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Venice Film Festival 2026 Winners: ‘Woman Unknown’ Takes Golden Lion as May el-Toukhy Leads a Strong Awards Night
May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, emerging as the top prize winner from a competition that brought together filmmakers including Lee Chang-dong, Ilya Khrzhanovsky and Martin McDonagh. The Danish-Swedish-Latvian production also earned Mathilde Arcel the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, making it the most decorated film in the festival’s main competition. Directed by Danish-Egyptian filmmaker May el-Toukhy,
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‘The Uprising’ Reviews Praise Andrew Garfield but Critics Say Paul Greengrass’ Historical Epic Loses Its Way
Paul Greengrass’ The Uprising has opened in theatres to a largely mixed-to-negative critical response, with Andrew Garfield’s committed performance, the film’s brutal battle sequences and its gritty recreation of medieval...
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‘The Uprising’ Arrives in U.S. Theatres as Andrew Garfield Leads Paul Greengrass’ Historical Drama
The Uprising arrives in U.S. theatres with Andrew Garfield at the centre of Paul Greengrass’ new historical drama, a film rooted in the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt in England. Garfield plays an unnamed labourer known only as the Ploughman, who becomes...
