Magellan
A portrayal of Ferdinand Magellan and Beatriz Barbosa's 1517 marriage in Seville, focusing on their brief time together before his departure on the Spanish crown's expedition. (NR, 163 min.)
Showtimes
Friday, January 23, 2026
(TBD)
At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Gael García Bernal) navigated a fleet of ships to Southeast Asia, attempting the first voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean. On reaching the Malay Archipelago, the crew pushed to the brink of madness in the harshness of the high seas and overwhelming natural beauty of the islands, Magellan's obsession leads to a rebellion and reckoning with the consequences of power. A vast, globe-spanning epic from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY), MAGELLAN presents the colonization of the Philippines as a primal, shocking encounter with the unknown and a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery and exploration. [Janus]
Starring: Gael García Bernal
Director: Lav Diaz
Language: Portuguese, Spanish, Cebuano[a], French
Genre: History, Drama, Adventure
"This exquisitely crafted feature may be one of the director’s most accessible works to date."
— Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
"While 'Magellan' reps Diaz’s best shot at general arthouse distribution in some time, it’s no artistic compromise. The spirit of slow cinema is alive and languid in this stunningly mounted, politically rigorous work."
— Guy Lodge, Variety
"Diaz’s confrontational film proves one of his most fascinating achievements: a hypnotizing historical and spiritual epic that’s immersive in a way that few decades-spanning stories successfully pull off."
— Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire
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