European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign nine months before the end of her term, a move that opens the way for European leaders to choose a successor ahead of France’s presidential election next year. Lagarde, 70, will leave Feb. 7, the ECB said Thursday. Her eight-year term was to end Oct. 31, 2027.
Lesbian artist Barbara Hammer felt invisible for most of her life. She started making films in the late 1960s, but emerging queer filmmakers often face the same challenges today. “I really felt her frustration at so many different points,” says Brydie O’Connor, director of “Barbara Forever.” “We had such wonderful partners, but we were all
Asian Shadows has boarded international sales rights to Eddie Cahyono’s “Ibuku,” starring Christine Hakim and Ayushita Nugraha, which the Busan International Film Festival has selected for its Competition lineup. “Ibuku” centers on Sumiati (Hakim), a widow in her 60s isolated in a small Javanese village since her husband took his own life. Her daughter, Sri
Would “Trainspotting” get financed today? Could Lynne Ramsay survive the jump from shorts to a first feature? And might “The Wicker Man,” once treated as a problem child, now look like exactly the kind of genre package buyers chase? That was the conceit of a lively session hosted by Wendy Mitchell, with Picturehouse’s creative director
