Dernsie, Mike Mendez’s Bruce Dern documentary, received a six-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere Wednesday night. The Cannes Classics film — full title: Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern — follows the eponymous actor as he looks back over his 65-year career, working with such greats as John Wayne, Elia Kazan, […]

Pedro Almodóvar is known for mining his own personal experience, but Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad) explores this on a whole new level. His viewpoint is reflected in the film in two interwoven protagonists — director Raul (Leonardo Sbaraglia), and Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), the cult filmmaker at the center of Raul’s screenplay. As Raul grapples with […]