Magellan (Criterion Premieres)

MAGELLAN CRITERION COLLECTION Lavish if controversial take on the travels of Ferdinand Magellan from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz stars Gael Garcia Bernal as the 16th-century explorer, whose 1519 bid to circumnavigate the globe for Spain found him facing acts of rebellion from his crew-and whose landing upon the Philippines would end in him meeting his fate at the hands of the hostile locals. RUNTIME: 160 minutes. In Portuguese with English subtitles.