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The Scottsdale International Film Festival , (SIFF) an annual 10-day event that connects audiences with award-winning cinema from around the globe, has officially announced its 2019 film lineup. Filled with a curated collection of award-winning films featuring star-studded cast members, the 2019 programming is set to feature its finest slate of films to date. SIFF is set to kick off opening night with Noah Baumbach’s film “ Marriage Story ” starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson on Friday, November 1 at 7 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Running through Sunday, November 10, SIFF will also feature Shia LaBeouf’s “ Honey Boy ”, Sundance award-winning film “ Waves ”, “ Clemency ” showcasing Alfre Woodard , Cannes award-winning film “ Portrait of a Lady On Fire ”, the witty crime-drama “ Knives Out ” and the comedy-drama “ The Two Popes ” starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathon Pryce. “The Scottsdale International Film Festival programming team has scoured t...

From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of “ City of God ,” and three-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten, comes an intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio ( Jonathan Pryce ) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict ( Anthony Hopkins ). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront elements from their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world. *Inspired by true events In select theaters on November 27 and on Netflix December 20 Discuss this with fellow S...