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...path to cinematic superstardom, Mexico's multilingual Gael Garcia Bernal, 28, has enthralled U.S. audiences in several internationally acclaimed films, from The Motorcycle Diaries (directed by a Brazilian) to Bad Education (Spain) to his latest work, the Oscar-nominated Babel. The globetrotting actor spoke with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about why the world needs yet another film festival and what he dislikes about crossing the border...
...been lovingly remastered and will be released this week as a two-disc set (with plenty of worthwhile extras) by Docurama. Pennebaker, who has also filmed dozens of other well-known documentaries, including Monterey Pop and the Oscar-nominated The War Room, chatted with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about the Dylan conversation he wished he could have filmed and how the movie almost didn't get released...
...Almodovar’s “Volver.” Unexpectedly snubbed in the Best Foreign Language category, it is the Spanish film’s sole nomination. Meryl Streep further solidified her most-Oscar-nominated-actor title, landing a fourteenth for her comic turn as the devilish Miranda Priestly. Kate Winslet could edge out the competition for “Little Children.” At 31, she is the youngest to ever have received five nominations. Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”; Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”; Peter...
...drawn attention for a strong performance. The actor, a Salteaux Indian from Manitoba, has more than two dozen films to his credit, including the critically acclaimed Smoke Signals and the John Woo-directed Windtalkers, where he starred opposite Nicolas Cage. He chatted with TIME's Carolina A. Miranda about war, the state of Native actors in Hollywood and the comic book superhero he would one day like to portray...
...unwinnable. The Philippine army is thinly dispersed, he argues, capable of engaging only a quarter of the N.P.A.'s 120 "fronts" nationwide while remaining vulnerable to hit-and-run tactics. "We have learned a lot about guerrilla warfare in 37 years," he warns. Felipe Miranda, a political-science professor at the University of the Philippines, agrees: "The military does not have the capability, in terms of both logistics and manpower, to deal with an insurgency that has been around for close to half a century." Officials in Manila admit troops are stretched, but insist they are gaining the upper hand...