MAGELLAN - Reviews and reactions

Matt Ordoñez ASIAN MOVIE PULSE - 18/09//2025

TIFF 2025: Our Review of ‘Magellan’ (2025) - In The SeatsBernal plays Magellan as a stoic man. It's the looks he gives the crew, and the people he meets that really tells the story.

Rod Thedorff IN THE SEATS - 18/09/2025

TIFF 2025: Our Review of ‘Magellan’ (2025) - In The SeatsBernal plays Magellan as a stoic man. It's the looks he gives the crew, and the people he meets that really tells the story.

Timothy Lee GEEKS OF COLOR - 17/09/2025.

Lav Diaz’s 'Magellan' Is a Meticulously Slow and Mesmerizingly Beautiful Rejection of a Larger-Than-Life Historical Figure - TIFF Review - Geeks Of ColorThat internal conflict is what ultimately made me want to prioritize Magellan at TIFF 50, as it is not only one of his shorter films, with a runtime of 2

Paul Enicola THE ASIAN CUT - 10/09/2025.

TIFF 2025: Lav Diaz’s ‘Magellan’ and the Deconstruction of Conquerors and Myths - The Asian CutThe Asian Cut reviews the movie Magellan directed by Lav Diaz, starring Gael García Bernal and Ângela Azevedo.

Zach Lewis SLANT MAGAZINE - 05/09/2025

'Magellan' Review: Lav Diaz's Beautifully Fabulistic BiopicLav Diaz's Magellan suggests a series of medieval tapestries depicting the knight-errant who, in his dragon-like mania, slew and was slain.

David Katz CINEUROPA - 09/07/2025

Review: Magellan09/07/2025 - Lav Diaz enjoys his first star collaboration in this epic focusing on the Age of Discovery, with Gael García Bernal playing the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan

Billy Newbery FILM IN REVOLT - 10/06/2025

Magellan / SFFReview by Billy Newbery Going into Magellan from Lav Diaz, I had a feeling of cautiousness that stayed well into its runtime. As the film’s overwhelmingly well-crafted yet cold images unfolded, I f…

Guy Lodge VARIETY - 28/05/2025

‘Magellan’ Review: Gael García Bernal Plays the Famed Explorer in Lav Diaz’s Mesmerizing, Myth-Busting BiopicStarring Gael Garcia Bernal as the famed Portuguese explorer, 'Magellan' is among Filipino auteur Lav Diaz's shortest and most approachable films.

Matt McCracken IN REVIEW ONLINE - 26/05/2025

Magellan — Lav Diaz [Cannes '25 Review] | In Review OnlineA new film review of Magellan, directed by Lav Diaz, for film review site In Review Online's Cannes 2025 festival coverage.

Jordan Mintzer THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - 24/05/2025

‘Magellan’ Review: Gael Garcia Bernal Plays the Famous Explorer in Lav Diaz’s Exquisitely Shot Challenge of an Arthouse EpicThe 160-minute feature depicts the decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific.

Luis Pedron CINEMA DAILY - 22/05/2025

Diego Batlle OTROSCINE - 22/05/2025

Festival de Cannes 2025: crítica de “Magalhâes” (“Magellan”), película de Lav Diaz con Gael García Bernal (sección Cannes Premiere)

Diego Lerer MICROPSIA - 19/05/2025

Cannes 2025: crítica de "Magallanes" ("Magalhães"), de Lav Díaz (Premiere) - MicropsiaLa película de Díaz tiene a Gael García Bernal interpretando al expedicionario portugués durante sus viajes y en su complicada estadía en Filipinas.

Clarence Tsui SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - 19/05/2025

Review | Magellan, conqueror of Philippines, as we’ve never seen him beforeFilipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s epic, visually stunning film presents its subject not as a daring explorer but as desperate and despotic.

Jonathan Romney SCREENDAILY - 19/05/2025

‘Magellan’ review: Lav Diaz directs Gael Garcia Bernal as the titular Portuguese explorerThe prolific Filipino auteur serves up a handsome, accessible historical biopic

Alistair Ryder THE FILM STAGE - 18/05/2025

Cannes Review: Lav Diaz’s Magellan is a Hypnotic, Unambiguous Exploration of the Horrors of ColonizationFerdinand Magellan was never regarded as a great man of history, and Lav Diaz’s surprisingly conventional––if still hypnotically paced––biopic uses genre structure to act as a further repudiation of his legacy. Born out of a long-in-the-works project focused on Magellan’s wife Beatriz, Magellan now functions as an unusual companion-of-sorts: a work you couldn’t mistake for

Ruben V. Nepales RAPPLER - 24/04/2025

Lav Diaz on Cannes-bound ‘Magellan,’ Gael Garcia Bernal, and how he ‘almost died’Acclaimed Filipino director Lav Diaz shares how Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal, who’s playing the titular role in ‘Magellan,’ kept his presence in the Philippines low-key

Ben Dalton SCREENDAILY - 06/04/2025

Lav Diaz prepares Alexandre Dumas adaptation; hopes to launch ‘Magellan’ at CannesDiaz aims to shoot Alexandre Dumas adaptation at the end of the year.

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