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Uma Thurman, Casey Affleck Open Karlovy Vary Film Festival By Will Tizard Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival's well-heeled audiences gasped at the opening gala Friday as the fest kicked off with a slasher film theme, before honoring guests Casey Affleck and Uma Thurman with president's prizes. Taking his Moser Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Karlovy Vary: Luxbox Rolls Out Robust Intl. Sales on Jonas Carpignano's Martin Scorsese Exec-Produced 'A Ciambra' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Paris-based Luxbox has rolled out robust early international sales on New York-born Jonas Carpignano's "A Ciambra," a 2017 Cannes Directors' Fortnight winner which also marks the first fruit of the Emerging Film Fund, a joint initiativ Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Karlovy Vary: Latido Handles Mexican Dramedy 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell and Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based sales company Latido Films, which has Argentine Oscar entry "The Distinguished Citizen" at Karlovy Vary in Variety Critics Choice, is representing worldwide sales rights to dramatic comedy "Ayúdame a pasar la noche" Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Karlovy Vary: George Ovashvili on the Fall of a President By Ed Meza Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili continues his exploration of the civil war and post-Soviet conflicts in his native homeland with "Khibula," which screens in competition in Karlovy Vary. The drama focuses on Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Geor Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Karlovy Vary: Alen Drljević on the Unresolved Conflict in Bosnia By Ed Meza The legacy of war and the search for reconciliation are at the heart of "Men Don't Cry," Bosnian filmmaker Alen Drljević's feature film debut, which screens in competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The Yugoslav wars and their Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Karlovy Vary: Onur Saylak on the Impact of People Smuggling in Europe By Ed Meza Turkish actor-filmmaker Onur Saylak's feature debut as director, "Daha" (More), explores the impact of human smuggling on the life of Gaza (Hayat Van Eck), a teenage boy living in a small coastal town on the Aegean Sea. Saylak, who mad Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Karlovy Vary Festival Launches Crafts Track for Global Professionals By Variety Staff Now in its 71st year, the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival continues to cast a wider net. The latest edition will debut another track — Artisans in Focus — targeting the crafts of filmmaking. Hosted by Variety, Artisans in Read Full Story at Variety.com →

'The Big Sick' Brings a Real-Life Love Story to Screen By Seth Kelley Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon hope "The Big Sick," the story of their true-life romance, will help heal independent film biz. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

REVIEWS
Film Review: 'The Big Sick' By Geoff Berkshire Every year filmmakers flock to Sundance with deeply personal movies inspired by their lives and experiences. But rarely do those films also fire on all cylinders as fully fleshed-out pieces of entertainment. Comedian and actor Kumail N Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: 'Makala' By Maggie Lee A powerful cinematic rendering of hard labor in a harsh land. Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: 'Tarzan's Testicles' By Jessica Kiang Whatever you might be expecting from a documentary with the eye-catching title of "Tarzan's Testicles," it's unlikely to be quite what you get with Alexandru Solomon's disquieting, strange and peculiarly philosophical film. As an o Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: 'April's Daughter' By Peter Debruge If April and her daughter Valeria were guests on "The Jerry Springer Show" — or the trashy talk show's south-of-the-border equivalent, José Luis — the episode might conceivably be called, "First my mom stole my kid, Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: 'Los Perros' By Jessica Kiang Of the national cinemas whose new waves have come of age, at least on the international stage, in the past decade or two — take Russia or Romania or Greece — many, if not most, have a strong element of scathing nationa Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: '47 Meters Down' By Joe Leydon Recounting the basic plot of "47 Meters Down" doesn't do the film many favors, since any detailed synopsis likely will make it sound like one of those cheesy "Jaws" knock-offs that served as drive-in fodder in the 1970s. Indeed, it's r Read Full Story at Variety.com →

Film Review: '78/52' By Owen Gleiberman For a long time now, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" has been two movies, and the hypnotic film-geek documentary "78/52" is an ingenious and irreverent master class in both of them. There is, of course, the "Psycho" that shocked audiences Read Full Story at Variety.com →