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Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ Opens in U.S. Theaters With AIDS-Era Allegory

Ducournau recasts body horror as an AIDS-era parable about care and accountability.

Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’ Earns Praise for a Chilling Portrait of Stalinist Red Tape

V for Vendetta At 20: Director Backs Protest Mask, Warns of Its Misuse

Recife’s ‘The Secret Agent’ Drives Awards-Season Surge and Local Boom Ahead of Oscars

‘El Agente Secreto’ Opens in Theaters After Cannes and Golden Globe Wins

Berlinale Competition Debut for Haroun’s ‘Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars’ Draws Split Early Reviews

‘Yellow Letters’ Premieres in Berlinale Competition as International Deals Roll In

‘No Good Men’ Opens Berlin Film Festival With Shahrbanoo Sadat’s Afghan Political Rom-Com

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Aucun autre choix’ Opens to Strong French Reviews for a Darkly Comic Thriller of Work and Worth

‘Pillion’ Opens to Strong Reviews as Filmmakers Shorten Explicit Close-Up to Preserve Tension

Hasan Hadi’s Debut ‘La tarta del presidente’ Opens in Spain After Cannes Wins

Hlynur Pálmason’s The Love That Remains Opens in Limited Theaters

Venice Prize-Winning ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Opens in Germany, Drawing Ethical Scrutiny

‘All That’s Left of You’ Opens in Theaters as Jordan’s Shortlisted Oscar Entry

‘L’Agent Secret’ Opens in France After Cannes Laurels as Brazil’s Oscar Submission

‘The Secret Agent’ Begins U.S. Run on Awards Wave for Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura’s ‘The Secret Agent’ Builds Awards Heat as Limited Theatrical Run Begins

‘Little Trouble Girls’ Opens in New York to Strong Early Reviews

Cannes Jury Prize Winner 'Sirāt' Begins Oscar-Qualifying U.S. Run

‘Train Dreams’ Opens in Limited Release as Critics Praise Joel Edgerton’s Lyrical Lead