Gael Garcia Bernal is alluring in Slow Cinema pioneer Lav Diaz's unconventional biopic, which deromanticizes the brutal ...
The expedition to the Spice Islands becomes an unexpectedly long, arduous trip for Ferdinand Magellan and his crew. While he believed the Islands to be only 600 nautical miles away from the tip of ...
When Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the globe 500 years ago, he made history. Now in New Bedford, visitors can board a replica of the Nao Trinidad, a 16th-century tall ship ...
Hollywood actor Danny Trejo (“Machete,” “Con Air,” “Heat”) has been cast for the role of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in “1521,” an upcoming historical epic that charts the pre-colonial era ...
The world of Lav Diaz is one where cinema and conscience often collide. His latest film, Magellan, continues that tradition, and this time the collision cuts deeper than ever. Days after the New York ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A replica of Ferdinand Magellan’s four-masted tall ship Nao Trinidad will dock at the Hudson River Maritime Museum from Sept. 19 to Oct. 8 as part of its American voyage, the museum ...
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Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan’ wins Best Picture at Spain’s Valladolid filmfest

Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” — the Philippines’ entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars — brought home ...
You get a new sense of respect for cloves and nutmeg watching “Magellan’s Crossing,” part of the new season of the long-running PBS series “Secrets of the Dead.” The yearslong voyage depicted—along ...