Tag: Elena
Interview: Petra Costa (Elena)
For director Petra Costa, filmmaking is more than just an artistic expression, but an opportunity for intensely personal emotional dissection. With her most recent...
Elena | Review
Float On: Costa Laments Sister In Intimate Portrait
Petra Costa has been trying to process the suicide of her older sister for over two decades...
The Last Season | 2014 Hot Docs Review
Fungus Among Us: Dosa Makes Friends With The Matsutake
Though the name Sara Dosa may be new to some, the fledgling director already has some...
Nicholas Bell’s Top Ten Films of 2012: Strong Year for U.S. Indie – DuVernay, Batmanglij & Zobel Among Picks 10-6
10. Elena – Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev (Russia)
Of my theatrical releases, two of these made waves in 2011 on the festival circuit, such as Russian...
Elena | Review
A Touch of Class: Zvyagintsev’s latest slow burn reaches a masterful boil.
Over the past decade, one of the most celebrated new filmmakers to come...
Top 3 Critic’s Picks In Theaters this May: Zvyagintsev’s Elena, Trier’s Oslo, August 31st and Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom
U.S. indie, foreign and documentary films typically take a back seat in the month of May, as major studios offer a weekly flurry of...
Inside the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Day 10: 21 Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Elena
Saving the best for last, it was nice to watch a world premiere for a film that had already won an award (the jury,...
