SACRAMENTO – Forty-five years ago, Vietnamese troops seized Phnom Penh and ended Cambodia’s 45-month reign of terror known as the “killing fields.” Under the ...

Forty-five years ago last Sunday, Vietnamese troops seized Phnom Penh and ended Cambodia's 45-month reign of terror known as the "killing fields." Under the ...

The timing could not be more spot on for “Meeting With Pol Pot,” Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh’s quiet, powerful drama about three French journalists who visit the war-torn country and discover the ...

Three French journalists are invited to interview Cambodia's dictator, in a tale of paranoia and propaganda based on real events. The group is rounded out by Cyril Guei as Paul Thomas, a Black ...

The director Rithy Panh dramatizes events from 1978, when a group of outsiders was allowed to enter Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Bloodstains on the ground still mark the spots where prisoners were slain. Bullet holes riddle the walls, and mounds of tangled barbed wire section off the various areas of the complex. On the ground ...

Cambodia’s most celebrated filmmaker Rithy Panh has devoted his career to exploring the legacy of the Khmer Rouge through cinema. The genocidal regime, led by the infamous Communist and ...

In one of the most compelling films to hold its world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, archive footage shows an apparently amiable man dressed in black sitting for an ...

A chilling historical drama rendered with impeccable sleight of hand, Rithy Panh’s “Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot” (“Meeting With Pol Pot”) reveals its political dimensions through layers of obfuscation.

Three French journalists are invited to interview Cambodia's dictator, in a tale of paranoia and propaganda based on real events. A narrow 4:3 frame introduces the movie’s analogues for Becker, ...