At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Emily Beecham won for best actress for her work Little Joe, a film that references Frankenstein and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Beecham is the first to admit that ...

Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will serve as jury president at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival, running August 7-17. Hausner and her jury will hand out the festival’s top honor – the Golden ...

Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will serve as jury president of the Concorso Internazionale, at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, organizers said on Thursday. She will oversee the jury that decides ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska earned a reputation in the mid-2010s for insidious roles in indies like “Stoker” and “Maps to the ...

Cannes: "Little Joe" director Jessica Hausner delivers another clumsily skeptical film about the social institutions into which people entrust their faith. In 2019’s “Little Joe,” Hausner questioned ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bristling with red quills—all stamen, no petal—Little Joe is a tricky ...

Sidse Babett Knudsen is also on hand as a school principal not paying sufficient attention to potential disasters coming her way in this Cannes competition entry. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film ...

[PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, Jan. 22, 2:30 pm — Prospector Square Theatre, Park City] For Lourdes the hardest decision was whether to make the film at all. This decision was so hard because I found ...

In just under 20 years, Austria’s Jessica Hausner has made a name for herself as a director of beguiling and provocative films that explore the mysteries of modern life. With her sixth film, the ...

While some might call Jessica Hausner's new flick about eating disorders at an elite school audacious, there is not much boldness in Club Zero once you get past a couple of truly disgusting scenes.

Jessica Hausner with Ben Whishaw and Emily Beecham on the set of Little Joe. It is her first English-language film, and the first to get a major U.S. release. Photo: Christa Amadea/coop99 ...