noir that does its best to coast along on sheer smoky ...

For over 40 years, Studio Ghibli has captivated audiences with its hand-drawn animation and whimsical storytelling. The Japanese studio, led by visionary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, has compiled a ...