Murder In The Consulate: Oscar Contender ‘Kingdom Of Silence’ Parses Brutal Killing Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

There are few international filmmakers working today that have the acclaim and reverence of Naomi Kawase. And with her latest feature, “True Mothers,” selected as the official Japanese entry into the Oscars race, it appears she’s, yet again, in the middle of the awards discussion.

No one can say filmmaker Bryan Fogel doesn’t enjoy a cinematic challenge.

The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have hoped his 2018 assassination would quickly fade from memory, but that hasn’t been the case. In fact, his journalistic legacy gets renewed attention in the Showtime documentary Kingdom of Silence.

Documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel has become expert at telling complex stories of international intrigue.

Billie Lourd secretly welcomed her son, Kingston, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but she has one thing to clear up about the timeline of his arrival.

Back in the now-halcyon days of October 2019, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled a revamped streaming service so that its members — an increasingly far-flung group, as more and more international filmmakers have been recruited to join — would have easy access to Oscar contenders without having to search out official screenings or even venture into actual movie theaters.

The new documentary The Reason I Jump begins with text on screen that explains the basis for the film: “Ten years ago a book by Japanese teenager, Naoki Higashida, revealed a previously hidden world.”

Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell.

Hillary Clinton, Alec Baldwin and Reed Hastings, the Netflix chief executive.At the screening, Fogel implored media companies not to be scared off. “In my dream of dreams, distributors will stand up to Saudi Arabia,” he said.

At the age of 83, Sergio Chamy got the opportunity of a long lifetime—the chance to go undercover to sleuth out possible skullduggery at an old folks home in his native Chile. The assignment would take all his observational skills and technical savvy.

Chrissy Metz is sharing a pic from her Christmas!

The Oscar-contending documentary 76 Days, set in hospitals in Wuhan, China as the city endured lockdown after the eruption of Covid-19, is cinéma vérité par excellence. No sit-down interviews, no TV news reports spliced in—just the pure visual drama of medical workers and patients ensnared in an unprecedented crisis.

If you’re looking for some great movies to watch over the holiday break, it’s the perfect time to catch up on all the contenders for the upcoming awards season!

Marvel executive questioning how he was using Bradley Cooper in the original Guardians Of The Galaxy movie.The actor voices Rocket Raccoon in the film series, but uses a voice that is barely recognisable to his normal speaking voice.Director Gunn shared the anecdote on Twitter after a fan asked him how Cooper came to be cast as the character.“One exec – who is no longer with Marvel Studios/Disney – saw an early cut & said “Why did we pay money for Bradley Cooper if he doesn’t even sound like

Unfolding with a sense of urgency that propelled his 2017 film “Icarus” to critical acclaim, and an Oscar win, Bryan Fogel’s follow-up “The Dissident,” which tracks the lead up to and fallout surrounding the Jamal Khashoggi assassination, is a propulsive call to action that stands as one of the best documentaries of the year.