European cinema’s ultimate enfant terrible Lars von Trier looks set to return to the Croisette following comments from Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux today. During an interview with French radio station Europe 1, Frémaux said Cannes President Pierre Lesucure “has really worked over the past few…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Television announced today that it has a dramatic thriller series in the works from Academy Award-nominated director Andrey Zvyagintsev whose Loveless is one of the five foreign language film nominees this year. This is the first television project for Zvyagintsev, whose films have a long-running…

Oscar's five nominated directors in the Best Foreign Language Film race this year include one returnee to the category and four newcomers. They're each seasoned filmmakers who've had their fair share of festival and awards success, and each has told a story that, despite years in the making, is somehow entirely…

Russian actor Alexey Serebryakov has stirred controversy for comments he made in a recent interview, saying Russia's "national idea is brutal power, arrogance and rudeness." The star of 2014 Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated film Leviathan, and the current BBC/AMC series McMafia, has received criticism from…

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Loveless is the Foreign Language entry from Russia this year, and one of the frontrunners for the shortlist. Sony Pictures Classics acquired all North and Latin American rights to Loveless in Cannes. This is the director's third time repping his country after 2003's The…

Russia has selected Andrey Zvyagintsev's Cannes Jury Prize winner Loveless as its entry into the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race. This is the director's third time repping his country after 2003's Venice Golden Lion winner The Return and 2014's Leviathan. The latter took the Best Screenplay trophy in Cannes that…

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve seen family life unravel on screen in movies like American Beauty and Ordinary People, but Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev takes the meaning of the word “broken” to a whole other level in Loveless, which premiered tonight at the Cannes Film Festival in competition. Loveless follows a bitter couple…

EXCLUSIVE: In the first domestic deal on a Competition title here at the Cannes Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North and Latin American rights to Russian-language drama Loveless. This marks a reteam for SPC and helmer Andrey Zvyagintsev whose 2014 Leviathan the company released. CAA brokered…

Andrey Zvyagintsev and Alexander Rodnyansky, the director and producer of Leviathan, accepted the Golden Globe tonight for Best Foreign Language film, another in a long list of prizes the movie has amassed since debuting in Cannes and scooping Best Screenplay honors there. A treatise on corruption at the State level…

As the unveiling of the Foreign Language Oscar shortlist approaches, it’s time for my annual look at the films that have a shot at making the cut. For the first time, we are splitting the preview into three parts — and listing the films in no particular order. But as with each year, I don’t envy the committees that…