Masterful ‘Magellan’ forces a long, hard look at violence and conquest

The historical epic by Filipino director Lav Diaz is a powerfully concentrated example of his “slow cinema” style.

Gael García Bernal slowly becomes a covetous conquerer in ‘Magellan’

Director Lav Diaz presents an epic, granular depiction of transoceanic travel and colonialist misadventure in an absorbing movie rooted in restlessness.
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‘Magellan’ is Lav Diaz’s most ambitious film yet – and he’s already assembled a sequel about the Portuguese explorer’s wife

The historical epic, which premiered in Cannes last year, is getting a limited theatrical release in the US from January 9 through Janus Films ...

Hero or brutal tyrant? The controversy over 16th-Century explorer Magellan

An acclaimed new film dramatises the pioneering voyage of the world-famous Portuguese navigator – a trailblazer who has been ...

Lav Diaz and Gael García Bernal on challenging history in ‘Magellan': ‘I must go near the truth'

The director and star reveal why the "hero" of the Philippines was actually a myth, how historical records lied about the ...