Wim Wenders
When Hayao Miyazaki was contemplating whether he would come out of retirement in 2016, he put together a curiously self-critical proposal.
"There's nothing more pathetic than telling the world you'll retire because of your age, then making yet another comeback," wrote the filmmaker, now...
While a Best International Feature Film Oscar nomination for Perfect Days (Neon) is a high honor, director Wim Wenders cited another bit of recognition earlier on in the process which he found quite gratifying and unexpected. Wenders related that as a German director, he was surprised...
Wim Wenders' "Perfect Days" is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. But where the movie resides, really, is Yakusho's face.
In this gently sublime film, Hirayama steps outside...
New films by Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Todd Haynes and Wim Wenders will compete for the Cannes Film Festival's coveted top honor, the Palme d'Or, as will a record number of films directed by women.
Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux and president Iris...
Wim Wenders is making a film about high-end public toilets in Japan that will have what the renowned German director calls "social meaning" about people in modern cities.
"My first reaction was, I must admit: What? Toilets? Chotto mattene," he said Wednesday, using the Japanese expression...
When Wim Wenders first met Pope Francis before shooting the documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of his Word," the pontiff warmly greeted the German filmmaker before warning Wenders that he is no movie buff.
"He said: 'I've heard a lot about you but you must know I don't know much about...
This year's Venice Film Festival will include a stylish thriller from Tom Ford, a sci-fi drama with Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams and a star turn from Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Organizers of the world's oldest film festival announced a 20-strong competition lineup...