PODCAST | David Martos interviews Roger Michell, director of the film Blackbird.
Roger Michell, who had a great success with Notting Hill, speaks about how difficult is it to finance new films, working with Susan Sarandon or addressing the moral debate on euthanasia.
Blackbird: Lily (Susan Sarandon) is dying and by the end of this weekend, she’ll be dead. The pain of losing herself to illness is too much to bear so she decides, with help from her husband, Paul (Sam Neill), that she’ll expedite the process and invites her family to the house so they can spend her final days together.
Javier Bardem will be one of the major guests of the Rome Film Fest 2026, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award and presenting Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s El ser querido.
A double victory for Woman Unknown, major prizes for established auteurs and a strong showing for political cinema, new talent and Italian performers. The complete verdict of the Venice Film Festival 2026.