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QCOSTAIRCA (ESO Science News) Nestled between two oceans and several tectonic plates, Costa Rica is known not only for its natural beauty and biodiversity, but also for its hazardous geology. Active volcanoes and steady seismic activity are part of residents’ daily lives, along with the occasional devastating earthquake. New research suggests that Costa Rica’s complex…

Scientists found flurries of seismic activity within weak fault zones in Costa Rica after two giant ruptures elsewhere.

In 'Essential Truths of the Lake,' director Lav Diaz asks audiences to spend another three-plus hours with John Lloyd Cruz's obsessive investigator.

New films from Carol Morley and Lav Diaz, and a restrospective of Lee Grant’s vital documentaries, are among the hot tickets from this year’s stacked programme.

The 2023 awards will cover a duration of 19 months of film releases due to the postponement of the 2022 ceremony during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pandemic-era border restrictions remain in place after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to keep Title 42 active in a ruling announced Tuesday. Then, we replay a piece about San Diego researchers looking to the region’s wetlands to stave off the worst impacts of global warming. Next, earlier this year the city of San Diego apologized for supporting the removal and incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II. And, KPBS film critic Beth Accomando saw hundreds of films this year and compil...

ALTHOUGH THE GOLDEN HORSE traditionally serves as the most coveted launching pad for Chinese-language filmmaking, this year, because of political tensions that have boiled over into official policy, there was a noticeable absence of films from mainland China. Given the brain drain currently afflicting the major cultural capitals of the mainland and Hong Kong, traditionally the intellectual beating heart of the region, it seems obvious that Taiwan, with its rich and dynamic cultural landscape—i...

13/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: We spoke to the Filipino auteur – famous for his epic-length works – about his long-awaited new feature, a revenge story set amidst the country’s narco-wars

Films Boutique has closed several key sales on “Subtraction,” Mani...

06/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: Filipino great Lav Diaz makes another gruelling revenge tragedy, this time focusing on two dirty cops with a grudge