“Magellan” opens with a young girl looking through a dense thicket of foliage and spotting something alarming. “I saw a white man,” she tells the residents of her remote island village in the ...

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

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

For most of 2025, Lav Diaz’s Magellan moved through the international circuit in near silence. Not just critically, but ...

Gael García Bernal plays the explorer Ferdinand Magellan in Lav Diaz’s portrait of a brutal adventurer and his travels across the globe. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Magellan by Lav Diaz, a historical biopic starring Gael García Bernal, was featured in the Cannes Première lineup for 2025 and hits theaters on December 31, 2025.

The new film Magellan chronicles the life of Portuguese colonizer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate the globe. Known for his voyage crossing the Pacific Ocean and landing on the ...