Tilda Swinton

The 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival promises to shine with the presence of international stars Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes, who will be honored with the Golden Alexander award. Both actors will present their latest film, "The Return," inspired by Homer's "Odyssey," shot in Greece.

With two films by Greek creators, a highly anticipated movie featuring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas, and a swarm of celebrities arriving on August 28th for their customary pilgrimage on the red carpet of the oldest film festival in the world, the new season kicks off

Tilda Swinton was in stylish pink-brown shoes, not unlike those one would wear at home, when we encountered her Monday, about 14 hours after the "Embodying Pasolini" dress rehearsal at the Onassis Foundation Cultural Center, or Stegi, show room, one level bellow the ground floor.

Wes Anderson's new film puts Westerns, theatre, 1950s Americana and an alien into a blender for another of his atypical and star-packed concoctions that he says is about "reckoning with forces beyond your control".

As always, "Asteroid City," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23, features a roster of actors that reads like a Hollywood phonebook.  

Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has withdrawn from directing his first English-language feature "A Manual for Cleaning Women" starring Cate Blanchett with production to continue without him, his brother confirmed on Sept. 13.

The festival announced its lineup on Thursday, with a slate that includes four female directors in competition for the Palme d'Or prize.

The Dead Do not Die zombie movie will open the racing program. It is the work of American independent director Jim Jarmusch, who in 1984 received the Golden Palm Prize.

The 68th International Film Festival in Berlin opens with the world premiere of the animated film "Isle of Dogs" by director Wes Anderson.

19 films are featured in the competition, and the chairman of the jury is German director Tom Tikwer.

Coming in the wake of the local release last month of Sally Potter's latest film, "The Party," the Greek Film Archive has put together a tribute to the English filmmaker comprising her entire oeuvre, from shorts to features, through Wednesday, January 10.

The Berlin Film Festival will be opened on Feb. 15 with the world premiere of director Wes Anderson's animated film Isle of Dogs, according to Associated Press.

The characters in the movie are played by Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton. The Berlin cinema festival has not yet been opened with an animated film.

Organizers of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will pay tribute to English art critic and author John Berger, who died earlier this year.