Writer-director Antonin Baudry is unapologetic about his gargantuan new two-movie project about French wartime hero Charles de Gaulle. With a combined running time of nearly five-and-a-half-hours, that’s a lot of
A story that does a total 180-degree turn is, for most directors, absolute gold dust. “That’s one of the things that really, really attracted me,” remarks Argentinian director Pablo Trapero
It’s midway through the 2026 Cannes Film Festival when FilmInk meets Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. The festival has been good to him in the past; he won the Jury prize
“I’m not naturally a singer or musician,” says Rami Malek. “Truly, I’m not a musical person, so it takes a hell of a lot of work.” This may come as
Jane Schoenbrun is a director who plunders their personal history more than most. The filmmaker – who is transfeminine, non-binary and uses they/them pronouns – leapt to fame with their
When John Hannah turned 60, he told his two kids that he was finished with acting. “I was like, ‘I’m giving up. I’m done. I’m retiring.’ I joked, but what
Renny Harlin is back in Malta, some thirty years since he was last here, overseeing the box office disaster that was Cutthroat Island. Starring his then-wife Geena Davis, this pre-Pirates
“I’m a genre guy: action, sci-fi, thriller, horror,” says Derek Kolstad, as he sits down in the plush Phoenicia Hotel in Valletta for a chat with FilmInk. Succinctly put, you
Paolo Sorrentino has long been fascinated by power in his movies. From chronicling former Italian PM, Giulio Andreotti, in 2008’s Il Divo to the world of PM Silvio Silvio Berlusconi
In the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist, living in luxury while his citizens struggled to meet every-day needs. At the beginning of the decade, the
